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Do not buy!! A classic spoiled by a dreadfully bad narration.

Revisado: 03-28-22

Do not buy this title. The narrator’s robotic, expressionless delivery is an insult to anybody who is listening to this.

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Monika is not very good at explaining

Revisado: 01-07-22

This was very difficult podcast to listen to as Monika is not the greatest presenter in the world. The subject matter is fascinating.

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A fine treatease on social history, if a bit detached.

Revisado: 06-08-21

This is a well researched history of not so much of colours rather than paints.

When seeing the title I did expect that there will at least some reveal of research on how brain works to make sense of colours.

The narrator, who is the writer herself, is outstanding. You can listen to her Londoner’s accent for hours, even if she recited terms and conditions of an insurance contract.

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Listening to the narrator is torture.

Revisado: 05-22-21

An interesting book. Shame I cannot enjoy it. The narrator bombs it so bad, impossible to follow.

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Narrator is impossible to listen to

Revisado: 05-20-21

I tried to listen to this book several times.

Narrators voice of the main character is a joke.

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Wow!!!!!

Revisado: 01-18-21

Just chose this book at random. I have not heard of more entertaining lectures ever.

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The Long Way to the most boring book in a while.

Revisado: 01-17-21

I have not listened to the whole book. I have listened to 4.5hrs. I just could not continue, I tried. I tried several times to listen for a bit more. Enough is enough. For the first third of the book, there is a girl who arrives at a spaceship and wonders about the strange people and alien there. That's it. Maybe the rest of the book is brilliant, but then it has to be Shakespeare level to justify the boredom of the first third.

To be honest, maybe this book is not for me. I like the imagination of Mr. Banks and the scale of Alastair Reynolds. This is a grey boring story, at least for the first 4.5 hrs.

The book is not helped by the performance. The tone of the lecturer is like it is meant for little girls in pink dresses. But then there should have been a disclaimer somewhere that this is a children's book.

In short, I did not get it, and I do not understand the praise it has received.

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A long grind until something interesting happens.

Revisado: 11-06-20

I am a huge fan of Ian M. Banks. I have re-read all his books at least three times. Since this amazing writer died, I have been looking for something that would fill the void. Gareth L. Powell would not. It is a good thing. I would hate a knock-off. This is original.

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Good start, disappointing end.

Revisado: 09-26-19

I bought this second book in the series expecting more of and better of the first. I was disappointed in the end.

While it does start well, and promises new characters and storylines , as the book proceeds I had the feeling that the author is at a loss how to proceed and struggles with what he has built to have a coherent, dynamic story.

Mel Hudson is brilliant in telling the story and her voice suits it well.

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