Erica

Fun, humorous adventure

Revisado: 11-01-23

This book was so much fun. The author (who also narrated the book) did a fantastic job of bringing his characters to life. I laughed out loud several times while listening and found the smaller stories wove together nicely into one larger tale.

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my kind of scifi

Revisado: 12-20-22

I can't wait for the next one. I love the world, the blend of tech and magic, the romance, and the promise of what's in store for future books. The world is vivid, and the intrigue and plotting kept be hooked the whole way through. The book ends with a great question that leaves me wanting more (not a cliffhanger at all).

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Another great installment

Revisado: 10-05-22

I love this series so much. Well written as I got some answers to old questions and have new questions and predictions. Pacing is great. There is a good mix of action and exposition. The characters continue to grow and remain interesting and cone alive.

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fun read

Revisado: 06-30-22

Love the voice of MC. Wheaton is great as always. The creativity and flippancy of this one was just perfect. It's like Jurassic Park but a little ridiculous and I love that about it. Heartily recommend, especially if you like Scalzi's other funny stuff like Redshirts or Agent to the Stars.

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Intense scifi mystery

Revisado: 04-10-22

Murder mystery on a space station! I liked the main character Emma Boone because she was competent and likable, and the supporting cast was full of interesting characters and villains. I also thought the space station setting was well done. There were a lot of great questions that kept me listening. I read this as an ebook first, and I think the narrator did a great job bringing Emma to life, and I found that I caught things in the audio version I missed while reading. The pacing was great and I enjoyed uncovering secret motives, betrayals, etc as I kept reading. As with all of the stories Wilsey has set in this universe, there are ample twists and turns to keep the reader entertained. This is my favorite of his books so far.

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Even better than the first

Revisado: 02-03-21

Solid second installment. This book was so fun. A whacky haunted house was the perfect setting for this mystery, and I can't wait to continue this series. The narration was fantastic and truly brought Hayes' already vivid characters to life.

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interesting

Revisado: 05-24-20

Loved the science behind caffeine and addicting pollinators. The premise of caffeine making the modern world possible was clickbaity, but the author kind of acknowledges it. This was a short and engaging listen.

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A meh read

Revisado: 04-09-20

I read mostly scifi, but this was my first by Larson.

I enjoyed the premise and the narrator, but I had a lot of issues with the book.

I'm a woman, and of the 4 significant female characters, 3 were attracted to the protagonist Leo Blake, even the enemy captain. On top of being a man with needs that all the women wanted, he magically could do anything and everything perfectly, or get so lucky his "failures" turned out to be just the needed action/response/etc. This book had me rolling my eyes at all the happy coincidences. I found this, coupled with the blah female characters who all wanted to sleep with Blake, annoying.

The book wasn't terrible, and I finished it, but I did find myself wishing it was over sooner.

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2nd in series, going strong

Revisado: 11-12-18

I loved the first one and I love this one. There was intrigue and mystery, and some revelations that make me eager to find out what happens. Scalzi's wit is apparent through his writing style, as always. #spaceopera #funny #tagsiving #sweepstakes

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Still felt scammy to me

Revisado: 09-14-18

This guy tries to market his techniques as sincere, but they didn't feel that way to me. I guess sales is always pushy, whether it's explicit or manipulative. The introvert's "edge" definitely just felt like gentler manipulation of customers to me.

These tactics don't seem new, but I came to this book with no sales experience. These techniques are definitely usable and would probably yield results, so it's a useful book in that sense.

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