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    Limited Wish
    Limited Wish
    Limited Wish
    Audiobook7 hours

    Limited Wish

    Written by Mark Lawrence

    Narrated by Matthew Frow

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    About this audiobook

    One choice. Two possible timelines. And a world hanging in the balance.

    It’s the summer of 1986 and reluctant prodigy Nick Hayes is a student at Cambridge University, working with world-renowned mathematician Professor Halligan. He just wants to be a regular student, but regular isn’t really an option for a boy-genius cancer survivor who’s already dabbled in time travel.

    When he crosses paths with a mysterious yet curiously familiar girl, Nick discovers that creases have appeared in the fabric of time, and that he is at the centre of the disruption. Only Nick can resolve this time paradox before the damage becomes catastrophic for both him and the future of the world. Time is running out—literally.

    Wrapped up with him in this potentially apocalyptic scenario are his ex-girlfriend, Mia, and fellow student Helen. Facing the world-ending chaos of a split in time, Nick must act fast and make the choice of a lifetime—or lifetimes.

    Game on.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 28, 2019
    ISBN9781721362271
    Limited Wish
    Author

    Mark Lawrence

    Mark Lawrence is married with four children, one of whom is severely disabled. His day job is as a research scientist focused on various rather intractable problems in the field of artificial intelligence. Between work and caring for his disabled child, Mark spends his time writing, playing computer games, tending an allotment, brewing beer, and avoiding DIY.

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    • 3/5
      This is on okay series that just isn't for me (I'll finish it, though, I'm sure). I don't relate to any of the characters (most of them are annoying and paper thin), I really really don't care for the "romance" threads, and I've been really disappointed with the bully villains that aren't really driven by any real motivation, other than to be vile. And while time travel and the multiverse are interesting concepts to discuss, they are really difficult to make work seamlessly. And on top of everything else, I could care less about the D&D games. Reading snippets of imaginary D&D games are as interesting to me as listening someone commenting on a scintillating golf tournament.

      However, I'll more than likely read book three too, if for no other reason than to find out how this all wraps up.
    • 2/5
      Copy and pasted story from the first book. Nonsensical antagonist and anticlimactic end. You can see every twist and turn from a mile away. Mark Lawrence is a very talented writer, and I enjoy his style but he always loses me after the first book. He should just write 2 books instead of always stretching it into trilogies. I can always do without the time wasting middle book. The few interesting details it does have can be worked into the following book to improve on that one instead.
    • 5/5
      Another Mark Lawrence book finished and I'm sad because I don't have that many more to read before I'll have to wait for his latest book. But I'm also happy because this was a fabulous sequel to One Word Kill. Nick and his friends are back, bending time, playing D&D, and working out relationships, friendships, and family. Nick has moved on to attending Cambridge at age sixteen, working out the mathematical formulas he'll need for future time travel.I admit that I don't always understand the physics and math used to explain the time travel aspects of the story, but I've found that if I just substitute the words magic for math and sorcery for physics, I feel I get the concepts pretty well. "...there are fabulous beasts that swim in the seas of mathematics. Multidimensional behemoths of incredible beauty that even the best of minds struggle to glimpse. The equations we battle with, the proofs that we use to nibble at the edges of such wonders: these are the shadows cast by those we hunt."I love the plotting and how the story parallels the D&D game. My son and I have discussed the rules for 2nd edition (I think that's what Nick and his friends use) and the differences with today'srules. He's been intrigued by how well Mr.Lawrence integrates those into the story. It's another wonderful read, and now, onto Dispel Illusion.
    • 5/5
      "We’re all infinities."I can’t adequately express how enjoyable this trilogy has been so far. I lay in bed and finished this second book around 1am last night. I was up thinking about not just the implications of Nick’s predicament, but my own reality and past choices and how they brought me to the here and now. I’ve mentioned before how Mr. Nobody is one of my favorite films; Limited Wish dove deeper into multiverse theory—so much so just thinking about it makes my mind go all soupy. And I love it.Lawrence took where I thought this series was going and steered it into much deeper, more obscure science fiction territory. And man, I’m really enjoying the ride!Where book 1 gave us an irresistible group of D&D nerds and teenage angst, book 2 layered on time-space anomalies and instances of complex paradox and somehow found a way to kick up the angst tenfold. All the while running the main story line parallel to the D&D story, like in the first book.I have this unsettling feeling that I’m in for an unexpected treat in the final book, and I’m a bit scared to see what that may be.
    • 4/5
      Six months have passed and Nick has a lot on his plate. He's turned 16, is now a student at Cambridge working with a world-renowned mathematician, continues recover from leukemia and, worst of all, his first and only girlfriend is now dating someone else. At least there is still the weekly D&D game night with his friends. Nick is barely settling into his new routine when he literally bumps into a strange woman who sets of series time fractures, with Nick at the center of their disruption.Limited Wish is the second in the Impossible Times trilogy by Mark Lawrence. This is one crazy, timey-wimey story! And one that I'm finding hard to review without giving things away. Let's just say that Lawrence took the concepts from book one and ran with them so if you enjoyed the first story, you should like this one too. I'm definitely getting a Back to the Future vibe this time around, which isn't a bad thing. Just be prepared for some mind bending loops. And I definitely don't have the level of math required to understand it all!My favorite part this time is the D&D story thread and how it ends up tying in to the main plot of the book. Very clever and a great way to provide insight into another side of Nick. The one thing I was missing is the super close camaraderie of Nick and his friends. Those relationships have changed since the first book and I found myself missing those interactions.Now to wait for November and see how the various timelines resolve.