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Everything you want!

Revisado: 12-11-24

Everything you want from an autobiography, plus a stellar performance from Al. You won't be disappointed!

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A beautiful love letter to Ed.

Revisado: 12-02-24

I loved this. My only complaint is that it's only half the story. It essentially ends in 1985 and I wanted the other half of the story. Still, it's worth the read.

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Well-written and ultimately unfulfilling.

Revisado: 08-21-24

This book could easily by cut in half by a good editor. Lately I've been reading and listening to all the books I was supposed to have read in high school but didn't, and this was one of them. When the book is about Arthur and the actual legend of Arthur, it's really good. But when it goes off the rails, which it does a lot, it's not as good. And the entire ending of the book has a lot of stuff about ants and geese and becomes a long-winded treatise on man and war, and then just wraps up the story in a few paragraphs. Disappointingly unsatisfying. stick with Mallory.

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I loved it!

Revisado: 07-12-23

I was at a production of Henry V1 Part 2 in Lennox, MA, where I was sitting outside the theater eating ice cream prior to the show starting, when I overheard a conversation between two women at a nearby table and they were discussing this book, which I had never heard of. I downloaded it on a whim and loved it from the first page. Fascinating, enthralling, and beautifully written.

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Trite and boring.

Revisado: 06-09-23

It's like a bad Hallmark movie with plastic characters and a plot so contrived and ridiculous that your eyes are in danger of rolling out the back of your head. Just awful.

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A good idea that never pays off.

Revisado: 03-18-23

Ultimately underwhelming and a bit wooden. I really liked the character at first but she doesn't really go anywhere. I was expecting more of an edge, and more of a de-evolution into an even edgier character, but she doesn't really go anywhere. And the mystery isn't much of a mystery, and she keeps reminding us of her sleuthing abilities, but in the end she isn't much of a sleuthing. She's a good writer who needs better ideas. I was hoping, end expecting more.

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Ridiculous.

Revisado: 12-12-22

The motive on which the central crimes in this story are based on is paper thin and utterly ridiculous. It's just another mediocre super-cop story. Overrated.

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Too little about U2...

Revisado: 11-30-22

During chapter 38 I actually yelled "shut up!" at my phone. Bono is a good writer and writes in a good voice, but he forgot that most of us want to hear about U2. There's way too much about politics and activism and saving the world and not enough about U2. In fact, in the 2nd half of the book they're almost an afterthought. There's a lot of hyperbole and overly grand metaphors and name-dropping and insincere self-deprecation. There's nothing less cool than trying to sound cool. I liked the snippets of songs included and some of the other sound effects; just wish there was more about U2. (One more line about "Condie" Rice and I would have thrown up. Disappointing mostly because how great this could have been.

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Overrated and sickly in its self satisfaction.

Revisado: 11-14-22

It's a fine line between cuteness and smugness. I listened to this because I heard it was being developed to be adapted into a film, and then I couldn't wait for it to be over. I'm not a fan of "adorable" murder mysteries so I'm probably not the market for this type of book, but it just bored me to tears and I couldn't wait for it to end. It's like cake, but without the cake, only the frosting.

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Meh...

Revisado: 10-27-22

More than a little overrated. Too much exposition. I kept reading and hearing all these glowing testimonials about Henry Kuttner and was very disappointed with this book. It didn't help that it was a very uninspired and hammy performance by someone who isn't a very good actor and nearly has a speech impediment. Very underwhelming.

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