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The accents were a little cheeky,

Revisado: 04-23-18

The accents from Dawson were a little cheeky, but all in all a good read. The science of living on the moon took a front seat to some of the action and character development, but I enjoyed it. Jazz is a little much...one of those "strong" female characters everyone likes to have in these stories. She does tons of things that don't make a lick of sense, but plots gotta plot.

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Vapid, Pointless, Sad

Revisado: 08-23-16

This book probably rings true to a certain audience, a group of people I hope never to meet. The characters don't grow. They aren't just flawed, they are terminally selfish, boorish, and 2-dimensional. You won't like them. (Again, I shudder to think that you might relate to them.) Perhaps, you could love to hate them, or smugly compare them to people you know. (That idea is also shudder-worthy.)

There is no plot to speak of.

The book is myopically (satirically one can hope) middle-aged, upper-middle class, white male.

If that is not you, you will feel alienated from this work and its themes. I don't think I've ever read anything so distinctly this one demographic in my life and I'm including classic lit in my estimation.

It has funny moments, but it is mostly sad, like the second half of Don Quixote where everyone makes funny of a confused and ailing man ( even though in this case the ailing man is racist, mean, tyrannical etc. and you can't really feel compassion for him).

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Great

Revisado: 06-20-16

Writing talent is often thought of as something you have or you don't, a magical mystery bestowed on a few fortunate individual who go on to write great books and can called themselves WRITERS.

This book calls bull on that notion and teaches, yes teaches you how to be a better builder of sentences.

I don't think any other book I've ever read teaches writing-- and I graduated college with a degree in writing. Most other books just give vague advice like 'write concise sentences' or 'avoid adverbs' or 'write every day' or 'get feedback from other writers.'

This is fine, but it doesn't improve you writing consistently. It's hit or miss because you can't see the underlying principles.

This book explains how to write a better sentence, building it the way a mason builds a house, brick by brick, step by step. It's exactly what is says on the tin.

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Basic Information, Strange Narration

Revisado: 02-19-16

The information is good, basic stuff. If you've taken a creative writing class, you probably already know everything this book touches on. If you've never written in your life, this book would be a good starting point.

The narration is below average. The guy doesn't enunciate well. I had to rewind a few times to get his meaning.

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Not as good as the movie

Revisado: 05-21-15

It's rare that one has reason to say this, but it's true. The book is preachy. The character motivations are murky and don't make much sense. However, the narration is excellent,

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Good Ending

Revisado: 04-02-15

I'm glad they included the appendices. The performance is fantastic, the story is good. Probably the best of the trilogy.

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A Wordy Zombie

Revisado: 02-23-15

It was as I expected, save the zombie R was very verbose and repetitive. Other than that a fairly common zombie storyline, at least in these days of 'sympathetic' zombies.

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A Long And Winding Road

Revisado: 02-17-15

This is a story of American immigrants, not necessarily of America itself. Of gods pulled from heart and mind when an immigrant leaves his home for alien shores.
The new gods, the narrative (nominal) black hats of the story are probably more like America's real gods.

It is a strange tale, but interesting if you like mythology. The main character, Shadow, is a bit wooden, but I feel that was the author's intention. Still, it makes it hard to empathize with all the varied and bizarre things that happen to him.

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fun but short

Revisado: 02-02-15

It's a great read, but very short and lacking applicable material. I love the style and voice, though, so it's impossible for me not to recommend anything from this duo.

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Fun, lighthearted entertainment

Revisado: 01-27-15

This is Wodehouse at his best. Ridiculous unlikely circumstances abound with a whole lot of laughs. The narrator is wonderful, maybe not as believable with some of the voices as other narrators, but utterly charming.

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