E. Branscomb

Lackluster

Revisado: 09-14-24

Semi General Spoilers....

The general plot idea should have been easy to do well, either Deb, kin, & friends are trapped inside with a killer by the hurricane or maybe the killer is trying to get in but the calvary can't get there due to the storm....

Instead the storm is poorly incorporated, the killer dies in a random accident (so the author is saved from having to come up with a 'how'd he do it) and everything is severely anti-climatic. When you stop to think about it, most of what the various characters did during the whole story makes very little sense.

Least of the series and I must have read about half the Knott saga

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

So Annoying

Revisado: 01-29-19

All the characters come off so annoying, I know it's supposed to be a true story but it's more of a poor fan fiction Cormoran Strike novel, I can't finish this even at 3 hours and change, more gossip than journalism.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Great

Revisado: 08-07-18

Great Series, Great Characters, Great Stories. Even the side details like the lady who runs a lunchroom are interesting.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Mediocre

Revisado: 07-29-18

Didn't really learn anything new about the Chiss as one would hope, nor very much about a new faction, can't even picture what the new ones look like... Author seemed to have been given a list of things to get in to aid future marketing plans which would be fine for some random author but this is Zahn who should be left hands-off. This author knows how to write compelling B-stories and characters, but none of that here. Vader and Thrawn had so many repetitive arguments.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Half Way Through Stuck

Revisado: 02-23-17

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Patrick Lawlor?

Pee Wee Herman

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

very few

Any additional comments?

Read the book figuring this would be the less egotistical more down to earth of the Apple Pair, but he comes off as so full of himself and so obnoxious, must have congratulated himself on his intelligence three dozen times already. Apparently both Jobs and Woz are total jerks.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

Bitter Disappointment

Revisado: 01-18-17

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Writing in the old Anne Rice style, not our favorites acting out of character and doing stupid things just to service the plot in TV hack writer fashion

Would you ever listen to anything by Anne Rice again?

Less and less likely with each novel

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

Avoid the Mist... and this book

Revisado: 06-03-15

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Listened to Remains of the Day again instead

What could Kazuo Ishiguro have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Write a story that was not such a mess that I wasn't sure whether the chapters were playing out of sequence of that the story was just that bad

Would you listen to another book narrated by David Horovitch?

Yes

What character would you cut from The Buried Giant?

The Giant

Any additional comments?

I read the end on Wikipedia, glad I didn't waste further time on the book and stopped when I did.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

Lesser sequel to Druids

Revisado: 09-28-14

What did you like best about The Greener Shore? What did you like least?

Picks up the story of Ainvar and the Druids

What could Morgan Llywelyn have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Wrapped up more plotlines, most were very briefly wrapped up (or not at all) after long builds: the fate of Ainvar/Briga's first child, leaving the first tribe on bad terms, one significant character being killed in an apparent tribal politics power struggle, the mysterious older race, Ainvar losing and regaining his powers or confidence (never clear which) ad nauseum

Would you listen to another book narrated by Simon Vance?

Preferably one about Dracula or Translyvania from which the Gaulish-Irish characters seemed to have gotten their accents somehow

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona