Charles

From tragedy to comedy to wction

Revisado: 12-26-22

Enjoyable, non-fiction and humorous tour through the dense jungle of electoral history, ending in practical steps to action.

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This will become a Sci-Fi classic.

Revisado: 08-02-21

Believable dialog that reflects the current divisions in our current human society in this strange moment in human development.

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First Rate

Revisado: 05-30-20

INFORMATIVE about this unique and ancient ethnic group, ENTERTAINING with many lovely cultural diversions into the local and traditional foods, and INSIGHTFUL about why the Basques are a chronic problem for the old-guard central government which has never been cleared of its fascist roots.

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First Rate

Revisado: 05-30-20

INFORMATIVE about this unique and ancient ethnic group, ENTERTAINING with many lovely cultural diversions into the local and traditional foods, and INSIGHTFUL about why the Basques are a chronic problem for the old-guard central government which has never been cleared of its fascist roots.

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Neither characters nor writing style

Revisado: 05-25-20

I am among the minority who did not like this book. The best parts were the plot elements about geology and apocalypse and magical powers related to the physical earth. I was hoping for more about the backgrounds of the characters ... to make me care about them. However, the characters were never developed enough to make me want to read more of them in a second volume. The protagonist has one emotion for all situations - anger - which to me made her boring and petty and two-dimensional. The dialogues seemed acceptable for books for 13-year-old girls. I was not troubled by the explicit 3-way sex except it seemed to have no purpose in the plot. Therefore it seemed merely a distraction from the dramatic tension, and a poor substitute for psychological or emotional connection. The ending was nothing better than an old-fashioned cliff-hanger - in which instead of a dramatic closure, the final scene, laden with suggestions is to be continued in the next volume. Each volume of the LOTR by contrast has a proper ending. Likewise the Earthsea Trilogy. I finished this book, and was glad to be done with it. Uggh.

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Narration excellent in spite of name mistakes

Revisado: 02-15-20

The obviously skilled and experienced narrator, Samuel Roukin, read this lovely story beautifully. However, he falters in the pronunciation of proper names. This is a problem common to English speakers. One hears this same problem with place names on broadcasts from England. When speaking the names that begin with the letter I of those two countries in the Middle East - Iran and Iraq - the English cannot decide between long vowels versus dipthongs with short vowels, between EEE-RAHQ and EYE-RACK. Same with Iran. (The American broadcasters mostly stay with the dipthongs and short vowels.) This narrator keeps switching on the dragon's name "Irian" between EEE-REE-AHN (which sounds more classically theatrical to me) and EYE-REE-ANN. Since Irian was a major character, this was distracting. The Director of this recording project should have coached the narrator in this before beginning.

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Arican Odyssey

Revisado: 04-25-19

The author could not get this book published because she carefully transcribed the vernacular of her extraordinary subject. Therefore a careful reading approximating that speech (as is done well here) brings this tale to life and is much more satisfactory than if I tried to sound it out for myself as I read each sentence.

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African accent by reader true to author

Revisado: 04-22-19

African accent by reader is true to author, lovely voice for female polygamist; great story.

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A Necessary Read

Revisado: 04-07-19

A necessary read for background on the genocide in Rwanda. Also written by a master investigator and story-teller.

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Personal Account and Personal Reaction

Revisado: 03-28-19

I loved this book. It is not a history nor an analysis of the genocide in Rwanda. For anyone who dislikes a traditional Christian way of viewing the puzzles and cruelties of the world and who cannot relate well to those who see or try to see all happenings as God's Will, this book is not for you. Though not a Christian in the way that the author is, I found her searching for help from God, her desperate prayer and her hunger for a deeper relationship with God to have a universal appeal.

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