Robert Bourdeau

Was fun and amusing at first, became ridiculous

Revisado: 06-29-22

I started off really loving it at first. the reader was amusing, writing cute, story had potential. but the I realized it wasn't supposed to be tongue in cheek, and the reader totally totally mismatched the intended story tone.

You think the story is going somewhere, but it doesn't. You think it'll become clever, that these bizarrely cliche characters will develop ingeniously, but they don't. The reader has every character voiced in this self-obsessed high school stoner feel, or preachy learned savant feel.

Sorry, it's just ridiculous. rarely do I get annoyed by a story, but I couldn't wait for this to be over.

Yuck.

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could not get into it. viewpoint is childlike

Revisado: 06-22-22

nice voice but the narration comes off as if reading to an incredulous child. the language structure feels immature, but has mixed in complex concepts and words. it just wasn't cohesive and therefore not immersive.

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Deliciously fun

Revisado: 06-15-21

Snarky, dark, and amusing, with a narrator that gives life to the characters perfectly. i love the idea of life in hell being more like a Mordor than a lake of fire, a far more interesting fantasy than the biblical version. I highly recommend reading this. beautiful written and well executed. thank you Richard and MacLeod.

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yuck. unless you like trite religious drivel.

Revisado: 06-02-21

lacks depth for me. not a new idea, and just not well executed. I kept listening but just got bored.

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funny, smart, interesting

Revisado: 08-10-20

book 1 was interesting. but book 2 really fulfilled the promise of book 1. I love how scalzi creates complex multi-plot themes. I'm not brilliant enough to call scalzi brilliant, but he's brilliant to me. great read

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I can't say enough good things about this book

Revisado: 01-19-20

imaginative. thought provoking. poetic. colorful. complex. brilliant. I listened to it twice and purchased the Kindle edition to read afterwards. one of the best novels i've ever read.

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overhyped with mythology

Revisado: 11-17-19

the basic story of Teddy is interesting, and the factual storytelling is good. The narration and recordings pleasing. But the incorporation of mythology into the story, as if it's believable, is a huge spoiler. I don't even get the point of the Inupik angle, but it's so seriously incorporated it's tiring.

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the game of civilization

Revisado: 11-08-19

the game of civilization simulates the evolution of a civilization by gamifying the building blocks of technology, philosophy, science, under pressures of the needs and threats. this book has a similar feel. I enjoyed it, characters cool, threats interesting. there are a few features I thought felt weird. there's a lot of "Good idea. why didn't I think of that?" comments. it's as if everyone is shocked when someone applies common sense or logic. it's very libertarian, but you can see the pressures of development begging how this philosophy will sustain. I thought the blatant introduction of God and worship at the end very strange. 99% of world is dead, thanks God. maybe it's supposed to be tribulation time or something. still, great story.

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premise and build up good, conclusion weak

Revisado: 10-11-19

I did enjoy the development of the story. What occurs to these children is creatively horrifying and distantly believable, but the storytelling around the ideas feels incomplete. maybe it's the calm reading of the narrator that mismatches the horror, though I enjoyed his reading very much. I wanted a more immersive feeling and didn't get it.

Most unsatisfying is how the pieces integrate at the end. it comes across as very "forgiving" or overly rational. The antagonists, to me, deserved a fatal taste of their own actions. But the story seems to suggests that yes, this was evil, but you too reader can understand that sometimes evil might be necessary. Luke explains this thinking quantitatively (Bernoulli distribution) but I can't imagine than almost anyone would accept this storyline as ok, even if the institute were 100% right. I almost have story 3 stars for the apologetic finish and moral. above average enjoyable read, but not great.

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excellent performance but story petered out

Revisado: 08-20-19

the narrator made the story. content was amusing and had potential but tapered into a rather abrupt and unsatisfying ending.

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