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Unbearable narrator, DNF

Revisado: 05-18-24

I wanted to return to this series after having read it many years ago. But, the narrator makes it impossible. Her narration is like having tinnitus; can't figure out a way to listen without being distracted. It took a bit of time to figure out the problem. She pronounces EVERY SINGLE CONSONANT and every single syllable. Every d, and t, and n, which is especially apparent at the end of words. Ex: the word started will be pronounced start...ed. and it just goes on and on
I know this is an older recording, but I looked, and she has narrated many books. I can't be bothered to check whether this verbal tic is still present. Of course, these 3 volumes were "free", and they are not on kindle unlimited, so not "free" on Amazon. Regardless, the narration is impossible to overlook, and I cannot appreciate this early Martha Wells. So, DNF

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Just no. Don't waste the credit

Revisado: 02-27-24

I thought, it's 63 hours, how bad can it be? Could not even finish the first "mystery". It's just too twee for me.

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Disliked narrator DNF

Revisado: 01-30-24

Just could not listen to this narrator. Maybe I have been spoiled by excellent narrators, but this narration was robotic, stiff, and uninspired. May try to READ the novel, but listening just made me grind my teeth.

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Gosh, the world isn't just black and white!

Revisado: 03-11-22

I am forced to agree with another reviewer. This series is squarely and badly YA. We continue with the themes of self-acceptance, understanding that good people make difficult decisions under difficult circumstances, that child abuse is bad, love is good and might sometimes be hard. I felt that the author started with the themes he wanted to develop, and wrote a story around it. Had I paid for it, I would have returned it. And it ended with a cliff-hanger...

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Dull Cozy

Revisado: 05-28-21

The initial premise sounded light and fun. Alas, it was not to be. The characters were flat, the crimes uninspired, and I guessed the plot rather quickly. The colony of authors deserved to die if the samples of books and plots which are included in the book had ever been written.

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catholic nonsense

Revisado: 07-25-20

the initial premise very interesting . but then so bogged down in religious claptrap.! the first and second coming of Jesus ..almost, but not quite tolerable.
and the reader...not inspiring.

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Don't bother

Revisado: 09-14-19

The premise could have been terrific...How do augmented humans deal with their capabilities, their lives as soldiers, their lives after the military..Especially as the medical world is working on augmentation for people who are paralyzed. It is going to happen.
I am not sure who wrote those great reviews,but, no. This is just a soldier boy meets girl, they save her dad. And, even though the woman is also augmented, she uses cute kittenish tricks to wow her man. Augh!
This is about highly augmented military cyborgs, and they fight...Boxing, martial arts, punching, wrestling...WHAT! I mean, really, this is how the augmented soldier fights? He has been on many worlds doing, uh, fighting. Is he punching everyone to death?
And, do we need to know she opined? " She said," is fine, really. Just an example of the abuse of the thesaurus.And, of course, too many adjectives for an "action" story.
I read lots of military Sci Fi, (yes, I am female, so what) and this is just, BAD.
But the reader was excellent, I felt sorry for him.

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Delightful

Revisado: 03-31-18

Lovely, pleasing book. Well written, with a hint of Victorian language, and sly humor. Engaging characters rescue a fairly simple plot from being pedestrian. Recommended.

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Well done

Revisado: 02-12-18

A good psychological mystery. A study of what lies below the surface when people are stressed beyond tolerance. Will buy the next one when it is released. Enjoyed the reader. No sex and no gratuitous violence.

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Don't Bother

Revisado: 07-07-17

Sophomoric effort that desperately needs an editor. The reader is worse: pronunciation errors, poor choices for voices. Maybe if I read it it would be tolerable, but listening was just too painful. Cannot finish.

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