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The author has a point to make

Revisado: 07-10-23

I really didn't like this book, but maybe you will.
It reminded me of The Circle in that every character and the story itself exist only in the service of the message. Sadly, for me though I agree that what the author is saying is important, I didn't find the book itself to be compelling.

Hopefully, others will enjoy it more than I did.

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Nothing like some over-ennunciated agism

Revisado: 02-09-23

Apparently people over 70 with thir saggy skin and varicose veibs are appallingly comment worthy.

The narrator is good, but lingers over each letter. Thats a little distracting.

I made it obly to chapter 2. Maybe in chapter 3 it will be just brilliant. Let me know if I'm missing out on a gem.

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I love John Birmingham but just no. Will not finis

Revisado: 12-14-21

The main character's dullness lacks all nuance. It's hard to separate the problem with the writing and the problem with the reading.

So the main character (I don't think this is a spoiler but here's a warning in case) is like a really challenged three year old. A nice three year old, but a three year old. This is emphasized because Dan Bitter reads to us as though this is a children's book.

My issue isn't the main character's inability to read, tell time and count. My issue is that there's no balance to it. All that could be true and he could still have some maturity. He's got a girlfriend. She is involved with a three year old in a man's body. It's icky It's all icky.

John Birmingham is one of my favorite writers. Dan Bittner seems to be a fine narrator. This just isn't their best work.

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It gave me the ick

Revisado: 09-08-21

I confess I only read a few chapters and maybe it was going to get better. I couldn't get past the caricatures standing in for characters.

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Too much fun

Revisado: 07-23-21

Silly, but not stupid, this is a trip you want to take (unless you have some kind of issue with silly. You don't right?)

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It made me laugh made me cry. No. It actually did

Revisado: 10-01-19

I don't understand why Racusa isn't better known. Her books are smart and emotional without sappiness. She's just an excellent storyteller. I hope she writes many more.

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Yahtzee!

Revisado: 08-09-19

Yahtzee Croshaw is always fun. More fun here than even his prior work. The best thing about his books is the ability to be silly without ever skirting stupid, a line that's very easy to cross.

Will Save the Galaxy is especially good because the characters are so compelling. It's easy to be invested.

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That was fast

Revisado: 08-07-19

Everything there was great but it feels unfinished. The ending actually was not in any way an ending.

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I usually love Scott Brick, but...

Revisado: 04-21-18

I usually love Scott Brick, but I thought this slow moving book needed a peppier delivery. My first experience with Robert Charles Wilson. I thought it was well written, well plotted but it dragged in places.

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Half a book too long

Revisado: 01-31-15

I didn't see the movie, but I have a feeling this may be a rare instance of a movie being better than the book. The first half is not bad. I might have given it three or four stars, but really the second half is boring and meandering purposeless. I listened to the whole thing. It's not criminal or anything. It's just not very good.

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