Miss Haha

I liked the first two - this one? No.

Revisado: 11-24-24

There are going to be spoilers. Stop right here. Don’t read further if you don’t want to know why I disliked this book so intensely. Everyone else seems to love it and I’m an anomaly so you should probably ignore me.

That being said, the first 1/3 of the book was fine. But then it just took a turn for the atrocious. I started listening in 2x speed - which I have NEVER done before - just so I could get through it and know what happened.

I’ve been so over Lynn calling the main character Ry-Ry for 2 books now, but apparently every time she speaks to him, she has to say Ry-Ry at least once. Sometimes 3 or 4 times in a conversation. I hated it so much it started triggering my gag reflex. Have I ever had that happen while reading or listening to a book? No. But this book had two things which made me gag.

What was the second? So glad you asked. Lydia, the girlfriend. Everything about the relationship was nauseating, but especially any scene where they flirted. I had to skip through any actual romance/sex scenes for fear of puking in my car. Dude has lived almost 900 years and he decides to spend the rest of his life with someone who professes she loves him just as he is, but proceeds to tell him in the next sentence he needs to change everything about himself. Say what?! Ugh. And he cheerfully goes along.

I liked him much, much better with Vulcan and she made more sense as a partner for him. But as much as he wants to be with people, he’s a much more interesting character making things right, knowing people won’t remember him. Like Sam Beckett in Quantum Leap. There’s something noble and fascinating about a character who makes peace with his strange reality and his place in it.

Lydia is just a terrible character. And Lynn too. They’re the same person. Immature idiots who think they’re the most clever people in the room. They both are beyond stupid about insisting their fathers, who’ve killed thousands upon thousands and thousands of people, are just misunderstood and beg Ryan not to kill him. The stupidity of these two characters - one a “genius” and one can see the future and both KNOW their fathers will continue to murder innocents with not a single care, and they still insist they HAVE to be saved. And these are the women he loves? What?!?

While we’re on the subject, what is up with the communism obsession? Everything was “communist red”. For that matter, everyone was carried by a flying person “like a bride”. Was this book just translated poorly or written badly or edited awfully or all three? Every phrase was done to death.

Then let’s talk about the sheer number of characters. I kept asking myself, “Wait - who the heck is that?!” “Where did that person come from?!?”

There’s more but I’m over giving any more attention to this terrible conclusion of the trilogy.

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Weaker and weaker story

Revisado: 06-29-24

This story started out interesting. But the hero has become so overpowered and has so much plot device armor it’s gotten stupid. He gets these random skills that are the perfect solution for every. Single. Problem. There is no failure, no real threat. He’s going to overcome everything and be the most important entity that ever was. Honestly makes me wonder how he was so poor for so long - apparently he is utterly incapable of making a bad move. And his sister is even more obnoxious. Or his wife. Or his girlfriend. The female characters are also massively overpowered and intensely all knowing - except when they get irrationally emotional about something the main character says or does and assume the worst. It’s a terrible ending to what started as an interesting idea. And the last chapter. The last line. UGH. I’m not sure there a single character I like by the time the story ends. They’re all insufferable tools. Or love struck women who completely give up everything they love for guys. Just do yourself a favor and imagine an ending. It will be better.

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Something fun and new

Revisado: 02-04-24

The main characters are well rounded. None are super perfect people. It’s nice to see a hero who has to actually practice and learn and isn’t instantly the best ever. I am looking forward to the next book - I am quite interested to know what happens next.

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Great characters!

Revisado: 06-17-23

Enjoying the tale, the characters, and the narrative. I’m eager to hear what happens next.

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A little slow to start…

Revisado: 05-27-23

Brutal world with little joys but enthralling once you get into it. Not crazy about the narration. His Russian accents are a bit stilted. Honestly, would have preferred no accents. This reader is usually excellent.

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I love listening to RC Bray

Revisado: 01-27-23

No one reads post apocalyptic fiction better. And this is a great series. Excellent prequel.

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Dresden has gotten brutally dark and tiresome

Revisado: 12-14-21

This series used to be fun. It had suspense and murder mystery supernatural stuff, but at its heart it was fun. It’s not fun anymore. It’s a slog to listen to the never ending crush of horrific happenings Dresden’s life has become. There is no light. There is no joy. Nothing good can happen without something ten times worse happening in retaliation. I think the narrator did the best he could but when the story is non-stop awfulness and death , how do you enliven it? I don’t typically give up on a book, but grim reminders of death everywhere isn’t what I’m looking for in a book. Especially not from a character I used to enjoy visiting.

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Thomas Prescott gets better each book

Revisado: 10-15-21

Love the way the narrator reads the Prescott books - he captures the attitude of Thomas Prescott. I appreciate the research the author puts into the books. I pick up great information with every tale. The stories are interesting, charming, witty, and don’t go the way you expect, which is a relief these days. I like that Prescott is evoking from book to book as life experiences tweak his attitudes and behaviors. It’s refreshing to see a character actually develop and grow from book to book. Highly recommend everything by this author.

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Dull dialogue, interesting mystery

Revisado: 08-31-21

I found the dog subplot idiotic and the dialogue was insipid. It was a woman putting the words she wants to hear a man say rather than the way a guy really talks. Found the main female character stupid and irritating. But of course she was 5’ nothing and totes adorbs so everyone thought she was perfect. I only finished far enough to find out who did it and why. It was an interesting premise that was ruined with cardboard characters and blah dialogue. Not sure what Evanovich lends her name to these stupid romance novels. They don’t have the humor or character development of the Plum series.

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Couldn’t finish - just sickening

Revisado: 06-28-21

Humans are the worst thing. Ever. In the whole universe and should be exterminated.

I thought there would be some kind of redemption, but it just got worse. Nothing is as evil as humans. Nothing as terrible, selfish, or cruel. The universe is better without them.
I get there are people who actually believe this and will find this book an awesome fantasy. Makes me ill.

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