Travel to Egypt

For All Time

Format: Mass Market Paperback
Author: Caroline B. Cooney
ReleaseDate: 08 July, 2003
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Rating:

bad ending
K. This book was just O. I was so excited to read the last book, and was very dissapointed. There was too much of camilla and renifer, and not enough of the main characters. The ending was very bad! I was sooooooo confused! Was Strat born again? Will anny forget about the old strat and take the second strat? What was the deal about the sand in the watch? How did the second strat have a dream that he was floating on the nile? My other friend couldn't figure this out either. The book would of been good if it diddn't have that ending.

Disappointing End to Good Series
However, the story disappointed hugely. After a several-year wait, I found For All Time and was happy that another Time book had been written. My biggest beef with the story was Annie going back to ancient Egypt. The point? I didn't see one. And really, I didn't need another oppressed girl 'finding herself' as Renifer did. In fact, the entire Renifer story was unnecessary and frankly, a bit boring.

I truly, truly hated the end, as it went completely out of sync with Annie's character in the other three novels. She has this life-altering experience and shrugs her shoulders over it? There's no way anyone could go through what she went through and be that blase. I got the feeling Ms. Cooney painted her characters into a corner and didn't feel like fleshing out a plausible ending.

I can't believe the series ended this way...
A few weeks back, my friend came across the fourth book, For All Time, and i was ecstatic, for i wasn't aware of its existence. i remember being devoted to Cooney's Time series some years ago, and religiously tracked down the first 3 books. The book was fun and engaging, however, the ending was rushed and an extreme disappointment. For years i was committed to the Time series, and to see it end the way it did made me feel as though i have been wasting my time. I won't give away the ending, however, i fear that devoted Time readers will be left feeling as though not reading the series would have been more agreeable.

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