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Great book!

Revisado: 05-06-25

I love this series almost as much as her Legendsong saga. If you haven’t read the Legendsong books Darksong & Darkfall) you must check them out. The Obernewtyn chronicles are really amazing, and Isobelle Carmody is just an all around great author.

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Love love love this series!

Revisado: 04-29-25

One of my absolute favorite books ever. Very much looking forward to the final book in the trilogy.

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Love this series!

Revisado: 04-29-25

I hope Isobelle Carmody writes the third book, I would love to know how this beautiful story ends. This is one of my favorite books ever, as is Darksong (book 2 in the series). I think this series is even more important nowadays than when it was written. If you love good fantasy with great world building and exceptional character development and a theme of kindness, I highly highly recommend this masterpiece! Cannot wait for book 3.

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Loved every minute

Revisado: 10-27-24

This is an inspiring book. It’s beautifully narrated. It’s a beautiful adventure story with elements of magical realism that I thoroughly enjoyed.

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Enjoyable, but sorta confusing and frustrating.

Revisado: 06-05-24

Overall I’m glad I listened to it, but if I were pressed to recommend it… that’s a hard maybe. The characters are well fleshed out and the story is interesting. I found it hard to believe that the main character could be so willfully oblivious, and that everyone who should be helping her was instead either gossiping about her, or assuming the worst of her.

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Mary Sue Prepper faces the forces of evil (again)

Revisado: 10-13-23

This is the third Dean Koontz books I’ve listened to that has a suspiciously over-prepared Mary Sue main character with a military connection, prepper tendencies, and lots of assault rifles. Invariably Koontz’s Mary Sue character is faced with the forces of evil- either political, supernatural, or otherwise (always well armed and cast as greedy) and triumphs. They are enjoyable to listen to, but so similar & repetitive in theme that I think this will be my last Koontz book.

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Lacking authenticity.

Revisado: 09-08-19

I definitely agree with the Firefly comparison, and don't mean that in a flattering way (even though I loved Firefly). Kizzy feels like a literal ripoff of Kaylee Frye, and I'll admit it felt sort of insulting to be presented with this cut-rate version of the delightful misfit. This book feels like it was engineered to appeal to a specific demographic, but it's missing something. Originality.

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Lovely, complex story

Revisado: 06-20-19

The narrator speaks so slowly that my mind wandered away several times, and I decided to give this book another go after realizing that I respond better to faster reading. So I switched to 1.25x speed and it was much easier to become absorbed in the plot, which is wonderful. I’m pretty sure I’ll go through the rest of my life asking myself “What would Dorothea do?” when faced with tough decisions.

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Get a thesaurus, Dean M Cole.

Revisado: 05-09-19

I mean, let's start with the over the top macho/sexist behavior of the main character. It's so old fashioned and just gross. Next let's go through the annoyingly repetitive dialogue. He says WAN, CHEWED OVER, YES MA'AM, and (spoiler) ROBOT OVERLORDS, etc. a zillion times. Then let's marvel at how the female character sounds alternately like a manic pixie dream girl and a 10th grade book report on physics, but never like a real person. My conclusion: the author needs a thesaurus, and hang out with actual women so he can learn how to write about them. That said, it's interesting in theory. I just wish it told better. I also strongly dislike the male narrator, he sounds like a cop.

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A very boring book

Revisado: 01-28-18

I could not get into this book. It wasn’t interesting or well written. The main character is not believable or relatable. If the premise seems interesting to you, I recommend Lilith’s Brood by Octavia Butler.

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