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Lawrence

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Unadulterated crap

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-08-23

Yawn, yawn, yawn.
Anything good was in the original. Not shocking, not engaging, not worth the time spent.
Gender switch added no fresh insight and rather than introducing a different perspective made room for old fashioned chauvinism.
No fun

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The Impostor Audiolibro Por Damon Galgut arte de portada

Performance so bad I cannot listen further

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-31-22

Galgut is South African and his story is set in South Africa. I am South African too but the narrator is not. His accents are inconsistent and inappropriate.
So what does this mean for people who aren’t South African and do not know local accents?
Having no anchor opens the door to caricature. For instance, one brother speaks like a condescending English spoon and the other - a bit like an Ausie. In other words, that they grew up in the same house is entirely implausible.
Etc etc.
As for the story itself, two hours in, I do not identify with any of the characters and keep waiting for something to happen.
Let’s give Galgut the benefit of the doubt and say the terrible narration interrupted any identification with the characters.

Awful

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Outstanding

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-22-21

Subtle, well written, deep characterisation. A book that could only be written by a woman (who doesn’t have much time for men).

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A surprise delight

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-14-21

Clever, imaginative, well written. Gaiman’s work resonates. Good characters, betrayal and allegorically true, like a subtext of American culture.
Excellently performed too.

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Muddled genres, unfulfilled promise

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-07-20

The start is junkie noir with literary aspirations. On the basis of this beginning I had high hopes for the book.
Cut to boring war story in a boring war. A pastel version of any number of Viêt Nam books - talented undergrad work from The Things They Carried - not more.
Cut to story 1 although evidently the literary allusions were all used up in the first chapter.
And
We all get that an addict’s search for dope is an endless boring quest and the show-don’t-tell lesson. I would have been very pleased to save two hours with a sentence saying, “The same thing happened for a long time. “
Read Goines’s Dope Fiend for the real deal.
I am sorry I did not just switch this off.

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Undergrad effort

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-24-19

In the clash between modern love and superstition that even the heroine laughs at, it turns out that astrology and motives reincarnated intact are the real truth - but not in an interesting way.
The characters are equally one dimensional.
Yawn
The only mercy was that it was short.

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In dire need of tighter editing

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-07-19

There were times when the repetition annoyed me as much as it seemed to upset the character. A clear instance of where “show, don’t tell,” was the wrong advice!
A good tale diminished by overly indulgent performances.

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Surprisingly fresh

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-15-19

Engrossing, engaging real people in a mostly real world. Not gay, not YA, not sci-fi this book explores two consciousnesses in a surprising predicament.

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Unusual and remarkable

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-16-19

Well put together from several sources and read in an appropriate accent and tone. I found myself caring not only about an arbitrary group of men long ago but about an inhospitable island that no one I have known or will ever know, will visit.

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Well researched but contrived and predictable

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-22-19

Fight scenes were much more passionate and credible than the sex scenes which were formulaic and cardboard. A sparrow who kills better than she fucks.
Locational and spy craft details were credible and well researched. (This is the books real strength.)
I got bored with the endless end of chapter recipes and the shallow characters.
Well read though self consciously the first in a series.

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