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 The Thief of Time - John Boyne
 The Thief of Time - John Boyne ... murder of his mother by his stepfather and his subsequent execution for that crime. With Matthieu is his five year old brother Tomas and his companion and one true love, Dominique Sauvet. What follows is the story of Matthieu's life. Beginning in murder and ending in redemption, Matthieu's life is characterised by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century ends, he discovers that his body has stopped ageing. At the end of the twentieth century, he is able to look back on a life lived to the full. He has been an engineer, a rogue, a movie mogul, a soldier, a financier, a lover to many, a cable TV executive and more. The tale of his life involves murder, love, treachery, despair, passion, glamour, and, ultimately hope.Newest Review: ... so many of the characters give him, he is even unconvincing as a character with enough passion for life to even want to live ... more ... for such a long time. I don’t think the novel takes enough advantage of the age issue. He seems to take for granted the fact that he has stopped ageing, he doesn’t worry about it and is very blasé about the whole thing. He writes as an observer, rather than a participant. As a reader, it is difficult to empathise with this character and for me, this is where the book falls down. The protagonist just seems to drift from one situation to the next, without ambition, without ...more |
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The Thief of Time - John Boyne: Close but no cigar (979 words)
by - written on 27/08/01 (Very useful, 117 readings)
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A story about a man who has stopped ageing and reached the age of 256?? This must be worth a read, I thought... How much you could live through in that time, how much you would see! The blurb on the back cover (the one written above) seemed to promise so much and, unfortunately, the book does not fulfil this apparent potential. It is written in the first person and is a look back over the centuries through the eyes of somebody who has been there, done that. Matthieu Zéla, the protagonist, has lived through lots of interesting periods in time; the French Revolution for one, Hollywood during the time of Charlie Chaplin and the Depression for another, ... Read the complete review
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