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600+ audiobooks and this is up there

Revisado: 04-27-25

Well rounded story with good science and fiction. Keeps you wanting to know more. Right amount of everything. Nicely done :)

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Why the five stars

Revisado: 11-01-24

Slow, plodding, and no real reason to like the protagonist. 5 hours in, 8 to go and it has not given any plot where I can feel included in solving the puzzle. Yes stuff has happened but yikes a million words in between those moments. Just plods along. Time is short and there are many other good books to invest time in out there.

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Couldn’t wait for it to end - why the 5 star reviews?

Revisado: 08-02-24

I don’t get it. This is an ok story, but feels like it is centered around emotions rather than science fiction. Don’t get me wrong, it’s ok, just not worth the drawn out 15 hour experience for me personally.

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Waste of 3 books

Revisado: 07-17-24

Nothing resolved, mess of out of time scenes. No idea who is alive, who’s is dead, when chapters are in the past or present. 1st book is great, second little happens, 3rd is a huge let down.

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Get it. It’s a huge leap forward in our understanding of how we fix the tough things

Revisado: 03-22-24

Groundbreaking, well cited reference studies. This should answer the questions we are scared to ask.

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The lack of believability

Revisado: 03-14-24

I don’t understand why there are such high ratings. The story is ok, the facts that the entire premise is based on has so many holes in it if you are a thinking person. A remote colony finds really modern day things like superior medicine. The cure, But one would wonder how if everyone who forgot would not know that there was a cure to make, or that their science was remembered to do such an incredible thing. Similar hmmm moments are dosed through the story. This will be a spoiler free review. Read Hyperion by Dan Simmons if you want good science fiction.

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A bunch of meh novella strung together with no real connective tissue

Revisado: 10-20-23

It’s blah. Don’t believe the reviews as they do not reflect the genre or content well. It’s emotional, lacks the right stuff to pull separate stores together into one narrative - Hyperion by Dan Simmons does this like a champ with 7 stores but he manages to have a common theme, storylines that mean something to the whole at the end. Unfortunately “Speak” did not attempt to do this. Instead the editor thought they could smush meh together and make it meh plus.

The fragmented narrative made it difficult to connect with the characters, and the multiple storylines felt disjointed. The AI themes were intriguing, but they were overshadowed by the lackluster execution. Overall, it left me wanting more coherence and depth in the storytelling.

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First few hours great, the rest needs 7 hours cut

Revisado: 03-20-20

The story started out well, full of excitement and anticipation, then kinda dragged on and on a bit. I live the author's imagination and as excited to read more of his stuff. Then after about 10 hours of this 20-hour audiobook, something was off and I felt the story drawing out and drifting. I was checking lower star reviews on audible to see if I was duped by the 5-star spamming ratings - think I was. I should have returned it but wanted to see if it got any better. Now almost at the end, the author does bring things together, but I just don't care anymore, I am tired and want a fresh listen that will grip me and deliver. It just does not have enough story for the scaffolding to make it a memorable read. I have similar issues with some of Steven Kings longer books as well, too much not important stuff.

The performance was great but was difficult to make out who was who in some points.

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When the good guy is a bad guy

Revisado: 03-01-20

I don’t know about the hype. This book promotes the bad guy doing bad things knowing his ultimate destiny warrants it. I’m sure it goes somewhere great but without an actual story and something for me to believe I’m in out of this series.

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Incredible ride, what a story

Revisado: 01-08-20

Had so much fun on Mars. Read it, it’s a special find!!! You won’t be sorry

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