Book Review: A Time to Reap
A Time to Reap, Jonas Lee
Pemberton Academy is not just a school, it’s a gathering place for the children of the future that are afflicted with Temporal Displacement and Telepathy; in short, time travelers and mind readers who have been diagnosed with this “disease.” The Academy is not all as it seems after an explosion nearly takes one of its classmates, but not before Carter Gabel rescues her by using an unknown symptom related to his described illness. An unsanctioned group called the Program begins taking notice as the two classmates exhibit stronger abilities when they are together. Carter's sense of reality begins to unwind as he learns more about his estranged father's involvement with it all.
Carter will have to overcome the past of his father leaving, the present of an unknown adversary hunting him down and a future that seems to change with each decision he makes. He will have to learn who to trust out of the people in his life if he wants to conquer the looming notion that the government may be hunting him down because of his developing abilities.
‘A Time to Reap’ is a brilliant debut novel and not only would I recommend it, I already have been.
Carter Gabel, the main character, is definitely the strongest part of this story – his narration as a typical teenage boy stole the show. Witty, sometimes sarcastic, and having to endure almost everyone being able to read his (not always appropriate) thoughts was a hilarious experience.
If you haven’t gathered from the description, ‘A Time to Heal’ is a book about time travelling and psychic abilities. Normally, this isn’t a genre/topic I stray into, and although there were parts I had to reread to understand what was happening (if I ever watch something like Dr Who, I will rewatch parts because I didn’t get what was going on), on the whole, the story was easy to follow. Plot wise, there were twists all the way – most I didn’t see coming! The frustrating part for me was that I simply didn’t have the time to sit down and read this all at once (I had to resort to reading a chapter here and there at work).
I bought this book thinking I would get a replacement for the Artemis Fowl series. I was half right. I don’t know what made me think ‘A Time to Reap’ would be anything like Artemis Fowl – the only similarity is that the main character was a male teenager! Yet, I did end up with a series I am now going to be hooked on and I can’t wait to read the next book.
The only thing I will do differently with the next books, is try to find time to read it in as few a sittings as possible so I can give it the attention deserves.
Pemberton Academy is not just a school, it’s a gathering place for the children of the future that are afflicted with Temporal Displacement and Telepathy; in short, time travelers and mind readers who have been diagnosed with this “disease.” The Academy is not all as it seems after an explosion nearly takes one of its classmates, but not before Carter Gabel rescues her by using an unknown symptom related to his described illness. An unsanctioned group called the Program begins taking notice as the two classmates exhibit stronger abilities when they are together. Carter's sense of reality begins to unwind as he learns more about his estranged father's involvement with it all.
Carter will have to overcome the past of his father leaving, the present of an unknown adversary hunting him down and a future that seems to change with each decision he makes. He will have to learn who to trust out of the people in his life if he wants to conquer the looming notion that the government may be hunting him down because of his developing abilities.
‘A Time to Reap’ is a brilliant debut novel and not only would I recommend it, I already have been.Carter Gabel, the main character, is definitely the strongest part of this story – his narration as a typical teenage boy stole the show. Witty, sometimes sarcastic, and having to endure almost everyone being able to read his (not always appropriate) thoughts was a hilarious experience.
If you haven’t gathered from the description, ‘A Time to Heal’ is a book about time travelling and psychic abilities. Normally, this isn’t a genre/topic I stray into, and although there were parts I had to reread to understand what was happening (if I ever watch something like Dr Who, I will rewatch parts because I didn’t get what was going on), on the whole, the story was easy to follow. Plot wise, there were twists all the way – most I didn’t see coming! The frustrating part for me was that I simply didn’t have the time to sit down and read this all at once (I had to resort to reading a chapter here and there at work).
I bought this book thinking I would get a replacement for the Artemis Fowl series. I was half right. I don’t know what made me think ‘A Time to Reap’ would be anything like Artemis Fowl – the only similarity is that the main character was a male teenager! Yet, I did end up with a series I am now going to be hooked on and I can’t wait to read the next book.
The only thing I will do differently with the next books, is try to find time to read it in as few a sittings as possible so I can give it the attention deserves.
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