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Depressing

Revisado: 09-08-24

Do not listen to or read this book unless you are still under 50. But, if you want to know how much better it would be to get old in India, go ahead. Or if you want to know that many doctors don’t like old people because we never get well, this is for you. It might get better later on, but I couldn’t get past the first few chapters.

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Absolute the most boring thing I have ever tried to listen to

Revisado: 04-06-24

I should have known when I saw it was 17 hours long. After the first 3 hours of endlessly monotonous background and descriptions, I had to skip ahead. I tried several chapters but nothing interesting showed up. I finally skipped to the third to last chapter, when something interesting finally arose. The last two chapters, not counting the Afterward (over an hour in itself) were over an hour each and contained everything I cared to know about the people and events. The Afterward’s ending is just stupid.

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I need more superlatives!

Revisado: 10-23-23

I kind of stopped writing reviews for the Chet and Bernie series because I had used up all my “really greats” and “wonderfuls” and “I love thems.” But I was so happy when this one arrived I think I have to say something. I just can’t get enough of Chet and Bernie, and have listened to some of them more than once. Please please please keep them coming, and please keep having Mr. Frangione narrate them! He gets the voices so perfectly, especially Chet’s!

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Too much twitching, but otherwise intriguing

Revisado: 09-26-23

The narration was just right. It sounded exactly the way I imagined George would talk and think. I found all the descriptions of and dialogue about the twitchers to be somewhat tedious, but in the end, I realized it was necessary to establish the near-manic, obsessive nature of the activity. I, too, will start Book 2.

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I think the narration is pretty authentic, and have enjoyed the story twice, so far

Revisado: 07-16-23

I’m not British, so I can’t say for sure how a politician would pronounce definite and indefinite articles, or how they should be pronounced in British English. But in any event, I think the narrator is supposed to pronounce them the way the character would, if the words are dialogue, or the way the character would think them, or tell them, in the case of an omniscient narrator. Just my opinion, and the reason I feel happy giving the narrator’s performance five stars. I also appreciate that the narrator speaks very precisely and deliberately; in my imagination, that’s the way DS Cross would think and speak.

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I’m glad I decided to continue

Revisado: 07-01-23

I almost decided not to continue listening, because early on, it appeared this would be another “revenge against the protagonist” novel. But it’s far from that! I don’t think anyone will be disappointed in the plot, and I applaud the improvement in the narrator’s delivery. .

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Really liked the story

Revisado: 06-20-23

Altogether very satisfying, and definitely worth a credit and the time. I just wish the narrator’s voice didn’t become so unpleasant when he was reading the dialogue of the main characters. It seems very nasal and whining. Perhaps that’s an authentic accent for the characters in that location. Also, I hesitate to say it, but the story did seem to drag on a bit, although it’s not actually longer than some previous entries in the series.

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Exquisite

Revisado: 02-05-23

Exquisitely plotted, written, and narrated. And emotionally horrifying, at least for me. Satisfyingly complete at the end, but I hope it’s not the last of the series.

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Touching and searing at the same time

Revisado: 01-26-23

This story isn’t like a Chet and Bernie story. It’s pretty gritty. But the protagonist’s toughness helps the reader through the difficult parts. The plot seemed quite original to me. Every time I thought it was about to degenerate into stereotype, it took a more interesting and realistic turn. I would definitely like to read/listen to more stories about these characters.

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Completely transformed my sense of being alive

Revisado: 12-08-22

I could only vaguely sense how the complicated biochemistry described by the author leads to glimpses into the possible chemical origins of life and all its complexity. [And by the way, he doesn’t dumb it down much for non-scientist readers (listeners) like me.] But I can no longer have quite the cavalier attitude to what I eat and do as I did before this book. The author’s descriptions of the transformations that must occur at the molecular level in our cells, that cause growth or death, have given me a new sense of astonishment about life itself. At the end, the author describes the transformations that he speculates might give rise to consciousness. I found it electrifying to learn and think about it all. And anyone who reads or listens to the book will appreciate the extra meaning in that description.

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