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Revisado: 01-06-24

Really good trilogy. The ending was meh, but everything else was absolutely terrific. Also, I'm a fan of any book that says someone's a member of SAG-AFTRA. I'd love more of that.

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Revisado: 12-30-23

I hadn't read anything from this author before, but judging by the reviews, there are some diehard fans from his other series who don't like this new series he's doing. Anyways, I think it's great and I love how there's a critique of the rich and powerful just hoarding resources in this world of magic.....which sounds a lot like today's world without magic

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Revisado: 12-29-23

Great book, and although this was written over a hundred years ago, Jack London did a great job at making some accurate predictions and his insight into corporate greed, and its power is very accurate.

Political thoughts:

1) I love the Bishop in this book. He goes to prove a point that the Church should advocate more for those in poverty and he's deemed crazy and cast out. There are some parallels to this in modern society. I think of a Christian minister who said that yes, Black Lives do Matter and his congregation turned on him. Or those ministers who are ousted for saying that the LGBTQ community should have equal rights. Those who have money and are funding the church, can often have a large say in the direction it goes

2) Very smart about the trusts. The less businesses there are in an industry, the easier it is for them to get away with price fixing (we are literally seeing this now after Biden took office and we see it with Big Pharma).

3) I found it interesting that the Oligarchy divided the unions by granting some industries more money/less hours and screwing over others. I should note that this was before the joining of the AFL-CIO. In my experience the only unions that do not have the back of other unions are the police and sometimes the fire (think of the latest legislation that the Republicans did in Florida when they gave carveouts to the police/fire unions from losing their union). I believe this is much less likely to occur. Also, the media is much more far reaching to control a message immediately, even before facts are gathered.

4) Parts of this reminded me of the Red Scare/McCarthyism.

5) Anyone who considers themselves a leftist or an activist would enjoy this book.

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Revisado: 12-28-23

I highly recommend this book to any election nerd. The book may come across as center left with some viewpoints, so just a general warning. I was totally amazed at all the inside info and snippets the journalist was able to obtain while writing this book. The narrator for the audiobook did a fantastic job as well.

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Revisado: 12-28-23

Decent vampire novel. I liked the concept of the world finding out decades ago that vampires exist and countries beginning to eradicate vampires, all while there existing different vampire tribes (with various powers and species) who fight amongst each other via turf wars

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Revisado: 12-28-23

Reading Grady Hendrix to me is now like buying a new game and not being able to put it down in one sitting for at least 12 hours. I pretty much listened to this book in one sitting and the audiobook narrator is fantastic. I laughed aloud a couple times and the book did a wonderful job at creeping me out.

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Revisado: 12-28-23

I think it's good for some people, but not necessarily for me. As a union rep, teleworking is a big topic, which many employees are interested in. However, it seems like much of this book is geared more towards salaried employees, instead of hourly employees, so there wasn't much for me to learn from this.

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Revisado: 12-28-23

It's a decent book about a community coming together after nukes pretty much destroyed all of Florida and most other cities in America. It was published in 1959, but the author had some annoying remarks about women by the main character. A couple of those, "Oh well, I don't understand why women act the way they do" kind of scenes.

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Revisado: 12-28-23

Excellent book.

TW: Lots of rape scenes, sexual assault, and drug use.

This novel had plenty of twists and turns. I giggled aloud once or twice and my eyes began to get a bit wetter for some strange reasons during parts of this book. I don't recall a moment where I wished this book would go faster. Right speed.

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Revisado: 12-28-23

I'm a bit iffy about audiobooks that feature a large cast, since this might as well just be a listening to a TV show or movie, but, the cast is fantastic and the book is a goofy fantasy book with attempts at humor. If I didn't absolutely love Neil Gaiman, Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, and Sean Astin, I probably wouldn't have been a fan.

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