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Henry the Host (ICFAMMPodcast)

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A great YA to take flight too

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-13-24

I really enjoyed it! while it is a relatively predictable young adult, it's well done and engaging. I throughly enjoyed and can't wait to start the next one.

M-bot is my favorite character

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A premise that wanders

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-11-23

The premise here is fascinating but the execution made me feel like it could have worked better as a 45-minute mini-series on prime time TV than a novel.

it attempts to focus on the intelligent octopi but it feels like it's more focused on world building the technology and vibe of the world than focusing on the main group of characters.

which is a pity cause all the characters are decent, but it feels like it's edging you to climax but never delivers a truly satisfying moment.

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The Good Turn Turns

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-11-23

I love the Cormac Riley stories alot and The Ruins and The Scholar were top notch. For some reason, I felt that the first Act of the story just plodded around way too much and I found it very hard to stay focused on it. But whole the first half of the book is somewhat rough and a bit too fragmented, this author continues to blow me away with writing almost flawless and fulfilling third acts.

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A story that should have stayed buried

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-16-22

I don't like to quit a book before reviewing but I honestly don't know how I can do another four hour of listening to the narrator struggle to make this story sound compelling. I read James Rollins as a kid and thought this would be a fun revisit.

Marsupial are mammals. Ammonites aren't snails. This book is a showcase of how to not write scientists / show that little to no research was explored to write believable characters or you know, women.

Also it was the big bad diamond trade / big oil murderous plot line. What?

As tempting as the promise as an adventure into the unknown is, there is nothing to learn or gain in the story that gets lost in its own maze of narratives.

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A direct review that doesn't side quest

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-09-22

I have two hours left and I am jumping the gun with this review but I am struggling to move through this but I am no quitter. For whatever reason, this book has quite a few (a lot) of reviews that give it five stars and claim it's flawless and gripping story telling.

It honestly just makes me want to dip back into the Kolchak papers or watch a Humphrey Bogart noir, both are detective stories that this story so desperately wants to be. While the over arching story is the main character Jack trying to uncover a serial abductor case, that narrative takes frequent stops as many chapters are just this ex-detective solving every crime but the one that at first, has no legal grounds to investigate till he is hired and paid to do the job.

The writing here is, I will admit, very well crafted. But fantastic writing can still build weak stories. Writers are always told to "write what you know" and as this story goes into topics of law enforcement, mental health, and being in Florida in general; I have doubts.

I must admit as 2022 listening to a book of 2009, it doesn't age well on how it views cops and other hot topics of today.

I think the thing that bugs me is Jack is flawless. He is perfect in his world that wishes to make him not perfect, but in real life, Jack is a pompous @$$hole. His actions would be a legal nightmare for law enforcement. All these chapters dedicated to him not working on the main case with all these side quests of child molestation, robbery, casino gambling, and I am sure I am missing something cause of all the fluff in this story, it irks me how these cases were "tough to crack" but Jack shows up and he makes assumptions like he is a god and solves it all so neatly. There is no peril in Jack's story cause he is so sure of himself this Florida he inhabits doesn't let him believe he can or is capable of mistakes. For a detective who assaulted a suspect, it seems like folks are very welcome to still work with him.

It should be noted that all the "criminals" of this novel are just Looney Toons. They are not people. Just criminals. I kept thinking of the gangsters from Bugs Bunny with our main two threats of Lonnie and Mouse.

And as someone who is autistic, the opening of this story made me uncomfortable.

It is beyond me why my Audible found this book a "must read" but for you wondering if it's worth the listen.

It's not. But if you got nothing else, I guess you can do this. Hesitant to explore other books of this writer, but I might dabble cause it seems to even his fan this is one of his weaker books.

Oh and apparently this book is a crossover? Who knew.

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Fang-tastic

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-01-22

This production is well done and as much as I want to gush, I don't want to give too much away. Even if you aren't a fan of the vampire genre, you will most likely still enjoy this. A well crafted story with fantastic performances that solidify the tale of the apocalypse, the human experience and vampirism in an exciting way that I hope to all we get to have a visual medium of this series in the future.

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Steve are you okay?

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-29-22

I will always say that reading Steve Alten in highschool was and still is the inspiration for me swim next to my passion for the sciences to pursue a career in writing. while writing my own works is closer and closer to publication, Vostok has been on my mind since I learned about it. The Loch was one of my all time favorite books and I remember emailing Steve Alten asking if he had plans for the Meg and the creatures that Nessie is a part of would ever cross paths. He emailed me telling me I was right to be excited.

