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this series is not good

Revisado: 03-10-24

Did Tana French even write this series? Such a huge drop off in quality from her previous work. couldn't even finish this one.

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Great story and narrator

Revisado: 05-31-22

Very enjoyable dystopian road trip journey with slightly burnt out contract killer and his daughter.

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A pretty weak entry to the Stephenson oeuvre

Revisado: 11-23-21

OK they can’t all be home runs, I know. This just had a fairly boring story and not much action or science. Kind of a political thriller without the thrilling part. The b story about the Indian guy in the Himalayan mountains was particularly uninteresting and silly.

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This is good

Revisado: 09-13-21

I’ve tried a lot of different language instruction. This is one of the best. The author’s voice is very pleasant to listen to as well, which really helps.

No matter what though, to learn a new language, you really have to put the time in. They say about 90% who try to become fluent in a 2nd language fail. I can definitely believe that.

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Good book. Lousy packaging.

Revisado: 03-23-21

OK fantastic stories. That’s the most important thing.

However I am perplexed to find that the multi billion dollar company behind the distribution of this audiobook is so understaffed that they are not able to provide a list of the NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUAL STORIES. Instead you get only this: chapter 1, chapter 2, Etc. Come on.

Perhaps this is the fault of the publisher? Either way, it shows no respect for the writer or the listener. Do better with your billions Amazon.

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Not very good.

Revisado: 12-31-20

I loved North Water so I was really looking forward to this one.

It is OK. But not even close to as well written and cleverly plotted as North Water. The narration in Irish is good. But when the narrator switches to some weird Long Island/Brooklyn accent for one of the main characters it is kind of cringy.

The bar was set high by North Water. This one is not ven close. Some authors only have one great book in them.

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Greatest living short story author reads own work.

Revisado: 08-25-19

Saunders is a national treasure. His readings of his own work are funny, touching, edgy. Treat yourself to this marvelous book. It’s short but you will listen to it many times.

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Favorite author. Favorite narrator.

Revisado: 08-25-19

I have been waiting years and years for Saunders to read his earlier work. So happy to see both CWIBD as well as Pastoralia now available, read by the author. Thank you for taking the time to read these George. You are the best.

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You gotta be kidding me.

Revisado: 07-02-19

How do you release a collection of Novellas without giving the listeners some way of navigating through the individual titles? So incredibly lazy of whomever was responsible for releasing this title. Give me a break.

Update: OK I will just do it myself. Below is list of novellas and which chapter to choose to begin each title...

Table of Contents
* Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971, Hainish Cycle)
* Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight (1987)
* Hernes (1991)
* The Matter of Seggri (1994, Hainish Cycle)
* Another Story or a Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994, Hainish Cycle)
* Forgiveness Day (1994, Hainish Cycle)
* A Man of the People (1994, Hainish Cycle)
* A Woman’s Liberation (1994, Hainish Cycle)
* Old Music and the Slave Women (1999, Hainish Cycle)
* The Finder (2001, Earthsea)
* On the High Marsh (2001, Earthsea)
* Dragonfly (1997, Earthsea)
* Paradises Lost (2002, Hainish Cycle)

Vaster than empires and more slow STARTS CHAPTER 1
Buffalo gals won’t you come out tonight STARTS CHAPTER 3
Hernes STARTS CHAPTER 8
The matter of Seggri STARTS CHAPTER 12
Another story or a fisherman of the inland sea STARTS CHAPTER 15
Forgiveness day STARTS CHAPTER 17
A man of the people STARTS CHAPTER 21
A woman’s liberation STARTS CHAPTER 24
Old music and the slave women STARTS CHAPTER 29
The finder STARTS CHAPTER 32
On the high marsh STARTS CHAPTER 39
Dragonfly STARTS CHAPTER 41
Paradises lost STARTS CHAPTER 46

That’s all of them

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A dark and powerful book.

Revisado: 06-19-19

This is an excellent book. Dark yes. Depressing sure. However, all the reviews claiming the ending is unresolved and/or confusing are completely missing the point.

Unless you demand simple plots and cliched endings, ignore the negative reviews and enjoy this complex, disturbing, original work.

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