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Suspenseful as a good novel, but real life!

Revisado: 08-01-17

Wow. This was an outstanding and compelling read. It has all the suspense and interesting characters of a good novel. It's easy to understand (even for non-techies) and will appeal to the True Crime fan as well. It took me 2 days to list to this book - I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended!

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An insightful look into the business of cartels

Revisado: 12-06-16

This was a great book. It provided amazing insight into the drug trade, how it functions, and the problem with our current "War on Drugs". The only major weakness was a minimization of the opioid epidemic currently happening in North America. While opioids were mentioned, they were reduced to a doctor-created problem and the author didn't go into much detail regarding the current steep rise in addiction. This can be excused by the fact that the book was published before the epidemic became widely known. I would highly recommend this book!

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Interesting, fun book - great narration

Revisado: 09-07-14

I like most of John Scalzi's books, and this was no different. The concept is very funny, and the execution is good. The characters are interesting, but we never completely get a full feel for their qualities. For example, why was Tom's grandmother thrown in there, other than to move the plot forward? We never got a sense that his grandmother was important to him.

Overall, the book is entertaining and typically (for Scalzi) very funny. But, it was a very light read, and not quite as interesting as Red Shirts or Androids Dream.

Wil Wheaton's narration is brilliant as usual - he's rapidly becoming one of my favourite narrators!

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Fills in holes in the comic, but not as compelling

Revisado: 09-07-14

I'm a Walking Dead fan - I've read the comics in trades, watch the show, and thoroughly enjoyed the first two books in the series. This was seemed superfluous, however. While it fills in some of the holes from the comics (it is set in the comic world, not in the TV show world), there was a lot of overlap. I felt this really made the book less compelling and interesting. It's worth a read, but I'm not sure I can highly recommend it if you've already read the first 50 issues of the comic.

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Fun, satisfying book, amazing narration.

Revisado: 09-07-14

This is a fun little book with a great concept. I would highly advise the audio book, read by John Hodgeman - his narration really adds to the humour and absurdity. Overall, it was very satisfying and fun.

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Like a prequel to 1984, if Big Brother was Google.

Revisado: 08-12-14

This book is like a prequel to 1984, if Big Brother was Google (aka The Circle). It's an interesting-enough concept, but the book simply isn't fantastic. It hits you over the head with its message (which is very alarmist), and it's predictable (who DIDN'T know who her love interest was?). It's exciting at times, and repetitive at others. It's worth reading, but it's just not an outstanding book.

The narration was fine, but I felt distracted by the male voice to the female protagonist. Many main characters were female, so I felt as though perhaps the narrator should have been female.

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Not funny. Not even a chuckle.

Revisado: 08-12-14

I got about halfway through this book. It's just not funny. At all. I stopped.

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One of the best books I've read in the past 5 yrs!

Revisado: 07-07-14

This was one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's literally science-fiction. This is not laser battles and spaceships science fiction. This is science fiction based on science which could happen in the near (next 50-75 years) future. Multiple people have called this Apollo 13 meets Cast Away. There's a healthy amount of McGuyver mixed in here.

The lead character is extremely compelling, smart, and funny - which is good, because much of the book takes place with him stranded alone on Mars. The description of how he survives is very detailed and obviously well-researched. It's very scientific, but never gets boring. The book builds in excitement, and I was on the edge of my seat for much of the last 1/4 of the story.

The writing is exciting and fast-paced, yet never dumbs things down. The narration is fantastic as well - exciting, crisp and funny. I would highly recommend this book!

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Interesting, but sometimes preachy.

Revisado: 05-24-14

The theme of this book is very unique and interesting - aliens who arrive to Earth believe in God, and try to convince us that God exists (with scientific evidence). I enjoyed the characters in the book (at least the human ones) and how they interacted with the aliens. The ended was particularly strong and really developed the protagonist's character.

However I found the writing distracting. The author refers extensively to Toronto and Canadian politics, which (as someone who grew up in Toronto) distracted at times and felt unnecessary. In addition, I found the book got preachy at times, and descended into long diatribes about religion and god. This took me out of the story (which is fundamentally fiction, but with a strong argument).

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Interesting, but not earth-shattering

Revisado: 02-25-14

While there were times when this book provided interesting insight into the life of Jesus, the majority really drew heavily from the New Testament, and what was already printed in those pages. As a non-Christian, I was certainly unaware of some aspects of the story, but I wonder how much extra was gained beyond what has already been written. Interesting, and worth reading, but not earth-shattering.

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