Kurtiss Jacobs

Would be better as a full-length novel

Revisado: 08-13-20

Also...it is a fictionalized account of a true story. This should have been stated in advance, it would have been more entertaining if known to be biographical.

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Deservedly a classic

Revisado: 08-03-20

It’s all it’s hyped to be. It doesn’t follow 21st-Century “rules” for a novel so it may seem a bit slow in places, but be patient and it’s worth the read (or listen).

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A great novel and an important book

Revisado: 05-29-20

The characterization was strong and the reader cares about the characters. The plot holds the reader’s attention and includes the right number of twists. And it is as important a story as fiction can be.

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Maybe the best post-apocalypse book

Revisado: 09-12-19

Required reading for the genre. Great characters, plot, and prose and don’t overlook solid pacing (including the 20 years that fly by in mere pages).

Performance is 4 stars instead of 5 because there are too many times when the narrator mispronounces the punctuation—including periods, which I didn’t think was possible but there you go.

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Last humans on Earrh

Revisado: 08-26-19

If you’re into this genre, this is one of the must-reads. Not as classic as Earth Abides, but worth your time.

Performance: Narrator was too slow. I set for 1.25 speed, which helped. It’s Australian accent and language, so I couldn’t go 1.5x.

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Best opening yet, powerful ending

Revisado: 08-07-19

The plot is yet again intricate, unpredictable, and fascinating. There may have been one missing chapter—in this year when the main characters are all 16 and involved in various relationships, we bled right through Valentines Day without a mention—not to gain a “G” rating, because there was significant VD description in Book 5. This did not detract from the plot, but was moderately distracting. It still warrants five stars—at least.

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The best HP yet

Revisado: 07-27-19

All of the HP books are great, but this is the best of the first five. This is the book that made me realize that not only is the HP series some of the best modern fiction, but that it ranks among the greatest literature of all time. Few authors in history have been masters of both character development and plot.

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Horribly disappointing—plotless, even

Revisado: 07-10-19

I love the trilogy, like the prequels, and enjoyed Foundation’s Edge. But a Foundation fan can safely ignore this book, and probably should.

There’s not much of a plot—Asimov focuses on speculation and philosophy. There is a problem set out at the beginning of the story, but the ending never gets back to that problem. Worst of all: The ending, to the extent that there is one, essentially nullifies the entire trilogy and even book 4. I won’t elaborate for the sake of those who choose to read (or listen to) it anyway...but don’t spend your 18 hours on it and then say I didn’t warn you.

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Worth reading and yet...

Revisado: 05-30-19

This book pushes the Foundation another 120 years toward realization of The Seldon Plan. As always, the characters are well-crafted and fun, and the plot is complex enough. BUT:

It’s too touchy-feely ‘80ish, even to the extent of presenting as scientific “fact” the Gaia theory that an entire planet is one being, so that every pebble shares YOUR consciousness.
That’s a bit much.

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Crime & Punishment for the 20th Century

Revisado: 05-21-19

As well done as Dostoyevsky did it (but then I prefer Tolstoy). Good enough that I will read or listen to another by the same author.

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