![]() How to Stop Time is not a masterpiece of plot - a sign that Haig is probably a discovery writer. Strange how every object or word can house a ghost.” Strange how it can just jump out of a sentence and hit you. “It is strange how close the past is, even when you imagine it to be so far away. You just have to remove a few layers first. I stuck with it, as I was forced to, and found a heartwarming, eye-opening story underneath it all. As Brandon Sanderson would say, “You can really see the stained glass window with this one.” But, in truth, the prose was so heavy I couldn’t see past the words to the story underneath. I went from a pretty average YA written novel to one of strong lyrical prose. ![]() I really don’t think it helped I picked this up after War Storm. Flipping between the present day and his history, we begin to see how our pasts drive us, staying true to ourselves, and the importance of what it means to live. ![]() Having a medical condition that slows his aging, Tom has lived many lives always running from people who view him as a freak or a devil. ![]() The story introduces Tom, a man with a long past - a very long past spanning over 400 years. ![]() If not for the need to finish the entire thing, I believe this would have been thrown out and considered a lost cause. “Whenever I see someone reading a book, especially if it is someone I don't expect, I feel civilization has become a little safer.” ![]()
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