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The Accidental Time Traveller - Sharon Griffiths

Description: ISBN 1847560903 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Sharon Griffiths / Paperback / Book is published 2008-07-14 by AVON, a division of ... more

The Accidental Time Traveller - Sharon Griffiths ... HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Newest Review: ... the straight male characters). The first few chapters were so poorly written that I almost abandoned the book. However, I ... more

... kept going and soon got to the part where Rosie accidentally finds herself back in the 1950s. She's a journalist and goes to interview a lady who has lived in a 1950s estate since it was first built. The transformation back in time is clumsily handled and it's hard to believe that faced with the circumstances of time travel, someone would remain so calm. However, Rosie is aware that a 1950s reality show is due to be made and possibly set in the housing estate she is living in, so at first she believes she has been...more

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The Accidental Time Traveller - Sharon Griffiths: How would you cope in the 1950s? (676 words)
by - written on 05/09/09 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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I borrowed this book from a friend of mine, after she described the plot and I was instantly taken with it. Basically, it is a time travel story, where a modern day girl accidentally finds herself whisked back in time to the 1950s. The same friend had leant me the Time Traveller's Wife, which I'd loved, so I had high expectations. Once I started to read the book, I was immediately disappointed. It was written in typical chick-lit style, and nowhere near as good as the top authors of the genre. The characters introduced in the first couple of chapters were identikit male and female stereotypes: Rosie, the main character and career focused glamorous girl ... Read the complete review