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Worth reading, but not his best novel

Revisado: 11-16-23

Just not all that compelling of a novel, and very repetitive. Too much time, too many words spent on uninteresting characters. And the characters don’t have the depth of his greater works. Harry is interesting only because he has such deficiencies in his personality, but Hugh and Sophie are unconvincing in their flat-out evil. I think it would have been a great short story.

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Couldn’t stick with it

Revisado: 10-02-19

I’m not sure why a male narrator read this book written by a woman, but it was a poor choice. It didn’t help that he sounded like a Mafia hit man. It was like listening to Robert DeNiro read Lao Tze friggin Tu. If you want to get swept away into the fabled Tibetan plateau, I recommend “The Way of the White Clouds”.

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Really. Bad. Book.

Revisado: 09-08-19

Wooden characters, badly written, excruciating narrator - this book has it all. I was curious about this writer and gave it a listen, but it's the last novel I'll read by him. The characters aren't developed in an intelligent way; they're simply your basic cast of damaged humans and that's that. There's the odd accident and death, and the author doesn't take the time or ink to delve into the grief of his characters. Really? Hector wasn't just a little sad when his lover died? He just hopped on a plane to Italy and got over it? The dialogue between characters is so painfully written that I almost left the novel several times. If I hadn't paid for the book, I wouldn't have bothered to finish it. It's the first time in my life that I wished I'd ordered a Danielle Steel novel instead.

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Unfinishable

Revisado: 11-25-18

The narrative rambles through several generations without a discernible plot. Dramatic story twists are gratuitous and handled sloppily. The narrator’s voice is annoying, particularly during sex scenes, which are also gratuitous and embarrassing. Spare yourself from reading this and go for a walk instead.

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Difficult to follow

Revisado: 08-02-17

I enjoy hearing the author read his own book, but he reads way too fast. I couldn't keep up, as he left few pauses, and the material is dense. I got tired of pausing the book. I'll need to listen several times to absorb it; fortunately, his writing style is so enjoyable that I don't mind spending this much time with his book.

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Interesting but tedious

Revisado: 04-30-17

It's a fascinating story and theory for anyone interested in the Bronze Age civilizations and their demise. However, I'd have been happy to read a long article on the subject, rather than get bogged down in the micro-specifics of who traded what with whom and under what ruler. In short, a little TMI, most of which I've already forgotten.

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