I don't want to go back in time to have to explain there this is a disappointing sequel and crossover. I ask if Steve Alten is okay cause we get exposition repeated to us several times. Also the story flops the moment we get to Zach learning he is some kind of alien gate keeper cause he is a big brain science white guy and has the soul of a Martian prophet him. I wish I could say spoiler but I feel like you wouldn't believe me if I told you the last act of the book is this.

It's sad to say that this book is unnecessary story telling cause all the elements of it's alien themes are muted, as Zach is the only one who remembers. There is no...effect of the story. It just feels like a platform to talk about themes on class, environment, conspiracy and any other belief Steve Alten wants us to be open too.

Also, what marine biologists doesn't believe the well established fact that whales evolved from land mammals. The conversation between two marine biologists talking about the "debate" and how it's "hard to believe" that the hoofed predators and proto hippos that whales have as ancestors makes my head spin.

This book feels like a cry for help cause I know Steve can write better than this. It's always good to branch out in a story but this isn't branching out. It's trying to grow another tree on another tree. It just doesn't work.

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"A bear story? More like barely a story."

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-13-22

As a more or less established critic for the Creature Feature genre, I always enjoy writings on monsters just as much as I enjoy their cinematic counterparts. This book was recommended and I was for sure curious.

I am still currently going through this story but I will jump the gun with my review. I don't think I have read about an author more than Katie Berry cause of this book. Set in Canada, it takes till chapter 30 till any mention of something akin to poutine is mentioned.

This story is barely anything and while it dances around being a Lost World genre piece a la small town vs the big bad man-eater, this story is littered with characters who can't talk. I don't know how Katie Berry has done what she has done (based on her bio on her webpage) and not know that the characters in this story are borderline inhuman. Dialogue is always a challenge but even Stephanie Meyer, who's dialogue is awkward, is still organic. Paint by numbers is still too much of a compliment as a reader or listening will be incredibly tempted to stop the story. I am happy I spent a credit and not money on this book. The dialogue presented in this story is not real. If folks think this is how people talk, I would recommend venturing out of whatever small comfort bubble they are in.

And as a paleontologist, the fact that the prehistoric animals mentioned are poorly used and as their sequences are described well, the world does not make you believe them. An "off screen zoologist" seems to not want to investigate further that two species of Paleocene megafauna are discovered in the Canadian North, but are not even native naturally to Canada (as they are South American animals that never made it to North America) and everyone is pretty gun ho. The one cliche of "hoping to capture the creature" isn't even explored by the Conservation Officer. When Polar Bears wander into town, they still attempt to capture and release them mow them down.

I have never experienced a story where if I suspended my disbelief to enjoy this poor attempt into the creature feature genre, my disbelief would have literally hung itself from that height. Dramatic I know, but when you read a Canadian thriller and have to research if the author themselves is actually Canadian, is terrifying.

Katie Berry needs to hear the words "no" and to be reminded that when writing, "less is more."

Also the food that is consumed by the main characters, I amazed that their heart can function in these high stress situations and not keel over from heart attack.

There are plenty of other books that showcase literary creature features that are miles above this un-bear-able narrative.

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Not your parent's mermaid docudrama

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-12-22

I won't lie, when I first started this book I stopped it, having the opening sequence throw me off. It was difficult to go with the idea that in theory, the world knew there were mermaids and wasn't super into the idea of "proving to the world of the story what the audience already knows to be true of that world"

But once it started to get going and the characters are on the boat and onto their course for the chaos that lurks in the Mariana Trench, I was down to clown with this story. There are def aspects of this story that hit my love of Crichton level of science in fiction and even encouraged me to start learning to sign!

Some of the characters are a bit tropey and the reveal at the end was one of those "oh... called it"

But I can't help but love sentient salt water amphibians. I hope this isn't the end of the story and I hope more creatures start to move to the surface of Mira Grant's writing.

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My Murder Academia

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-12-22

Dinosaur Feather is a very well done murder mystery that I'm impressed was well adapted from it's original language. Compelling with well executed characters who are flawed as all get out but real in this crime and commentary story. While I think sometimes the story jumps characters back stories a little too much, it was a compelling story. As a paleontologist and a fan of murder mysteries, this was a delightful find.

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