Hard book to review. Almost gave it two stars. But the theories regarding time-travel are fascinating. I can see why so many love the book. The British humor and all the confused, wacky characters are well written. This book is just not my cup of tea. I often love “British humor” in television-shows and movies, but I have come to realize that I don’t seem love it as much in books. And I have some big problems with the story. Especially with the time-traveling scientist whose view of history seems very limited and focused only on the privileged and the rich. The Victorian era are portrayed as a “civilized” paradise where people just took trips on the river and ate good food? The views of the marginalized and oppressed normal people are almost silent. Women with strong wills are portrayed as hysterical or silly. Clueless men are portrayed as eccentric. A man with violent tendencies to throw cats and women in rivers “for their own good” are portrayed as some kind of hero.

Fantastisk bok, läst om den flera gånger och den är lika underhållande och mysig varje gång. Första gången kan vara lite förvirrande eftersom huvudkaraktären är något förvirrad själv i början ☺️). Kapitel 17 och 18 har bytt plats av någon anledning, så lyssna på 18 först och sen 17, och sen 19 🙈

Wonderful book; very well read. But, between what Storytel calls ch. 17 & 18 (12:43:02) the story skips to some other part of the book; this is very problematic for enjoyable listening!