John Merrow

wraps things up

Revisado: 08-01-24

it was good to hear about the characters again. this book took a bit to get going, but was good once it did.

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Revisado: 05-30-24

The fourth installment in the Bob-verse is a good read. I preferred the previous books but his was fun too. the only criticism is that the subplot was more interesting than the main plot.

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much better than the previous book

Revisado: 02-08-24

this book gets back to the story of the characters we know and love. no more Alice in wonderland like dream sequences.

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first half was crap

Revisado: 01-20-24

half 2001, half Gaunts Ghosts. I understand the need for the background on the savages. but it did not have to be so surreal and told in a dreamlike state.

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not terrible but kinda trips over itself.

Revisado: 01-24-23

I really enjoyed the build up of getting to space and the object. but once there, it kinda goes off the rails.

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waaaaay too much filler.

Revisado: 10-27-22

All the story elements of The Empty Men and The Stone Giant would have made a good book. So many drawn out scenes. So many paragraphs of the same mental struggles and recoveries. And then telling the same scenes over again, just from someone else's point of view. That technique can work, but here it was not needed. Also, a time stamp would be helpful when you start to narrate events that happened a year ago, and then resume present time.

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I really enjoyed it

Revisado: 10-31-20

while it has a strong sci-fi theme, it's actually more of a thriller. this is accomplished mostly through the author's writing style. I find myself saying "get on with it" offer, but not because it drags. it's because I want to know what happens next. well done.

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good, but misleading title

Revisado: 06-28-20

The performance is good and there is a lot of info. but it would be more accurate to call it the history of alcohol's role in civilization. it doesn't even get into talking about actual bourbon for the first 4 chapters.

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A for effort, but not a great finished product.

Revisado: 06-20-20

They tried to bridge the gap between old time radio shows and audio books and ended up doing neither well. Great concept, but some of the time you can't hear critical dialog over the sound effects. There is no indication of when the scene changes so you end up being "how did they get there?". Some of the complicated scenes would have benefited from a narrator. I still don't understand what happened in the climax scene. Also, there is no spelling out of who the characters are. The heavy Ausie accents make you confuse Grahm and Gran for the first few chapters.

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Second biggest name dropper

Revisado: 05-16-20

This audiobook is 2 hours of name dropping for nostalgia and to cover up the lack of a good story.

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