Timekeeper
Mar. 4th, 2020 09:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearTimekeeper by Tara Sim tells the story of Danny, a clock mechanic in an alternate England, where mystical clock towers keep time in check. Any problems with the clocks cause fluctuations in time that interfere with the surrounding area, and the mechanics have to keep the clocks in good shape, lest a town end up stopped completely. Danny's father is trapped in Malden, where the clock has been damaged and the town has stopped. His life becomes more complicated when he visits the clock tower in Enfield (where I live!) and falls in love with the spirit that embodies the clock.
It's a mostly rather sweet tale of romance, with an added mystery about clocks being sabotaged in different areas around London. I liked Danny and his car mechanic friend, Cassie. I liked the complexities of his relationship with the spirit, who couldn't leave the clock tower. I liked the idea of the clocks beings guardians of their towns. But the time fluctuations were a bit vague and rather inconsistent so it was difficult to visualise their effects. And it wasn't clear how far the mechanics' abilities with time extended or what they could actually do. So, the world building was a bit lacking. But I enjoyed the story overall.
It's a mostly rather sweet tale of romance, with an added mystery about clocks being sabotaged in different areas around London. I liked Danny and his car mechanic friend, Cassie. I liked the complexities of his relationship with the spirit, who couldn't leave the clock tower. I liked the idea of the clocks beings guardians of their towns. But the time fluctuations were a bit vague and rather inconsistent so it was difficult to visualise their effects. And it wasn't clear how far the mechanics' abilities with time extended or what they could actually do. So, the world building was a bit lacking. But I enjoyed the story overall.
