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Drawn Out With No Resolution

Revisado: 11-10-23

This might have worked as a novella, but as a full-length novel, not so much.

Overly long and drawn out. Nothing actually starts to happen until well over halfway through (unless you like upperclass domestic squabbles from 60s New England). The story has no ending. Half the characters that we follow don't even show up in the last hour and a half of the audiobook, having fallen victims to a 15 years later flash forward.

The narrator tries, but all the voices sound the same.

This book really was just a disappointment through and through that I had to struggle to get through. Normally, I look forward to listening to audiobooks. The boring, overly long, pointless story that has no resolution made me dread listening to this.

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Meh...

Revisado: 09-22-21

That's really all there is to say about it. There are much better vampire stories out there. Performance was great, but the story dragged and was very poorly paced. Won't be continuing with this series.

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It's as if Hot Topic wrote a book.

Revisado: 07-04-21

A "dark", "edgy" young adult novel disguising itself as a twisted fairy tale for adults.

it's as if the author read a Neil Gaiman take on a fairy story and thought "I can do that, too", all while sitting in their local Hot Topic listening to late 2000's emo after watching Sucker Punch on repeat.

Maybe I'm not the target audience for the book. It could be I just like a plot that's more than a elaborate fetch quest with "dark" and "edgy" takes on classic literary characters (by the way, for all the inspiring authors and Game Of Thrones writers out there, there are better ways to be edgy, create emotional stakes, and have a dark atmosphere than to constantly have all your female characters face sexual assault).

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Good History, Lackluster Narrator

Revisado: 06-07-20

Teddy Roosevelt's time in the White house is fascinating, its just too bad they changed narrators between the first and second book. This Narrator speaks in the same monotone, droning style throughout the book. The previous one had energy, especially when quoting Roosevelt. This one just seems like he couldn't be bothered.

I still highly recommend the book, just be prepared for a very un-enthusiastic narrator.

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Couldn't Finish, Awful Narrator

Revisado: 06-15-19

I wanted to get into this book, but the narrator ruined it. Horrible voice acting, voices for characters so annoying you hope no one ever talks again.

I'll be avoiding anything that has this narrator attached going forward. Avoid this version and just buy the book.

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unnecessarily long

Revisado: 09-17-18

Normally I dont mind when a book is long. in fact, I prefer them. However, this one is unnecessarily long. It could have easily trimmed a good 10 hours and the story wouldn't have lost anything.

The narrator is fantastic, each character has their own voice and you never have to wonder who's talking.

The story is good, it really just needed to be cut down.

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horrible narrator

Revisado: 04-26-18

The narrator was horrible. Could do (maybe?) 4 voices, 2 of which sound the same.

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Narrator great. Story overlong.

Revisado: 01-08-18

The narrator is fantastic. The problem comes when the story enters it's second act and starts to be really slow, lack a plot, and starts to ramble.

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Brutally honest

Revisado: 05-19-17

Brian Welch gives an honest, truthful, no-holds-barred reflection on his life and his conversion to Christianity. A must read (or listen) for metal fans and Christians alike.

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bad narrator, good story.

Revisado: 04-16-17

Was able to get 5 minutes in before I had to turn it off. Michael Kramer was awful, just awful as a narrator. This book was recommended to me because I like Robert Jordan. I'll be happy to look for this book in print, but I won't try and suffer through a narrator that sounds like they just came off a weekend long bender which ended with them having a sore throat and being unable to catch their breath. my word, was Michael Kramer horrible. if the book is good, great! But you won't find me listening to it as long as it as has a chainsmoking, uninterested actor as it's presenting narrator. A severe disservice to the craft of audio book narration.

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