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Unbearable

Revisado: 08-16-24

Great story made unbearable by lack of writing ability. I simply couldn’t finish this read. Author was unable to even convey the high sexual tension between Helen and Paris.

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great observations

Revisado: 02-11-23

this book is filled with wonderful detailed observations of multiple dogs living together in the author's house. The dogs are allowed to roam the neighbor and with at least one dog the author follows the dog and observes his behavior in detail. Several of her females give birth. The interactions of the dogs with each other are described in greater detail than I've seen elsewhere. I don't agree with another reviewer that her conclusions are wrong and dangerous. On the contrary. Her conclusions are based on her observations.

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Tedious the bare facts

Revisado: 01-18-23

Author presents only the bare facts : king did this and that. This and that happened. No life and no color.

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very scientific

Revisado: 08-18-22

Based on the reviews, I expected a book that focused on how animals experienced the world through their senses. Instead, I found a detailed scientific exposition of each animal's sense organs and how they function. I.e., how canines have a special membrane on the roof of their mouth that absorbs and retains sense molecules and transmits them to receptors in the brains. Something like that anyway. This is not what I was interested. in.
very disappointing especially after all the hype.

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Rambling stream of consciousness

Revisado: 01-14-22

I haven’t given up yet. But this is hard to focus on. So far it’s just Rambling stream of consciousness maybe it gets better

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detailed and unusual descriptions of animals

Revisado: 01-13-22

the author often uses unusual language in providing detailed decriptions of his encounters with animals. It's not a casual listen.. In fact, I purchased the kindle e-book to get the most out of it. it's worth it if you are interested in animals and human-animal interactions. he goes beyond the usual superficial descriptions.

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nothing to do with wolves

Revisado: 01-13-22

this is unbearably bad. we learn about almost everything but wolves -- the narrator's unbearable mother, unbearable sex life, unbearable life in general, and none of this is redeemed by good writing. avoid this book like the plague.

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Great descriptions of wolves

Revisado: 01-11-22

The story contains two main strands. The wolf strand describes the wolf introduction by the narrator’s group and the opposition by the farming and ranching community. It’s not as conventional as it sounds. another strand involves the narrator and her very mentally damaged sister We don’t learn until later what happened to her. The two strands tie together with a whollop at the end. The highlight is the author’s description of the wolfs though unfortunately she makes some things up.

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preachy and empty

Revisado: 02-08-21

after listening to most of this, and looking back, I had no idea what I'd heard. I could only remember that it contained long preaching sections on various topics of interest to the author. also, the writing was very centered on the author -- "I went here" I saw this and that." He should have left himself out of it and focused much more on what he saw.

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could not make headway

Revisado: 05-19-20

I could not make any headway with this, despite a valiant attempt. I guess they want more.

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