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Not bad dark tower filler.

Revisado: 09-05-17

Story isn't bad. Had a filler feel with no real substance to the main story. The performance (Stephen King himself) is pretty terrible. He is very flat without voice work at all.

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Disappointing, poor follow up to Ready Player one.

Revisado: 05-19-16

Would you try another book from Ernest Cline and/or Wil Wheaton?

After this effort, I would be reluctant to listen to another Ernest Cline. Ready player One was so good, but Armada is a young adult book at best.
I like Wil Wheaton's narration a lot, Red Shirts was a great listen.

Would you be willing to try another one of Wil Wheaton’s performances?

Probably, I think I may have listened to too many of his narrations. The range of emotions he can project is a bit limited.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

At least he had the decency to point out the movies and books he was ripping off (Enders Game, 2001 etc)

Any additional comments?

A shame after such a strong entry with Ready Player One.
If this was his first novel, I think he would have disappeared, barely noticed.

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Good details, too much author's emotions.

Revisado: 05-11-16

Very interesting piece of history.
The author spent too much time writing her feelings into the book. This book is more about her feels than a history piece.
The narration was OK, but the terrible attempts at various voices was distracting.

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Terrible performance, good story.

Revisado: 03-16-15

Narrator sounds like he is constipated.
It's a shame, the story is good, if a bit dated.

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BORING and not funny

Revisado: 01-12-15

What disappointed you about People I Want to Punch in the Throat?

I assume that this book is strictly for fans of her blog.
Having never read the blog I can only hope she is funnier there.
I fell for the publishers blurb. Don't do the same, the anecdotes are very boring and go nowhere funny or pithy.
Just dull.

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Loved it.

Revisado: 01-01-15

Had everything a guy who grew up in the 80s loving sci-fi and games could want.

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Succinct and amazing.

Revisado: 01-01-15

Good narration of a book that blew my exCatholic mind. I was indoctrinated with the Mother Theresa cult as a kid, wish I had of known all this then.

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All style, no substance. Hours of blah, blah, blah

Revisado: 07-13-12

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The narrator (Jim Dale) seems to have the perfect voice for this novel.
Until he tries to do the various accents and female voices. His accents are terrible and his female voices sound like cross dressing lumberjacks. Distracting to say the least.
The story itself is boring and very slow. It's nothing but tone setting and creating images, the plot is almost non exsistant and secondary.

What could Erin Morgenstern have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Plot first, THEN atmosphere.

Would you be willing to try another one of Jim Dale’s performances?

No. His reading is very good but his character voices and attempts at accents are distracting and embarrassing.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Night Circus?

I never listen to abridged versions, no matter how many filler chapters there are. If you deleted the droning tone setting scenes from this book it would be at least 50% shorter.

Any additional comments?

Strictly for flakes. The blurb for this book is very deceptive, almost nothing happens.

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