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I must say that the first three books I rated as five stars and I would rate them higher if I possibly could!!! I LOVED this series when I thought it was just a trilogy. Then I found the fourth book and I was literally screaming in delight and anticipation of what would happen to Annie and Strat. But, as I got towards the ending of the book I was wondering, when are they going to have real adventures TOGETHER??? I don't know what all these people are thinking when they give "For All Time" five stars. To me, nothing seemed to happen and for once in the entire series, their families don't seem to play such an important role.
I loved the idea though, don't get me wrong! I love the concept of traveling back to ancient Egypt, I love that Strat found that very important sandal (later you find out how important) and I love the aspect of the Stratton descendant in modern day. But, it is just an outline!!! There is hardly any dialogue and Annie and Strat are just together for a very tiny, short time before they're ripped apart again. I wanted to see more action, more adventures with them together. The jumping from Renifer to Strat to Annie to Camilla to Dr. Lightner to Pankh to Mr. Stratton to Lockwood to Katie and back and forth proves to break the plot up way too much. It seems that the story line focuses on the new characters' Renifer and Camille's fate more than it does on our old favorites Annie and Strat. And really, we don't even hear anything more about Devonny (except that she has a couple kids) or Tod or what is going to happen to poor Florinda, we don't even know for sure what happens to Douglass either. There are only three short chapters sort of dedicated to Annie and Strat together. I wanted them to make choices again, to travel together, to try and help their families and the ones they loved. There weren't any complications or mysteries this time involving Annie and Strat, no heartwrenching decisions or unfortunate separations. Annie doesn't even get to travel back and forth between her time and Strat's!!! Plus, Strat's and Annie's families were so important in the other books, this time it's just Strat's father. And his father just gives up so easily! He's such a pushover in this book that it's hardly worth the resolution.
The other books all revolved around the Stratton mansion, their families and there was a LOT more dialogue and complications and people with evil motives. I understand that they mansion was out of the question this time. But, in the other books I could always picture everything that Cooney described and she went into so much detail that I felt like I knew each character intimately. This time, she utterly failed to develop her plot and just gave us a brief overview with no real problems or solutions (except Annie as a sacrifice) and no real love affair or quality time of Annie and Strat together. Oh yeah, and what happened to Devonny's mother and why didn't Mr. Stratton get more thoroughly punished for locking her up? We don't find anything out about how he got out of his predicament or how Hugh-David still managed to marry Devonny.
I will say that I liked the very end once Annie gets back to her own time. I'm wondering if Lockwood is Strat reincarnated or Strat coming into the future and can't remember? I hope so! His watch was filled with sand and he had a dream about Egypt so it's possible. But, other than that, I just couldn't seem to get comfortable with all the different characters and all the different Times and I'm utterly disappointed that Annie and Strat weren't even the real focus of the book. Basically, this book had to be a lot longer than it was to get the full story that I was hoping for. Some of the characters should have been in another novel. The book is bigger than the rest but seems to contain a lot less!!! Go ahead and read it, it has enough of a plot to keep it interesting and it is part of the FANTASTIC Time Quartet that I love SO much. But, I just wish that the Strattons and Lockwoods had been more involved and that so many new people hadn't been thrown in. I'm not a fan of Cooney's horror books but I really do hope that she writes more books like this Both Sides of Time series. Anyone from age 11 to 111 would really enjoy these novels!


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For All Time Caroline B Cooney Books Reviews

I have enjoyed this writer and this series of books. I would recommend this book to others.
a great conclusion to a good series
good
This is a really good book for young adult readers. It is well written and easy to follow. The characters are lovable and you really want to see things work out for them.
I love this quartet. They make you think,feel,cheer, and wonder. What else could you want?
Read all four in order.
I read these books as a kid. I bought it again after years of forgetting the names and the 4 books are really good reads especially for younger readers.
I have all the books in the Time Travelers series and read them in high school. This year I decided to reread the series for something to do, but could not find this book anywhere so ordered it for my . This is a super fast read and I found the story line to be cute. It doesn't have a lot of depth, but it's a great "teen romance". I wish she would expand on the ending and write another book, but overall the book was great and I love the series!
I must say that the first three books I rated as five stars and I would rate them higher if I possibly could!!! I LOVED this series when I thought it was just a trilogy. Then I found the fourth book and I was literally screaming in delight and anticipation of what would happen to Annie and Strat. But, as I got towards the ending of the book I was wondering, when are they going to have real adventures TOGETHER??? I don't know what all these people are thinking when they give "For All Time" five stars. To me, nothing seemed to happen and for once in the entire series, their families don't seem to play such an important role.
I loved the idea though, don't get me wrong! I love the concept of traveling back to ancient Egypt, I love that Strat found that very important sandal (later you find out how important) and I love the aspect of the Stratton descendant in modern day. But, it is just an outline!!! There is hardly any dialogue and Annie and Strat are just together for a very tiny, short time before they're ripped apart again. I wanted to see more action, more adventures with them together. The jumping from Renifer to Strat to Annie to Camilla to Dr. Lightner to Pankh to Mr. Stratton to Lockwood to Katie and back and forth proves to break the plot up way too much. It seems that the story line focuses on the new characters' Renifer and Camille's fate more than it does on our old favorites Annie and Strat. And really, we don't even hear anything more about Devonny (except that she has a couple kids) or Tod or what is going to happen to poor Florinda, we don't even know for sure what happens to Douglass either. There are only three short chapters sort of dedicated to Annie and Strat together. I wanted them to make choices again, to travel together, to try and help their families and the ones they loved. There weren't any complications or mysteries this time involving Annie and Strat, no heartwrenching decisions or unfortunate separations. Annie doesn't even get to travel back and forth between her time and Strat's!!! Plus, Strat's and Annie's families were so important in the other books, this time it's just Strat's father. And his father just gives up so easily! He's such a pushover in this book that it's hardly worth the resolution.
The other books all revolved around the Stratton mansion, their families and there was a LOT more dialogue and complications and people with evil motives. I understand that they mansion was out of the question this time. But, in the other books I could always picture everything that Cooney described and she went into so much detail that I felt like I knew each character intimately. This time, she utterly failed to develop her plot and just gave us a brief overview with no real problems or solutions (except Annie as a sacrifice) and no real love affair or quality time of Annie and Strat together. Oh yeah, and what happened to Devonny's mother and why didn't Mr. Stratton get more thoroughly punished for locking her up? We don't find anything out about how he got out of his predicament or how Hugh-David still managed to marry Devonny.
I will say that I liked the very end once Annie gets back to her own time. I'm wondering if Lockwood is Strat reincarnated or Strat coming into the future and can't remember? I hope so! His watch was filled with sand and he had a dream about Egypt so it's possible. But, other than that, I just couldn't seem to get comfortable with all the different characters and all the different Times and I'm utterly disappointed that Annie and Strat weren't even the real focus of the book. Basically, this book had to be a lot longer than it was to get the full story that I was hoping for. Some of the characters should have been in another novel. The book is bigger than the rest but seems to contain a lot less!!! Go ahead and read it, it has enough of a plot to keep it interesting and it is part of the FANTASTIC Time Quartet that I love SO much. But, I just wish that the Strattons and Lockwoods had been more involved and that so many new people hadn't been thrown in. I'm not a fan of Cooney's horror books but I really do hope that she writes more books like this Both Sides of Time series. Anyone from age 11 to 111 would really enjoy these novels!