Only Time Will Tell

Timely delivered n book looked fresh...rest as far as reading is concerned...it was a great read...not that romantic types...but Jeffrey archer us good at twisting a plot...it's a about a boy whose is not aware about who his father is...n mother is trying to make the ends meet to give him a better education..it's not a sad read...as the plot looks like..!!

I Don't say anything about the plot of this novel - just check it out! But when I read "Kain & Abel" back in the past I wanted to have more of him. It may sound strange, but: Archer's novels are not quite thriller, not quite family drama and not quite history novel, and yet, it's ALL of it! I never felt that satisfied in my whole experience of reading before. I usually have that weird moments when I can't decide: do I want to read thriller? Do I want to read horror? Or do I want to read classic? That's a wide spectrum! But Jeffrey Archer pleased me entirely, because his novels include nearly everything You can possibly want (even fantasy-novels use similar patterns)! So my (best) lesson is: You never can make anything wrong with Jeffrey Archer!I still don't know if I want to read the rest of the Clifton-Saga too, because I prefer single novels. But this book clearly encouraged me! Anyway, I have something I can go back to any time, and that's allways great!

Excelente libro. Llegó en perfectas condiciones!

The indefatigable Jeffrey Archer has the rare and happy knack of creating characters with whom the reader instantly bonds and feels concern for. As soon as we are introduced to young Harry Clifton we are on his side and warm feelings follow when life goes his way.The first of the Clifton Chronicles is a satisfyingly fat read, reminiscent of The Forsyte Saga. 'Only Time Will Tell' was a treat that I frequently looked forward to getting back to, thinking about it often. That was until I gave up the struggle and read the book all day long.Helpful, sometimes surprisingly placed supporters gather around Harold Clifton's childhood and, like fairy godmothers at a christening, bless the boy with fortune beyond expectation. Alas, there are also darker forces at work...The first section, the education of Harry, is written in a friendly positive style, a school story of impeccable pedigree, a mixture of literary schoolboy memories, and very easy to get involved with. I felt a sense of frustration when this appeared to come to an end, as I was more than anxious to see what happened next.The change in typeface announces that the Clifton Chronicles are moving along with their next strand. I pressed greedily on and found that the story of Harry was being fleshed out from a different perspective, his mother's, Maisie. Some little details that had been touched lightly on earlier become clearer, rewarding the attention given. And so on throughout the cast, Jeffrey Archer generously and deftly dots the i's and crosses the t's, each narrator/subject bringing more to the feast. Some reviewers have found that this laboured the point but it also builds robust foundations. So far it is set in the 'days before DNA' but hopefully not the 'days before fingerprints'! Of course it is tantalising that we will have to patiently wait for the next edition. This is a tease that was shared by Dickens with his chapters and other soap opera style cliff hangers and so, well, hunger is the best sauce; our openhanded host Jeffrey Archer is no doubt cooking up future excitements and yes, that is something very much to look forward to. And almost certainly that patience will be rewarded, although..Only Time Will Tell...

The characters... they're either saints or they're, shall we say, not very good people. I'm a big fan of Jeffrey Archer, but for me, the Clifton Chronicles is falling a little short and I think it's around the lack of development for the characters. Just there's just not much there there, there's no mistaking which side good/bad the characters fall into, there's no in between.It's a good story and well paced, but not much happens in book one as you can tell the series will go on. It ends in an odd way, maybe a bit of a cliffhanger, but it just kind of stops. I quickly started boon two, Sins of the Father, but moved on to a different book about halfway through. I might come back to it later.This book is a far cry from Archer's earlier works, Kane & Abel, A Prisoner of Birth. Even with A Prisoner of Birth the characters were quite dull and not developed, but the story and the narrative carried it. A fantastic book! As I said, I love Jeffrey Archer's books, but this series just isn't doing it for me, so I'm shelving it and will try it again later.