Ciara Lyden

This is a generic study guide not a dyslexia focused

Revisado: 04-04-24

Honestly this feels like a cheap ploy to make money at the expense of people with a learning disability without understanding their needs. There is nothing in this guide about working with teachers and parents to improve your learning outcomes. There is nothing about advocating for better testing conditions. There is nothing about dealing with the psychology of late diagnosis and the impact on esteem. The references to dyslexia specific systems is minimal.

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Wildly innapropriate references to abuse

Revisado: 03-11-24

Honestly anecdotal and not helpful. There isn’t a way to expand on this much. The guy is self obsessed and I would wonder about many of his claims

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Wanted more story development

Revisado: 02-19-24

Plenty of things happen but the overall progress felt minimal based on the foreshadowing in book 1. Also the father’s story line just parachuting in with substantive plot points is annoying. Without his own arch/narrative it just feels cheap.

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Honest thoughtful liberation

Revisado: 12-03-23

Really enjoyed the content though the tone is American positive which jars a little from time to time. The conversational style is overall net positive but can grate. The work transports you from broken ideology to self acceptance in a liberating way. Not exactly the manual for methods more like the manifesto of a feminist self love.

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Nothing new get an online summary

Revisado: 11-05-23

Seriously not worth your time. The content is wildly hedging ‘could be’ ‘might be’ are 90% of the claims. There’s no new research and all the info is very surface level.

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Insufferable

Revisado: 08-09-23

Seriously amazing how awful this FMC is. I would not recommend unless you enjoy hearing a whiny, annoying self centred hypocritical and inconsistent victim groan on about something for the extent of the entire book that could have been 3 chapters. The narrator does the job of setting the tone of the character perfectly because the insufferable part is live and kicking in the acting. Character will whine about being hated and you’ll agree because she is so annoying. Only spice is NC so be warned.

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Interesting but not new info

Revisado: 01-12-23

The book is interesting as an overview but it’s not really that great at getting people fluent. The book focuses more on learning methods generally for languages and how to learn as an adult. If doesn’t focus on developing a mid level person into a fluent person which is disappointing. Moreover towards the end the book it even talks about the difference between adequate and mastery from the perspective of ‘enough to get by’ rather than ‘expert/fluent’ which is frustrating. Finally focus on ‘helpful’ techniques like learning palace create artificial non real world methods. No one has a chalkboard to pre-write test content on when they are moving from intermediate to fluent language proficiency because real world immersion is the environment through which that proficiency is achieved. No advanced/modern apps are reviewed or considered. No techniques are shared for people who have to balance learning with earning an income alongside their learning goals.

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Yes it’s derivative but it’s gripping

Revisado: 01-11-23

The story has been done before but this version is well done. The performance is absolutely top notch. Absolutely loved the reading of it and I wonder whether I would have loved it as much with a different narrator. Ultimately I would expect to read this series through to the final. If the derivative hunger games, battle royal stuff continues I’ll probably drop off. If the analysis of power structures within caste system develops further I’ll probably have a new favourite fantasy series.

Vague spoilers: A lot of the reviews cite parallels to the hunger games which is both reasonable and understandable. But it’s funny how few reference battle royal. However I do think the story sets itself apart from other books by mimicking Spartanesque war/team environments rather than dystopian future worlds. Particularly the notion that this is a rite of passage and not a punishment or some form of mass entertainment plays into a different angle than many of the previous works dealing with similar themes.

There are weaknesses in the story, the main character is very full of his abilities for someone who keeps getting into trouble. The dynamic between himself and a later female character is in my view very good. Conversely the use of the women in fridges trope is a detractor from the role women have in the story. Finally the persistent threat of sexual violence is targeted towards women and not men which is the most fanciful blunder of the story.

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Basically nothing happens

Revisado: 01-02-23

Story doesn’t follow a story arch. Characters barely develop. Whiny annoying protagonist who is both powerful and yet confounded at every turn. Story is mostly a set up for following stories. The random Irish accent of one character is appalling. There is no spice/romance, it’s not a slow burn, it’s just classic teen “do we hate each other or is this love”nonsense. Xenophobia in the main character is pretty vile. The token disabled black character is the author being self serving.

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Fun read, charming story

Revisado: 11-23-22

Loved the story overall. Was a little disappointed that I had guessed some of the ending.

The northern Irish accent was paiiiiiinful which is a pity cause the performance was so good otherwise!

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