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excellent, gripping!

Revisado: 04-29-10

I really enjoyed this one. I didn't expect a murder mystery, for some reason I thought from the sketch it was sort of sci-fi (duh), but no matter, it was wonderfully written and well plotted, and the narrator was excellent too. I loved every minute of it.
Highly recommended!

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mixed feelings about this one

Revisado: 04-21-10

For some reason I thought it was sci-fi when I bought it. A few minutes into it and I thought 'uh oh gothic romance'. But it did grab me and I did enjoy it, although it was of course very predictable and I would have preferred a better ending. The narrator can't do voices, so everyone sounded the same, but she didn't irritate me. I will probably read some more from this author, mainly because I enjoy lighter material sometimes, and being immersed in a slower, less frantic world.

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very, very illuminating!

Revisado: 04-21-10

This was a facinating book, because for the first time I was able to understand the source of self-chatter and other symptoms of my left brain, as well as why I sometimes get the "at one with the universe" feelings that I now understand are coming from my right brain. What a gift the brain truly is, and what a wonderful book. The author's experience reminds me of Eckhardt Tolle's description of what happened to him in his first book's preface; he may have gone through a mild version of this type of stroke.

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Loved this first book in the series...BUT:

Revisado: 05-21-09

I was totally hooked into this one, 25 hours of pure bliss, I couldn't get enough. Absolutely great writing, great narration, loved the plot lines, etc. BUT - of course I bought the rest of the series, "Against the Tide of Years" and "On the Oceans of Eternity" - and they were a lot harder for me to finish. This story did not need to be spread out as long as this, and the plot lines got very threadbare and bedraggled by the last 20 hours or so. The characters I originally met in "Island.." starting taking back seats or disappearing altogether. The bad guy from the island (Walker) is not around much in the 2nd book and disposed of in a very unsatifying way in the 3rd, and really most of the 2nd and the entire 3rd is just a waste of time, IMHO. Consider yourself warned - if you get bored in the middle of #2, you can just quit and you won't miss anything.

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Pretty good!

Revisado: 05-04-09

I had a hard time getting into it because of so much digression into Slavic language issues, but I'm glad I stuck with it because it became very good. The characters were likable and the narrators were excellent. Orson Scott Card's writing has always seemed sort of 'off' to me, a peculiar sort of parallel-universe mind-set. I like some of his stuff and hate some of his stuff. Not sure how his rabid fans would like this one, but I enjoyed it.

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One of the best sci fi sagas ever written

Revisado: 10-19-08

Each and every book in this 7-book series has been totally engrossing. The writing style, the never-ending imagination, the characters, settings - just totally top-notch. I have to give the narrator credit for juggling multiple characters each with their own voice, and multiple races each with their own dialect. The only choice that threw me was using a British accent for the Ildirins...I would have thought a Chinese accent would have been more appropriate, given the nature of the race. I liked the guy who did the first 3 books better, but really not a big deal - the story just sucks you in so completely, it's all ok. YOU JUST CAN'T MISS THIS SERIES!!!!

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Loved it!

Revisado: 04-24-08

I thought this was a great action book, extremely entertaining and interesting. I'm surprised at some of the negative reviews - although I suppose the book would be pretty offensive to fundamentalist Christians.

I thought the characterizations were just right, not too little, not too much for an action book. I only wish he had extended the end a bit more, and tied up some loose ends - what happened to the televangelist they jailed, and what were Kate's 2 missing years all about?

This plot brings up some very disturbing facts about human nature, whether you worship a traditional God or Science or ?? It's that pesky worship thing that seems to cause a LOT of trouble.

I LOVED this narrator, he was very skilled at subtly changing his voice for each character, and I thought he nailed the tone of the book perfectly.

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excellent read

Revisado: 09-12-07

Love Ben Bova, loved this book, the characters are wonderful, the story engaging. The narrators were great, especially Stephen Hoye.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 12-12-06

Great story, absolutely wonderful narrator! The movie was a very, very pale imitation, so forget about the movie and read/listen to this book! I've listened to it twice!

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Excellent

Revisado: 12-12-06

My favorite of the Grand Tour series, and I love them all. Great narrator, thank heavens he has done most of Bova's books. This book has more stuff happening in it than you can shake a stick at. I never wanted it to end, I just wanted it to go on and on forever. I wanted to be there!

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