The River of No Return

I skimmed through the last third of this, just to get it over with, only to discover there's a sequel. I could barely bring myself to finish this one, it was so unnecessarily long.

I was going to give this book 4 stars because I liked concept of the book even though it had a slow pace. Then the last 50 pages happened and everything sped up so quickly that I was completely confused. However, the biggest problem I had with the book was that the ending had no real resolution to major problems within the story. Is there a sequel I'm missing or something?

This book managed to make a cool concept like time traveling organizations into an endless series of heavy dialogues and unnecessary descriptions.

With all due respect to Miss Ridgway (who, I'm sure, has talent and should continue to produce thought-provoking fiction), this just didn't click with me. What should have been an interesting exposé of time travel -- and the manners in which time itself will defend against such actions -- left me utterly disappointed. 15% of the way in, I was hooked. 30% of the way in, I had more questions than answers, but felt okay about it. 65% of the way in, I was starting to grow leery of the fact that (a) we had no real villain thus far, (b) we had yet to explain several key plot points begun earlier, and (c) I was decidedly uncaring toward the main characters and their plights. 80% of the way in, I said, out loud, "This sucks. Nothing's happening." 90% of the way in, I let out several loud "pssshhh" sounds as random characters showed up and began to explain the plot to me. The magical object is actual the dog that belongs to the granddaughter of the man you thought was a villain, but actually is the guy who's lover you came to know about 3 pages ago! Neat! *snore* 100%, I said sayonara and went to bed. ~ I've heard that this is supposed to be part 1 of a trilogy, but you know what? If part 1 doesn't hook me, why in the world would I care about subsequent parts?? (case in point: Divergent)