Colin Croft

BDSM

Revisado: 09-01-20

Wow. Want a 'heroine' who's turned on by arrogant, selfish male arseholes? Then read this. Otherwise consider not wasting 7-8 hours of your life listening to crap.

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For the US only

Revisado: 05-23-20

I only managed to get about 1/3 about of the way through this. Firstly because of the style of writing - the narrator character keeps keeping switching, with the main character dying or just suddenly disappearing for no apparent reason. Secondly, and most importantly, because for anyone not a US citizen it is utterly boring. Despite the expertise of the reader, the minute details of living through the Depression and the McCarthy era is just... boring as hell. I gave up after a while. It was very evident to me that the author had written this with the aim of a movie script in mind and the prostitution was disgusting.

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Predictable

Revisado: 08-31-19

I bought this on an impulse and regretted it. The main character in this story is interesting and his mental processes are well portrayed and original. However, the plot line is utterly predictable and overly simplistic. Where most stories have interweaving plots, this one just has one... with a climax that I could see coming a mile off. The inclusion of Cthulu style monsters is over-done, ridiculous and completely unnecessary. The whole approach up to that point had been scientific (even if clumsy and outdated) and the devolution into Cthulu style 'fantasy' jarred badly and spoiled the story completely for me. I stuck it out to the end but I can't see ever 'reading' this again despite the great job of the narrator.

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Excellent

Revisado: 01-26-17

This is an outstanding story with unusual but very relatable characters, made all the better by a gifted reader who manages to give each one their own voice. Recommended.

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Wonderful

Revisado: 08-07-16

I recently reread this and had to say how great it is. Ivan Xav is one of those endearing characters who start out as secondary and simply demand a life of their own and in this tale he matures into everything he promised to be. This is a tale of romance, intrigue, suspense & surprise that will keep you engrossed to the end. It's also a great look at the post ImpSec life of Illyan in the role of Ivan's "umm-Stepfather". Highly recommended.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 08-06-16

I expected a book similar to the others in the series - full of action, intrigue & humour. What I got was a badly handled & utterly boring romance between Cordelia & a new character that had no real conflict, angst or even interest. There were one or two minor characters that frankly were more interesting than the protagonists but they were never developed beyond the barest minimum. The whole thing should have been a short story or, at most, a novella. I can't see myself ever listening to this again, whereas all the other books in the series have been read & reread many times. Very annoying.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 10-12-15

It's rare that I find a book impossible to finish but this was one. By the 30% mark I was struggling but kept going. Around the 80% point my player lost my place in the book & I just didn't care enough to try to find it again. NOT recommended.
The reader was very good, particularly with female voices.

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Tries to be all things

Revisado: 08-26-14

The problem with this book for me was that it tried to be too many things and didn't really succeed at any of them very well.
As a detective story it was far too simplistic and I knew who the villain was long before the end. As hard SF it was clear that while the author was trying to come up with some kind of scientific justification for time travel and... well let's just say that the 'baffle them with bulls***' tag applies far more than the 'dazzle them with brilliance'. Her lengthy explanations were not self consistent or convincing enough for me to suspend belief (lasers? Really??) and took up time that would have been far better spent on developing her characters more.
The reader was quite good; her reading is entertaining and evocative, although she does not differentiate her voices for different characters quite as much as some others do.

Disappointing overall and not one that makes me want to read others by the author.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 03-08-14

I'm a huge fan of Rusch's Retrieval Artist series so I went into this with high expectations. Unfortunately, although the reader was great, the material was not and I was not very impressed.

The protagonist is a very unsympathetic character; this is not necessarily a fatal flaw in a book but when it's being told in the first person it doesn't help. I also found myself unable to see the internal logic in many of her decisions (despite the first person narration) and quite often I just wanted to slap her upside the head and tell her to grow up. Particularly when her bad strategic decisions got others killed. There were a number of technological issues that jarred, such as space suits that only had enough air for an hour and were fragile enough that brushing against a sharp edge was fatal. Apparently self-sealing isn't around 5000 years from now even though we routinely use it in car tyres. I also found the complete reversal of attitude of the protagonist at the end of the novel completely unbelievable in light of her actions and attitudes to that point.

I'm going to stick with the Retrieval series.

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Brilliant however you find it!

Revisado: 03-18-13

I was introduced to the Phryne Fisher series via the excellent ABC TV adaption. However, if you think that having seen the TV series spoils the books for you then think again! The plots of the books are quite different to that of the TV adaption and, whilst I could see the origins of the episodes in the books, I was completely enthralled by the books. In fact, it was quite fascinating to consider the differences and similarities while listening.

Without taking anything away from Kerry Greenwood's masterful writing, I can say without any hesitation that Stephanie Daniel's reading made the series come alive for me. Her style captures the character of Phryne perfectly and her versatile voice somehow manages to give every single character their own distinct recognisable voice.

I cannot recommend this series more highly. You will not regret your purchase!

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