just one damned thing after another by jodi taylor

We gave this title the codes BH, FEM, TTL, PRE & HRO and an average rating of 3.4.

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The title told me I didn't need to take it seriously!.

There were too many clues planted in advance.

I enjoyed the pace – it was a nice light read.

It’s not great literature, but a good read

It was fun seeing dinosaurs and drinking tea.

It went nowhere, was predictable and juvenile: I love you, I hate you, you’re a monster, I forgive you.

I felt that it was written to be optioned for episodic TV GoodreadsĬheck out the summary of our discussion of just One Damned Thing After Another… For wherever Historians go, chaos is sure to follow in their wake. And, as they soon discover - it's not just History they're fighting.įollow the catastrophe curve from eleventh-century London to World War I, and from the Cretaceous Period to the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria.

Their aim is to observe and document - to try and find the answers to many of History's unanswered questions.and not to die in the process.īut one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. Meet the disaster-magnets of St Mary's Institute of Historical Research as they ricochet around History. Maintaining the appearance of harmless eccentrics is not always within their power - especially given their propensity for causing loud explosions when things get too quiet. They don't do 'time-travel' - they 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. “History is just one damned thing after another” - Arnold ToynbeeĪ madcap new slant on history that seems to be everyone's cup of tea.īehind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary's, a different kind of historical research is taking place. Marys Editors pick Best Science Fiction & Fantasy See all formats and editions Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 249. Mary’s crew will be on to destroy next.Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's #1) by Jodi Taylor Jodi Taylor Just One Damned Thing After Another Paperback Jby Jodi Taylor (Author) 7,196 ratings Book 1 of 13: Chronicles of St. It sets up the rest of the series well, and should have most readers eager to see what the St. This is the kind of book that you walk away from believing in time travel. Max is a thoroughly hilarious and confident narrator and the sense of real danger, interspersed with copious amounts of tea, pervades the story. Mary’s should appeal to readers who like their time travel realistic and their narrative sarcastic.

With events in history spanning from the Cretaceous period to WWI, this story of St. And they aren’t just fighting history this time, but others who would use time to their own advantage. This delightful adventure by Jodi Taylor “explores historical events in contemporary time.” Madeleine “Max” Maxwell and her compatriots bang about in history, with history just as quick to bang them back, sometimes fatally. Best described as a mad-cap dash through history told with a generous dose British humor and a surety of things blowing up, Just One Damned Thing After Another is the first of the Chronicles of St.

Just one damned thing after another by jodi taylor