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Fantastic Read!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-17-24

A very well done account. This includes a longer lead up to the battle, and its necessary to understand the full scope of what occurred and why. I thought I had a good handle on Midway, but I was wrong, this had far more detail and analysis of important events than I was aware existed. I highly recommend this title.

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It Gets Better

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-06-24

I started to begin this review by saying I have a love/hate relationship with the 1st two books, however, that's too strong. I'm going to call it a love/eye roll relationship. I do not know much about the timing of Dan Simmons books or his writing career, but this first Hyperion book reads like its his first effort.

The story is told from a style of multiple small stories with an overarching wrapper around it (this probably has a name, I'm just not familiar with it). The interesting part is that the short stories are far more polished than the wrapper, most of them anyway. One of them goes on far too long, with a character that neither likable nor interesting.

Having said the above, I like the first two books, and would recommend them. Buckle up though, they are long, and wordy, and take the long way around to get to a point. My take on this series is someone attempting to create (copy?) a Dune like operatic universe. It works, but it has numerous eye roll moments. Mostly in the nomenclature of weapons and technology. Especially the weapons (deathwand and hell whip to name a couple). But, this does get better too. Its as though Dan's writing matured rapidly as he went along, realized the sophomoric elements and stopped using them. The one glaring eye roll that doesn't end is the Shrike. Freddy meets Jason meets The Terminator meets a porcupine. So we have a creature, that can manipulate time, is 9 feet tall, very fast and made of metal, but that's just not good enough. We have to add barbs and spikes and scalpels and all sorts of sharp pointy things. It boarders on the ridiculous.

There are also a number of unexplained threads that would seem to have quite an interesting backstory, but, he never touches them. But, instead, we get the ramblings and lengthy backstory to and of a poet.

Eye roll points and ignored threads aside, its quite creative and worth the read, and moving onto the 2nd installment.

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Good Story - Production Needs Work

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-28-23

I actually really enjoyed the story, very interesting concept. BUT, there is a reason some things on Audible are "included". The production makes the story very hard to follow in places. Whomever is producing these needs to understand base so high it makes your base driver vibrate is probably too high. And all the background noise during dialog makes the listener have to rewind to make certain they follow which character is speaking which line. And please, the "jump" sound?!? Sounds more like an avalanche.

SPOILER ALERT BELOW!
This doesn't actually end. If there is going to be more to the story, great. But, I might wait until you see there are more than 8 episodes before starting.

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Not For Me

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-28-23

I'm a Neal Stephenson fan, but this series apparently just isn't for me. I wasn't enthralled with Quicksilver, but I read a number of reviews suggesting to give the rest in the series a try, that it would get better. And, just like Quicksilver, King of the Vagabond is well written and at times quite funny, but there is no real story. I'm guessing this one is just not for me.

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Well, There's 14 hours I'll never get back.

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-08-23

I have read a few of Neal Stephenson's works and I should have paid more attention to the reviewers. One of them made the statement there is no story, at all. And he was right. Its like When Jerry Seinfeld and George were pitching their idea to the network, "its a show about nothing". This part of the story is a "book about nothing". A well written book about nothing, but still nothing happens. I did get a caught up in the well done dialog, but frustrated by random and haphazard comings and goings of various characters. And listening for any length of time will make your mind wander because there isn't anything to keep you interested. Its like watching security footage at a busy mall at Christmas - lots of activity, but nothing really interesting. I'm going to give the next installment a shot as most reviewers say this was just something to set the tone and feel for the rest of the story.

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A Bit Dry

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-02-22

It reads like a history textbook. Its not poorly written, just not what I was looking for. I've read about Allen Dulles and thought this might be about his time in the OSS and forming of the CIA, and maybe the book with get there eventually. But, I could only make it through about 4 chapters. Far too many names I didn't know, and too far back in history. As best I can tell, this was written in 1963 (Allen Dulles died in 1969). Before choosing this one, be aware of what it is.

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A Bit of A Downer

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-25-22

I loved this series. If they were not so long I would go back and reread them. I didn't, however, love the ending, but it is what it is. This installment was more of a downer than I expected, though. Still love the story and characters, and if you've gotten this far, you have to finish. But be aware, its 20 hours of gloomy road.

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Undead Part 7 is UN-fortunate

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-29-22

I may be done with this series. The actual story-line is interesting. And the writing has not fallen off. My issue is with what the author did with the background story. Scorched earth. Its exactly the reason I stopped watching Walking Dead, eliminating characters without adding anything to the actual story. Why make the characters (and we readers) go through all the previous installments to just wipe out the entire reason those were even written. The last chapter seems like an apology for the rest of the book.

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Wow!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-11-22

This was fantastic. Give it a try, even if you're not a fan of their music, its so well done and funny, and the guest narrators are worth the listen.

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm.

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-10-21

Good story, interesting twists. Where the previous 3 jumped around in the timeline, this one tends not to. Also limited number of characters, some cameo's but largely the same handful of names. Another review mentioned the chase scene going on 100 pages too long - dead right. Very worth the read, but it is different.

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