Title: Erasing Time
Author: C.J. Hill
Teen Reviewer: Kinsey Manchester
Rating: 5/5 Stars
18 year old Sheridan and
Taylor are twins who are completely different. Although they look the same,
Taylor is a genius and has a social life, while Sheridan is just average.
One day, they get pulled into a time machine. They travel 400 years in
the future to an America that is distinctly different from their own. They
don’t understand the dialect of English, the people dress quite strangely, and
the city is all domed in. The worst part is that they cannot go back to their
own 21st century. Taylor and Sheridan meet their translator, Echo,
and his father. Echo is a mysterious boy with deep secrets of his own, but
Sheridan is drawn to him. Taylor and Sheridan know that they must escape the
futuristic and controlling city of Traverton, where they are being held as
prisoners. The officials of Traverton are trying to get information from the
twins that could allow them to extract more people from the past and bring them
into the future. A dangerous and mob-like group, the Dakine, also want to use
Taylor and Sheridan’s knowledge for their own purposes. The twins must escape
the city, but doing so means putting their faith into Echo, who doesn’t seem to
be very honest with either of them. As the plot unravels, many secrets come out
and shock all of the characters in the book. Sheridan and Taylor don’t know who
to trust anymore. Will the two twins make it out of the city before time runs
out?
Erasing Time is a dystopian and science fiction novel. As an avid
fan of dystopian novels, I have read my fair share of them, but Erasing Time is unlike any other. The
book brings up many questions about the future that I have never considered,
especially the evolution of language. Echo tells the twins that they still
speak English, but that it has evolved from their 21st century
English, which is why they do not understand it. This makes perfect sense to me
and the little details like this set the book apart from the rest of the books
in its genre. The relationship between the two girls is very well-developed.
Although they clearly have very dissimilar personalities, they share a strong
bond. I find it compelling that Echo also used to be a twin, so it is easy for
Taylor and Sheridan to understand the pain that Echo has gone through with the
loss of his twin. I did not expect the plot twists and revelations which were
present towards the end of the book, and I found myself surprised and excited
by the ending.
C. J. Hill keeps the book fast paced and I read it fairly
quickly. The author was very talented at depicting the futuristic society and
making it seem like a plausible outcome of our own civilization now. Often in
novels set in the future, it is hard to imagine such a place, but the setting
in this book was not like that at all. I cannot wait for the upcoming sequel to
this novel. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It has many elements to it including
action, science fiction, mystery, and of course, a little love story on the
side. I would recommend this book to all readers, as it has something for
everyone.
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