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Really enjoyed this window into Victorian England

Revisado: 05-26-24

This novel is a great read for mystery lovers and lovers of historical fiction. The characters are brightly drawn and the dialogue is tight and really brings the characters to live. I recommend!

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About time! Romance unfolds!

Revisado: 12-13-23

Narrator Robert Glenister once again brings great dialogue and twisting mystery to life! Excellent performance!

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ridiculously biased take on data

Revisado: 11-25-23

Do i doubt that food companies are predatory? absolutely not. but the entire book was a collection of incredibly slanted takes whilst attacking studies with similarly, but typically significantly less bias involved. For example, he compared the % of people who become alcoholics after their first experiences with alcohol with the % of people who continue to eat ultra processed food after trying it for the first time to insinuate that ALCOHOL IS LESS ADDICTIVE THAN FOOD. He also, (among a myriad of other instances which quite frankly i do not have the energy or patience to go over) used the ‘self study’ he conducted, where he ate 80% ultra processed foods, as “undeniable evidence” of the vast effects a month on the diet has. When, only pages earlier, he had talked about the frantic stress and lack of sleep he experienced on the diet and, pages before that he talked about the staggering effects that stress hormones can have on appetite and other weight functions. All while tearing apart other studies around the positive effects of exercise (outright stating that exercise levels do not effect obesity) because of previous research projects the scientists had studied that were funded by the coca cola company. One could argue that the majority of studies cited in this book being conducted by his coworkers may also lend to some bias, and when looking over the studies myself i found some issues far more prevalent than what they may/may not have conducted reaserch on in the past. The studies he also chose to “debunk were the ones that have significant problems while he did not go over the ones with sound scientific backgrounds and data that have been redone and proven many times over. while I don’t suggest that ultra processed foods are in anyway healthy. I think that this book number of glaring problems, and is probably not the place to look for facts.

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esto le resultó útil a 6 personas

unrealistic and author seemed to forget key details

Revisado: 06-15-23

the performance was very good but the derail were inconsistent, a character whose legs were mauled so badly the bone was clearly visible suddenly gets up and runs, blind heroics that don’t follow a character’s personality and lots of backtracking and contradictions

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fantastic

Revisado: 02-26-23

this book is amazing! the way the author weaves the unreliable narrator affect into a -st person story is amazing

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Great adaptation!

Revisado: 01-15-23

Great cast and narrator. Adaptation captures the sarcasm and wit typical of an Austen novel.

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Fun! Great idea

Revisado: 12-23-22

I enjoyed this and definitely recommend. It is a mini pop culture musical in an audiobook!

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Brilliant

Revisado: 07-24-17

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Robert Glenister is absolutely masterful with his narration. The writing is extremely smart, culturally relevant and the mystery is captivating until the end. The Strike novels just get better and better!

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