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Terrible character voices

Revisado: 06-09-23

I love this series, but this was extremely difficult to listen to with the new narrator’s distracting and terrible approach to the character voices. Buyer beware.

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Trauma warning - reader beware

Revisado: 03-22-23

Warning: this story is largely told from the perspective of a sadistic rapist and murderer. Absolutely nauseating stretches of the book detail abduction and torture. Have enjoyed previous Elemental Masters books but this was a terrible experience.

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Please don’t do this to yourself

Revisado: 11-23-19

[Spoiler alert]. This is the worst “Christmas story” I have ever read. Seriously, please don’t do this to yourself. An agonizing death from cancer, a woman being tortured in Syria, threatened miscarriage, grieving Syrian children, on and on. It is terrible. Even the supposed romantic parts are incredibly painful. A man cheats on the wife he supposedly loves who is presumed imprisoned in war-torn Syria, with a woman whose incredibly unhealthy obsession with him is uncomfortable to witness. An emotionally immature former foster child stonewalls his pregnant girlfriend, returning to her side only when miscarriage appears imminent. Seriously guys, this is miserable stuff. And to make it worse, the writing is not stellar. Multiple errors/contradictions (in an earlier book therapist didn’t adopt Joel because of the needs of Marsha’s young children, in this book it is a huge thing how the therapist and his wife are childless, etc). Tediously repetitive descriptions (seriously if Flora was described as pale one more time I was going to throw the thing across the room). Poorly paced, abrupt ending. The sense of place and community is nice, and there are some redemptive threads running through, but seriously, the few positives are not worth the discomfort. Find something else to read!

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Inspired by Steve

Revisado: 04-23-15

I miss Steve Job even more. His brilliance is rare. His history is full of connected dots that could not have been predicted. This narrative opened my eye more to who Steve was.

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