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Too soon

Revisado: 04-18-25

Excellent story of a president gone insane. A bit too close to home and a bit too soon after the Biden administration.

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Perfect cozy winter read

Revisado: 03-23-25

This book is the perfect balance of irony tension, and slowly pulled out poetic reflection. Absolutely beautiful. George Guidelle is the perfect narrator for this book.

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Beautiful look at loss and mistakes

Revisado: 01-08-25

Is it a morder mystery? Yes. Is it an exploration of human emotion dealing with mistakes and loss. Also yes - and beautifully written modern mystery at that.

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Incredible!

Revisado: 08-04-23

I cannot BELIVE how good this book is! And Cristin’s narrating! The execution is incredible. I recommend listening to the series instead of reading.

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Decent little detective story - for a misogynist

Revisado: 12-12-22

Fun little detective story though the author continuously judges all female characters’ “worth” by how attractive they look. His description of what they are wearing demonstrates a complete lack of taste and understanding of what constitutes a classy or sexy outfit (tight red turtleneck and short leather mini skirt? A white cashmere sweater under a navy blue suit when going out to eat at a $500 a plate restaurant?) All females are potential people to sleep with but he doesn’t want to love or commit to anyone. They are just there to serve his physical and emotional needs and he prefers women who don’t need anything emotionally from him - only sexually and are there at his sexual beck and call at any given moment. There isn’t really and descriptions of sex or lustful moments leading me to believe the author has never had a relationship with a women and is just describing his ideal situation. Apart from that the storyline is entertaining thought the narrator was dreadful and didn’t take the time to learn how to pronounce the names of alcohol and fashion designers listed for the wealthy characters which lent to an underlying feeling that the narrator and author both are trying to tell a story they know nothing about.

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Such a riveting story

Revisado: 12-07-22

I swear I drank more water while listening to this story than I have in a long time! I also might have started shopping for rain barrels. It’s a fun story that keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole way through! All the voice actors did a great job keeping it interesting.

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Fun sci-fi read

Revisado: 09-19-21

If you loved The Martian this book is “The Martian plus one”. Same troubleshoot and problem solving that I enjoyed so much, same dry and sarcastic sense of humor, completely different “mission”. Ray Porter is an excellent narrator for Any Weir’s books. He captures the characters perfectly.

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Fantastic intimate perspective of the Blitz

Revisado: 10-01-20

First, you should know that all 17 listening hours of this book only cover the first year of WW2 starting with the first day of Winston Churchill’s Prime Ministry. The author uses diaries from the key players of the war as well as diary snippets from everyday citizens that kept a diary at the time. It feels like history straight from so many oral historians and is the best most accurate way to understand what was going on and how normal people felt about it. Winston Churchill is portrayed just as he would have wanted -“warts and all”. What an amazing and inspiring man! True leadership brings out the best and most noble characteristics in everyone it leads. Winston Churchill never failed to tell the truth but still manage to inspire courage and the noble desire to put one’s own best foot forward for the sake of others. Truly an inspiring read.

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A melancholy journey

Revisado: 04-13-20

This story of injustice and tragedy somehow seems more melancholy than sad. There’s a longing for the way things were throughout the book - so much so that you never ask where the book is going. It’s like a train ride that is completely enjoyable in and of itself. There is no destination. Tom Hanks does a wonderful job of taking the sadness and loneliness and making it somehow comforting and safe.

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So freaking coooollllll!!!

Revisado: 02-04-20

I love this! I seriously have enjoyed getting my mind blown at every turn of the page, pancake atoms? Anti- bubbles? The alpha constant?! Why didn’t I learn this in school? The periodic table, physics and chemistry would all have been so much more fun! A great read even if you don’t care one iota about chemistry or even science in general.

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