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Ridiculous plot

Revisado: 03-29-21

I've read all the books in this series, and this is the second to have ridiculous elements in the story that simply make no sense. I love the characters, but the plot lines are suffering.

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This series is spectacular.

Revisado: 03-22-18

Excellent complex world building of an alternative Victorian era, a field of science (the study of dragons), and a compelling heroine.

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I love this series.

Revisado: 10-03-15

I read the earlier books in the series and now wish I could go back and listen to them . The narrator is wonderful. I do have a doubt or two about the plot, but the series is one of my favorites.

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Decided to read it instead...

Revisado: 09-08-15

and that was a good idea. I was both eager and reluctant to listen to this book, given the premise of the series, which is that an asteroid -- a "planet killer" -- is reaching Earth, and this is not the kind of series that would end with some kind of last-minute space heroism. Instead this is a trilogy of how one ordinary man conducts his life as time runs out. A policeman for a short amount of time, a detective for even less before civil society breaks down, he finds purpose in continuing his work on his own, reminding himself of the rules he learned in the little bit of training he got, collecting evidence and fingerprints even with no one to analyze them, attempting to right wrongs. In this third book, he leaves a relatively safe refuge to find his troubled sister and solve the mystery surrounding her activities in the last few months. I liked the story, and the ending was very well done. The problem I had though was with the performance. Peter Berkrot breathlessly read each line with urgency, even when the line was something like "I looked under the sink to see if I could find any evidence." I thought that undermined the main character, who created structure and meaning in his last remaining months by solving mysteries through dogged persistence and an almost absurd adherence to procedure, rejecting the hysteria, panic, and anarchy he finds along the way. You can't narrate an entire book at a fever pitch. I bought the Kindle edition and finished the book that way.

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Couldn't get past the second chapter

Revisado: 08-25-14

I have read this entire series. Perhaps listening to it meant I couldn't skip the annoying parts. In chapter one, for example, the wind ruffled Trent's hair. Then it blew Rachel's hair around. She stared at Trent telling herself they could not be an item. Then the wind blew through Trent's hair. Rachel felt a tingle. She stares longingly at Trent. Then something blows up, they are escorted out, and as they talk in the parking lot, the wind ruffles Trent's hair. Rachel stares at him longingly. Before anything serious starts to happen in Chapter two, Jenks and Rachel squabbled like 6-year-olds ("you want him," "no I don't," "Yes, you do," "No I don't.") Then a major event occurs, but by then I had had enough. The narrator was ok, the writing horrible.

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Real disappointment

Revisado: 07-14-14

I have really like the Monkeewrench series, but this book is a mess. Poor writing, ridiculous stereotypes, and huge gaps in the plot. The book starts in a compelling way with the kidnapping of 4 Native American girls destined, we are told, to be sold into the sex trade. One dies trying to escape, and when the others are rescued a bit later -- that entire plot line disappears. We are told that one of the men who grabbed them was also Native -- never mentioned again. The entire plot then shifts to the possibility of coordinated terrorist attacks by small cells across the US -- and suddenly that whole thing fizzles too. The Native American special ops veteran who is now chief of police on the reservation is stereotyped to such an extreme degree that it seems like a parody. He speaks with a heavy-handed version of Native intonation, uses phrases that supposedly show his Native culture (contemporary Native Americans call dogs dogs, not "wolf's cousin,"), and was able through mystical connections to anticipate a Viet Cong attack and save his buddy years ago in Vietnam. The other veterans on the reservation can walk through the snowy woods without leaving a trail. They kill the terrorists with bows, arrows, and knives even though they have other weapons and the terrorists have semi-automatic weapons. On top of that, the narration was bombastic, the accents excruciating (Annie's southern accent right out of Gone with the Wind), and Grace, the ultimate survivor, speaks in a sad fading tone through the book. As I said, I have really loved the Monkeewrench series, but this one was wretched.

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Interesting but...

Revisado: 01-05-13

The premise is fascinating and the main character interesting and solidly constructed, but the story began to drag. The narration is generally good but I am left wondering why a character so profoundly a product of his New England origins speaks with a southern accent. I think I will read rather than listen to the next two books planned for this trilogy.

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Terrible narration ruined it for me

Revisado: 10-14-12

The premise was an interesting one, but the narration was so poor I gave up on the book. The narrator wasn't bad when voicing the main character, but at other times was so stilted she sounded robotic.

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terrible narration

Revisado: 12-07-06

I like Evanovich's novels, and have liked other audio editions, but I found it impossible to listen to this one. The narrator used a painfully exaggerated cartoon-like voice for the NASCAR-driver hero, and a bland generic voice for the New Jersey auto mechanic heroine. I had to turn it off by the 2nd or 3rd chapter. A big disappointment.

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