Invictus by Ryan Graudin

Invictus

by Ryan Graudin

From the author of the Carnegie Medal nominated Wolf by Wolf, comes an epic new story - A fast-paced, heart-stopping journey through time that will leave you breathless.

Time is running out . . .

Farway McCarthy was born outside of time. With nowhere to call home and nothing to anchor him to the present, Far captains a crew on a dangerous mission into the past.

When he collides with Eliot - a mysterious, secretive girl, whose very appearance raises questions about time itself - Far immediately distrusts her.

But he must take a leap of faith, following Eliot on a race against time, if he is to protect everything he's ever loved from disappearing forever . . .

Reviewed by Ashley on

4 of 5 stars

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Liked:

- Interesting characters.

- The historical parts were really cool. Gladiators, titanic, etc.

- I loved the time travelling, and that's actually coming from someone who can be a bit iffy about time travel books. It was a perfect balance of interesting time travel mind-fuckery, but still being easy to grasp. Sometimes time travel can be SO confusing that it's no longer even fun to read about because I'm so lost... that wasn't the case here. It was a cool idea but also easy to understand what was happening and how actions affected the future.

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Ehh:

- The main character, Far, is already in a relationship with one of the other crew members when the book started. The romance wasn't the total focus of the story but it still played a significant part. It was hard for me to be really invested in it though because it was already in full swing when the book started. I just wasn't hugely attached to it and that was kind of a bummer.

- The technology was kind of weird/confusing. For example, there's a bunch of math that needs to be done to time travel and here's a quote:

"The numbers weren't just changing this time. They were disappearing."


That just made no sense to me. I didn't really get the whole numbers changing/disappearing thing. How does that even happen with math? I just really, really didn't get how that whole part worked.

- There were a few slow parts - particularly in the middle. But it really sped up again at the end!

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Reading updates

  • 27 June, 2017: Started reading
  • 1 July, 2017: Finished reading
  • 2 July, 2017: Reviewed