Layne Rosequist

Needed to sowing the pendulum back

Revisado: 05-01-25

Common sense and cold hard facts. This is good ammunition to Combat the fear-mongering!

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Fun, but rather slow

Revisado: 03-25-25

There was so much of this book spent on wizard school work that I feel like I’ve personally attended and perhaps graduated the magical university.
It’s a fun concept, and funny at times, but at least twice as long as it should be. I listened at more than double speed and still felt like it dragged on at times. I see it’s a ten book series, but based on the first novel, that likely means it should be about 3-4 books instead of 10.

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Creative twists

Revisado: 03-04-25

Apart from the odd prejudice against “rich white men”, haha,
it was a fun book. It had some creative twists and it does good at keeping you guessing who the killer is.

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Written as one who admires Joseph smith but doesn’t believe him

Revisado: 10-18-23

Often people idolize prophets so much, particularly Joseph smith, that when they learn some history that illustrates him as a flawed man instead of a perfect messenger of God, it makes them lose faith. This author tries to combat that but goes way beyond the mark. He often paints Joseph so much as a flawed man and revelations as just being circumstantial instead of revelatory that the author comes across as one who admires what Joseph accomplished but doesn’t believe any of it came from God. For example he never refers to the restoration as coming from Christ or God or revelation and instead constantly calls it Joseph’s church or Joseph’s religion.
Some readers will benefit from this book but I worry that those without strong solidified testimonies already in place will leave feeling their faith is attacked or reduced instead of strengthened. It reads as far more critical of events than understanding or explaining them, let alone showing the spirituality of them.

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A few good insights but more for brand new speakers

Revisado: 08-25-23

It has a few nice insights and suggestions. Overall, it’s more for novice than experienced speakers- and the he’s got to get a different narrator 😕

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1st half is great

Revisado: 04-06-23

1st half is great- really hits on a ton of scientific evidence for creation, the Bible, etc.
2nd half is mostly repetitions of “my Christianity is right and everyone else’s is wrong”… which I don’t blame them for having- if you believe something, you better believe it full-heartedly, but there are glaring holes in these preachings, and it isn’t what I was expecting based on the title. 1 half was what I expected and was excellently done- second half was a real struggle to get through.

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Too slow pace and too many F-bombs

Revisado: 10-04-22

Nearly every chapter ends just hearing about the mc going home after work and drinking beer. Makes the pacing slow.

An occasional swear word is bearable when it’s purpose is to add emphasis. When they’re this frequent it’s just lazy writing. Comes across as lazy, crass, unimaginative. Can you really not come up with any other way to paint the picture than drop 80 f words? If you can’t, you’re doing it wrong!

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Filthy language, average story

Revisado: 09-15-22

There’s probably 100+ f-words in this. Swearing should only ever be used extremely sparingly, to add emphasis- excessive language is a sign of poor or lazy writing, they become filler words, distracting from the story you should be painting. Story is average- the promised twists and turns did not live up to the hype. It was a clever idea for a story, but was unfortunately not as flushed out as it should have been and was almost unbearable to sit through so much filler language garbage.

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Should be required high school reading

Revisado: 05-04-22

This book destroys all the myths of race by showing the cold hard facts. It promotes unity and justice for all instead of segregation and preferential treatment for any.

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Fun story but feels like a science class 20% of the time

Revisado: 09-09-21

Fun story but feels like a science class 20% of the time. It’s a good listen but definitely not a repeat book.

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