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Meh

Revisado: 04-25-25

Had potential but fell flat. Too many storylines jumbled together and hastily pulled together. Not the worst audiobook I’ve listened to, but not worth a credit.

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Super slow but it pays off

Revisado: 01-15-25

The dialogue made me cringe and the story took FOREVER to get moving, but that said, the ending paid off enough for me to give this 5 stars, which is saying a lot because I almost didn’t make it through. The last hour completely saves this entire audiobook.

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A little slow but worth it

Revisado: 01-13-25

Took a little while to get interesting and probably could have been shorter, but overall ended up being pretty good and I will definitely want to listen to the next installment.

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What a waste of time

Revisado: 10-08-24

Kept waiting for something to happen, but it never did. Cherry narrator was grating and her story was not overly compelling. Can’t believe it took the entire length of the story to realize there was no real story. One of the worst books I’ve ever listened to.

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Fantastic and eerie

Revisado: 12-06-23

I was skeptical at first, but this book at the perfect amount of mystery and the supernatural. 10/10.

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Good but not as good as the others

Revisado: 11-08-23

John Lee is a phenomenal narrator and the writing is good, but there is little to no connection to any of the other books in the series. This is understandable considering that it’s ~800 years after The Evening and the Morning.

The other books all grew in scope, starting with Kingsbridge (née Dreng’s Ferry) and gradually expanding to a nearly global scale in Column of Fire. This book, however, contracted significantly which gave the whole book a feel of “falling action” while completely neglecting to mention other significant developments pertaining to the British Empire in the same era.

Overall, great listen, but I hope it’s the last entry to the Kingsbridge series because anything more would likely be further step backward.

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Jaw-ful

Revisado: 05-26-23

Another listener commented that the story sounds like it was written by AI, and I couldn’t offer a better assessment if I tried.

Also, the book tries in a not-so-subtle way to draw parallels to the the way that the general public and some factions of the government deny science and deny facts. I get it, but it came off preachy. I just wanted to listen to a story about sharks.

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Coben’s most implausible story yet

Revisado: 04-27-23

This story was horrendous and contrived at every level. I can’t decide whether it was one long deus ex machina or just a continuous stream of them. Not one single aspect of this book is even remotely plausible, which is profoundly disappointing considering Harlan’s previous body of work. I hope that this is not a sign of things to come. Hard pass.

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Great story, not in love with the ending

Revisado: 02-28-23

No spoilers, but the fate of one character was left fairly ambiguous, hence the reason for 4 starts instead of 5.

The characters were very well developed considering how relatively short the novel is.

Octopuses (that is apparently the acceptable plural form) are truly incredible and Marcellus is an instant classic!

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Ending was obvious 1/4 of the way through

Revisado: 12-14-22

No spoiler necessary: I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed and as such, am generally slow to catch on when it comes to twist endings.

In this case; however, I knew what was going to happen before the book was even halfway over, which rendered the remaining three quarters of the listen tedious.

I wanted to like this book and have a new series to listen to, but I will be saving my credits.

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