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Gripping, fun, and so smart

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-26-23

I loved this book so much. It was beautifully written and performed. Despite being fun and accessible, it is packed with big ideas—about language, colonization, gender and power. The Q&A with the author at the end is a treat. She communicates nuance and complexity in an engaging and deeply relatable voice. ❤️

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Favorite in the series

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-10-23

This installment is so much fun! And Kate Reading is at the top of her game.

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Fun and well researched

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-19-23

The author tells a compelling and historically rich story, and the narrator is great. Hope there are some well-developed female characters who are neither villains nor victims in the next installment!

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Great reader, half-baked story

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-09-23

The narrator was fantastic, the story and characters were unconvincing. The romance formula is reliable, but it only works if the setup is convincing, and in this case it is just silly. Secondary characters were underdeveloped and MCs behaved in ways that humans… don’t.

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So much fun!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-02-22

I started the series when looking for gifts for my niblings, and couldn’t stop after the first one. Overall, the recording lives up to the book, though I have a few quibbles with the recording. First, the chapter breaks come with often extended musical interludes and long enough pauses to make me wonder if I had my sleep timer on. It’s annoying. Also, the reader, while solid on description & internal monologues, is a bit over-the-top with voices. I tried to tell myself that this is meant to speak to a younger audience, but sometimes even the main character (a little girl), sounds like an old woman—I imagine I’m the interest of being expressive or something. It was distracting. Those minor quibbles aside, I highly recommend the series. Strong Harry Potter vibes in the world building and plot, but the (writer’s) voice and the characters feel authentic and genuinely likable.

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So much moaning!

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-16-22

This, more radio play than audio book, was not my jam. I appreciate the effort taken with sound effects, but it was often difficult to figure out what was going on, and there was SO MUCH MOANING. Also: crying, sobbing, heavy breathing, whimpering, chain rattling, slurping, etc. Like, some things I’d rather not hear while washing dishes. Story was ok, but predictable.

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Delightfully bananas

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-05-22

This was loads of fun and well read. Lots of Sherlock, with dashes of fairytales and dystopian classics.

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So, so bad

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-04-22

This is one of the worst books I have ever read or listened to. The readers were all overwhelmingly corny, and the story was poorly written and conceived. That said, one of the readers has an almost magically soporific voice, so I “listened” to most of the book in search of sleep—it never failed me.

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Difficult and beautiful

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-30-21

First, the narrator: I’ve heard Robin Miles read a number of books, and have always been happy with her performance, but I was... unconvinced by the choice at first. I’ve only ever heard her read American books, and wondered how she would do with a book so deeply shaped by Caribbean oral traditions and Jamaican patois. She was magnificent—this is one of the best readings I’ve ever heard.
The book itself was both formally experimental and, once it really got started, totally gripping (not an easy combination to pull off). The first couple of hours were hard for me to get into—it was a lot of setup. But I’m really glad that I stuck it out. I’ve encountered many references to Afrofuturism, as a genre, but this is one of the only books I’ve read (or cultural products I’ve consumed) that so fully and convincingly builds a future around the complex history of (one part of) the African diaspora. It’s going on the “buy a hard copy” list.

SPOILER ALERT/TRIGGER WARNING
This book contains some very difficult material—specifically the graphic and repeated rape of a child. While the author is judicious in her presentation of this material (she doesn’t put us through the same horrors again and again, and there is nothing salacious or exploitative about her use of this content), it is still extremely distressing. Those who may be triggered by this content may want to consider skipping this book, or sticking with a hard copy. I can easily imagine someone having a panic attack while driving or out for a walk.

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Spoilers ahead but it DOESN’T MATTER

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-28-21

You would think that a book with intrademensional Nazis and mega-sharks as plot points would be hilarious. And yet.... this is a predictable, plodding book with a LOT of problems, none of which are particularly funny. Beyond the plot holes and freshman-comp writing style (so many times the same descriptive word is used twice in one sentence, she wrote tersely with great terse-ness), the characters are poorly developed and... don’t make sense. Although the characters are allegedly plucked from every and all times/universes/locations, all but one of the central characters is an American or European of the 19th to early 21st century. Despite the magic translator (eye roll), the author couldn’t be bothered to introduce any characters from beyond his sphere of familiarity and comfort. The only exception is a crazy hot superhero type from the future, who is, I guess, not white? She is moderately interesting on account of her husband being a computer though, so props for that. Overall, however, it is not good. It is not good at all.

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