No Time Like the Past
ISBN: 9781472264336
Description
The St Mary's Institute of Historical Research has finally recovered from its wounds and it's business as usual for those rascals in the History Department. From being trapped in the Great Fire of London to an unfortunately timed comfort break at Thermopylae, which leaves the fate of the western world hanging in the balance, Max must struggle to get History back on track. But first, they must get through the St Mary's Fete - which is sure to end badly for everyone.
Reviewed on 1st October 2023
The fifth St Mary’s book sees Max in a constant state of recovery from both what’s previously gone wrong, and what goes wrong again.
I struggled a bit with this book, in part I think because I can never really remember the continuity (I’m not entirely sure it’s there to remember), and in part because of the episodic nature of the storytelling within.
It doesn’t quite feel like it’s one story with beginning, middle, and end - but more a sequence of events - and I can’t help feel that in another world each of those events might feel more holistically like one story.
It works though as a bit of a palette cleanser between heavier works. It’s easy to read, and slightly educational as well.
