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Great overview of physics as we know it

Revisado: 02-10-24

Audiobook had distracting sounds of turning paper, shuffling of hands, and other extraneous sounds. Book was great though.

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Great overview of physics as we know it

Revisado: 02-10-24

Audiobook had distracting sounds of turning paper, shuffling of hands, and other extraneous sounds. Book was great though.

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Unoriginal at best

Revisado: 02-07-24

Just not that good of a story. Feels like it was cut and pasted from other stories, not memorable, with bad character development. Just not for me. Won’t be continuing the series.

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Great Winter Story

Revisado: 12-19-23

Excellent reading. Neat and concise child horror story. Quick read too. John Bellairs has a great descriptive style.

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Great setup for a thought experiment, poor execution

Revisado: 07-16-22

The author did something amazing with this story: set the stage for a truly original thought experiment: how does a cure for aging impact society? Ideas like the End Specialists, the vector, the cure, the COM, the overstepping of government, and many others were fantastic. I am certain I will find myself pondering more about these and other ideas presented in this novel for years to come.

But the execution was lacking and I think there could have been much more depth to this story with a more refined approach. Every female in this story is a love interest - jaw-droppingly sexy, and they all fall for the main character only to become submissive and doting to him. The only female character that is not like this only serves as a piece of character background rather than a person. The main character is an asshole, and his decision making is unrealistic and not relatable. I found myself saying, “what? Who would do that?” more than a couple times, and I think it distracted me from feeling immersed in the story, as I would begin daydreaming about how I would have handled the situation instead. The issue isn’t that the main character was flawed, it almost felt like he was flawed for no good reason - his assholery didn’t add to the story.

Lastly, this story is essentially about the collapse of society and what I call a “slow Armageddon” - humanity’s crawling descent into chaos - after it encounters a new discovery all-too-powerful for it to handle. In many ways I agree with the author’s depiction on the horrid fate of humanity, but I also think it is too bleak. The main character perceives some of the positive things in his post mortal world as stupid or childish, painting himself as an idiot while also leading the reader to feel like the only reality is one without hope.

It would have been nice to watch a second prominent character live in this new society with a different and more positive outlook.

In all, I’m glad I listened to this book and I thank the author for his work. The positives outweigh the criticisms, and it will be a recommendation I give to others who enjoy a great thought-provoking tale.

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Not the best Narnia

Revisado: 04-18-18

Prince Caspian is a very lackluster story, even for a children's series. it lacks interesting plot. every character is static and not a single one has any intriguing changes or does anything unexpected. if this was a stand alone book, and not part of the Chronicles of Narnia, it wouldn't hold up much to any other book similar to it. I still love this series, but I've always thought that this book was on the bottom-most tier. the voice actor for this book did a great job, though!

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Surprisingly Excellent

Revisado: 08-18-17

I love the Halo games but always thought the books would be too detailed fan-fiction. I was wrong. this was an excellent story. and even the complex action scenes were so we'll written they were easy to follow and exciting. I listened to this book in three days!!

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Awesome blast back to my childhood!

Revisado: 07-24-17

Classic story, love the full cast. it really adds a lot of depth to the culture of the redwall world. Brian Jaques has created a loveable, fun world that's too charming not to like!

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Revealing, critical book about privacy and freedom

Revisado: 07-13-17

An essential read. opens your eyes to realities of governmental suppression and invasion of free speech, freedom, and privacy.

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Good read, kind of cheesy and predictable.

Revisado: 06-22-17

Overall I enjoyed this book, but some of the characters and plot were pretty predictable I thought. a little cheesy writing. but, it did have plenty of twists and turns I didn't expect. good read.

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