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Stupid

Revisado: 09-18-20

Dumb long story about absolutely nothing and six idiotic characters who we never really get to know but the worst part is the narrator, sounds like a tacky dubbed chop socky flick. No history no real details and childish dialogue. Shocking actually, especially when the narrator squeals and howls as the old woman. Gack.

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Chill, Narrator chill...

Revisado: 08-12-20

Whoa! The story opens with the narrator bolting out of the gate like a lunatic reporter who never surfed or used coke, but decided to do both while narrating this book. Sheeee. Nope. Book was cool and fun to “read” but really hard to get away from the narrator’s ego.

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too.many.accents.

Revisado: 07-03-19

great story, classic, overshadowed for me by the narrators choice to parody the characters accents

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a story of a co dependant and a murderer

Revisado: 02-25-18

journalistic style piece, well done but the researchers tried in vain to tell a confusing mess of a story that tells the tale of a lying brutal alcoholic and his lame co dependant partner, an old bag who defends and enables his abusive behavior so she can keep his murderous ass around. i'm familiar with these people because this tiny close knit community has shunned this fame hungry blow hard and his creepy witch of a sugar mama for decades. everyone knows he did it, this gets a bit closer to the truth but not much. the gall the murderer has when he excitedly tells the interviewer how celebrities bought his poetry book is so telling it's embarrassing. yes the case and investigation was botched but, as a local we all know who did it, no matter how bad it was bungled. they are guilty of a brutal killing to preserve their slimy dysfunctional drunken way of life.

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Yes, we know, it's not The Alienist.

Revisado: 11-14-16

If you could sum up Surrender, New York in three words, what would they be?

Intriguing story, set in a very real upstate New York town. Attention to detail keeps the entire thing very real and believable reading like true crime but way less boring!

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Plot ad many twists and psychological dead ends, all plausible and all well thought out so you never really know where it's going. The author's understanding of the dual nature of the human condition gives sympathy to "bad" characters and flaws to the saviors. He understands how complicated life can be.

What about Tom Taylorson’s performance did you like?

good narration, easy to distinguish between characters even when the action reached a fever pitch.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

again, the authors understanding of people made me feel connected.

Any additional comments?

Love this writer and love his books. Please don't expect his books to be "like" the last one, he seems to be a complex person with many interests and I'm not keen on critiques that require this book to be like his others, appreciate it as a free standing novel and you will enjoy it more.

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Love this series but....

Revisado: 07-17-16

I love this series but I felt there was too much time spent on filling in the blank's as to the cast of characters and the previous adventures as always well written fun great characters great settings but I don't like the fact that a lot of time was wastedand now it ends abruptly so you are committed to the next book whether you like it or not but don't let that influence you it's wonderful to read

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fascinating then...?

Revisado: 07-27-15

keeps you interested...ending is a cop out. narrator does a good job but the longggg passages of aliens speaking or peter speaking in their language is annoying. guess im waiting for part two. sigh.

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yuck

Revisado: 06-19-14

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

well written tale of creepy sleazy people... and a murderer.

Would you recommend People Who Eat Darkness to your friends? Why or why not?

interesting enough, but doesn't offer a very sympathetic view of the greedy, attention desperate, druggie drunks that put their dignity at risk by "hostessing" in japan. or their sleazy crazy families...

Which character – as performed by Simon Vance – was your favorite?

i had pity for the seemingly weakest character, the dead girls sister who seems to be the only one with any sense...poor girl.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from People Who Eat Darkness?

it was well edited and paced accordingly. there was a ridiculous character tangent (Mike) that amounted to nothing and it was a good 45 minute excursion into idiocy.

Any additional comments?

the book was tawdry...but well written...kind of made the poor family look really petty, and stupid.

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listening AND seeing

Revisado: 09-03-12

Where does Swan Song rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

rocked out on this one

Any additional comments?

unfolded like a movie...it was a full on experience. great story cool imagery fascinating colorful characters...you could smell them...lol

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Beautiful work

Revisado: 08-06-12

Would you consider the audio edition of The Queen of Bedlam to be better than the print version?

A narrator can make or break a story, slipping with ease into different characters raher than trying to hard to create silly distinct "voices" and making a parody is a key factor in enjoying this book in particular...

What other book might you compare The Queen of Bedlam to and why?

Caleb Carr's book The Alienist is from a similar time in history and I love the way it depict the formative years of New York's police and judicial system as well as the view of the mentally ill and criminal mind before we knew more about the area of forensic science.

What about Edoardo Ballerini’s performance did you like?

Understated and elegant performance by narrator

Any additional comments?

I love this writer and I love the narrator wonderful series highly recommended

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