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Not as insightful as I remember

Revisado: 01-31-24

I had this book in the early 90s and remember liking it. Being older and wiser now, I just think most of the book has very little value. Author narrating is also disappointing.

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Beautiful book and narration

Revisado: 07-07-23

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from beginning to end. Cassandra Campbell’s narration was perfect. The imagery painted by the authors word usage was reminiscent of To Kill A Mockingbird.

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Extraordinary book on healthy eating

Revisado: 05-17-23

The content of this book should be taught in schools. The authors prove that human beings, like all of the other species they studied, eat to fulfill protein requirements and we will gorge ourselves with high carb / high fat foods until that magic number of protein is met. It makes so much sense. I actually started this book after losing over 80 pounds and reaching my target weight, but as I look back, I was accidentally following it all along with my diet. The book is highly informative and, at the same time, very entertaining. The narrator was great. I love this book.

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Awesome story. Great narration.

Revisado: 05-10-21

When I saw that the author was reading the book, I was disappointed. In my experience, authors are generally poor narrators and it ruins the listen. I was pleasantly surprised when I started listening; Schmidle is great. If the author thing doesn't work out, he has a future in narration, that's for sure.

I'm an employee of VG. I'm only 3/4 through this book while writing this review, so hopefully there's not a disappointing twist at the end. I really enjoy this book so far. Excellent story-telling from a unique perspective. I highly recommend this book.

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Even Will Wheaton's narration couldn't save it.

Revisado: 08-25-20

This 3 book series was hands down the most boring 3 books I have ever listened to. I am a fan of John Scalzi's other works, but, my God, these three are nearly impossible to get through. I can count on one hand things that "actually happened" in all of these books put together. 99% of the content in this series is as follows: "this person talked to this person... then this person talked to that person.... then she thought about this... then she talked to another person... who talked to this person and thought about this..."

SPOILER ALERT

Here is all three books in a nutshell (up to the last 4 hours of Book 3 because I just couldn't do it anymore):

Kiva is a loudmouth harlot who bangs a lot of people and yells a lot. Cardenia takes over as emperor of the known universe when her father dies and she talks to a lot of people throughout the entire book series, including AI versions of her ancestors. The only thing that really happens with her is that she escapes two assassination attempts, the second one being really the only action in all three books. Too bad this only accounts for around 10 minutes of the audiobook. The Nohamapetans are the villains of the books, even though they mostly only talk to each other at length. The star systems are connected by something called The Flow and it is collapsing. All three books go into length explaining how the flow works and it still makes no sense. That's pretty much it.

If you enjoy listening to characters talking to one another for hours on end, you will enjoy this book.

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Much Respect

Revisado: 07-28-20

Great story. I was very caught up in the progression of Rob's career. The way that he told his story made this a very exciting book. 5 stars.

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Awesome book.

Revisado: 07-14-20

This is my first book by Eric Haney. I was blown away by the stories. The writing style was so enjoyable. I have to say this is right up there with my all time favorite books and this isn't even my favorite genre. The narration was perfect. I would give this book 10 stars if I could. Have a goodun.

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Boring

Revisado: 07-03-20

I'm a fan, but this was boring. All dialogue between characters. No real action. Wheaton was great, as usual. I just felt like this entire book was setting up, setting up, setting up, with no real conclusion. Like the whole point was setting up book 3.

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Spoiler Alert

Revisado: 09-28-19

This book was ok. I like the genre. I had a few nagging problems with the storytelling that made me overall negatively view the book. Spoiler alert..






I find it impossible to believe that Ellie went missing, Laurel was in possession of her dairies, and only years after Ellie was gone does Laurel decide to deep dive into the diaries. Seriously? In the real world, those diaries would have been analysed word for word, extensively, looking for any clues whatsoever to help find the missing daughter.

It never mentions just how Ellie became impregnated. How did the sperm get inside her without her knowing it? No plausible explanation is even offered.

I didn't like many of the main characters out of the blue start offering this 1st person account of what they did, without explaining what this is. Noelle goes into this whole "this is everything that I did" as if she is writing in a journal, but it is never explained who she is talking to.

The story was great, I just think it could have been told more skillfully. The whole structure seemed rushed.

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Fantastic story

Revisado: 09-25-19

I loved this book, start to finish. The narrator's performance was brilliant. A credit very well spent.

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