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Don’t care about the characters

Revisado: 04-03-25

The author spends at least half the book on characters that have almost nothing to do with the main character. And he spends more than half the book failing over and over to make progress toward his goal. He’s supposed to live this woman but he acts like a teenager in trying to save her, wielding none of his supposed skills, just killing pointlessly. Not even worth finishing this book.

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So wordy

Revisado: 01-29-25

Enjoyed this as a kid, but almost impossible to listen to as an adult. So wordy, so many dithering characters. So much telling rather than showing. Needed serious editing. Painful to wade through all the useless blathering. Jumped ahead constantly.

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Ultimately, Boring

Revisado: 12-07-24

Continuous action, especially action that gets increasingly improbable, loses its impact and becomes tedious. Boring. Pointless. The language is good but there is no story, no plot, and ultimately no interest. A story needs ups and downs. The characters could be anyone. Nothing happens because of who they are.

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Narrator shouting is never good

Revisado: 10-26-24

Hard to focus on the story when the narrator starts shouting his lines for anything remotely action or emotional. Not seeming to trust the writing to convey what’s happening, he blares the action at three times the volume of the normal narrative. Pops the story bubble and makes listening unpleasant.

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Boring

Revisado: 09-11-24

Started with an OK premise, but never takes off. Frankly it is rather depressing. Would return if I could.

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Relentlessly depressing

Revisado: 07-27-23

Hearne has forgotten how to write an entertaining story. When an author runs out of good ideas, just start killing people off and because their isn’t actually a plot just keep killing people off as a way to give the impression that there’s a story.

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Abysmal

Revisado: 06-01-23

Having lived in the high Arctic, this author didn’t bother to do his homework. And who wants to spend so much time in the head of a serial killer? Terrible book on so many levels.

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Standard tropes but OK…except

Revisado: 04-14-23

What made me stop listening and return the book was the villain POV. Who wants to be in the head of a psychopath and listen to their sadistic thoughts and planning? Not fun, and not even interesting. Sad that so many writers follow the path down the drain of writing in this way. Narrator was pretty good.

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Frustrating

Revisado: 03-27-23

Wildly inconsistent pacing. 10% story and 90% world building/backstory/pointless side scenes where the plot dies and you have to fast forward sometimes by entire chapters to find a narrative thread. Also pretty grim and unpleasant in general. Could have been much better with a lot of ruthless editing.

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Endless talking with zero action

Revisado: 02-25-23

Kept waiting for something to happen but the author keeps sending his character to one bar after another. Is a pool game or a strip club what passes for story theses days? On and on with insipid character thoughts. Gave up at chapter 8.

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