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Awful melodrama

Revisado: 12-19-24

This book started out OK but then descended into melodrama and mediocrity. Nothing like Repairman Jack series. A sister tries to unravel the sudden death of her twin. Was it suicide or murder. By the middle of the book, you really don’t care. Skip this one. Even the free version is not worth your time. The characters are flat and uninteresting. The story has no momentum and drags endlessly.

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Slow Built of creepiness

Revisado: 06-20-24

I liked this book. The story was solid although slow building up to the finale. The end did not disappoint. Young couple Aaron and his wife Alison live in Annapolis Maryland. Alison goes to a strip mall asking her husband, "Come With Me". Those words haunt Aaron for the rest of his life. Alison is killed in a mass shooting at the mall. It is after this event that Aaron discovers that Alison had a secret life. A life that he never had a clue about. A secret that Aaron himself becomes obsessed with. The book is a mystery and a bit of creepy rolled into one. Urban legends, Lights flashing on their own and parallel lives. Aaron tells this story as if he is talking to his dead wife and his "other self". Yeah, you figure that one out. Good story but you need to be patient.

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Fantastic Read

Revisado: 02-17-24

I have to admit, I bought this book strictly because of the narrator's voice. I enjoy listening to him, sometimes more than I enjoy the books he narrates. But this book was exceptional. Excellent character development. Excellent writing. Lots of twist and turns you never see coming. Great pacing. A mystery and thriller that makes you care about the characters without being overly dramatic. I look forward to ready more books by Richard Armitage.

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Good but Beginning to be a formula

Revisado: 09-24-23

I loved Razorblade Tears. S.A Cosby can write a mystery like no one else. His ability of giving you a sense of place is superb. You feel as if you are in small town Virginia and maybe it is not the best place to be. In his past three books he gave us deeply flawed central characters with a criminal past that take on next to impossible task to get justice. This book is a bit different it that the central character is a sheriff in a small Virginia town. But again, he has a past he is trying to get away from. Like other Cosby characters he has to fight racism to get to the truth. He also has a deep connection with his family.
However, I could not connect to the main character in this book as I had the author's previous books. Perhaps because the main character in Razorblade Tears had so much anguish and guilt for not letting his gay son know how much he loved him. But the sheriff in this book just did not make a good connection with me. Sure he loved his father and tried to reconciled with his estranged brother and went through hell to get to the bottom of a serial killings. In the end, this book is worth reading and the writing is powerful. I hope that the author can expand and perhaps widen repertoire to different types of central characters. He has hit on a winning formula of a troubled lone black man fighting racism and fighting evil to get to the truth in small town Virginia. He has strong family ties. He is physically strong. I just feel that even though each book is about a different main character, it is the SAME central character in every book. It might as well be a series like Walter Mosley's E Z Rawlins. I hope that Cosby can come up with some different archetype in future books.

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Good start, then it hit a wall

Revisado: 09-24-23

I loved the beginning of this book. The story of a young 14 year old girl living on the south west coast of India. She is taken from the only home she knows and placed into an arranged marriage. She is afraid. But with help she from both the living and the dead, she grows into a family leader. It is enchanting and magical. But right in the middle of this story comes the story of a young doctor in Glasgow who travels to India to work as a surgeon. There are endless detailed descriptions of maladies and surgeries and the entire book becomes another book and the momentum and direction of the book changes. Then another doctor is introduced. It is a long time before we get back to Big Amachi, the main character and her family and by this point the magic is gone due to this long interruption of different story lines.
Also the narrator/author does a terrible Scottish accent that was painful to listen to.

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Worst Audible book ever

Revisado: 10-20-22

If you like graphic violence about rape and women being tortured then this is the book for you. The lead character is a self proclaimed rapist, sexist and former soldier. He sees a college student kidnapped by terrorist and follows her to a warehouse. He battles the terrorist but finds out that there are other women who are being shipped out to be raped and tortured. I have never read any other John Ringo and I won't read any others. Worst book ever written.

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Had me screaming

Revisado: 12-08-21

I don't want to say much about this story or give away the plot but I do want to say that this book had me screaming. Yes screaming. Not from gore but shear nail biting tension. All I can say is don't pick up any strange objects delivered to your door. Your life will never be the same. Why aren't Luke Smitherd's books in bookstores in the U.S.? He would give old Uncle Stevie a run for his money. Well crafted, good pacing and excellent characters and the tension. Don't read this while you are alone at night. The initial chapters jump around a bit from character to seemingly unrelated character but no worries, it will all gel into one big horrific moment. And there will be others. Smitherd also does an excellent job at narration which is unusual for an author. BEST BOOK I HAVE READ THIS YEAR. I still have not come down from this. Would love a sequel if possible.

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What if.......

Revisado: 11-04-21

Earth was ravaged by a meteorite. Thing are so bad that humans are leaving in generational ships to start a new life on a new planet. Ships that take hundreds of years to reach their destination with no guarantee that the chosen planet will be some place they can call home. The ships are run by computer and all occupants except one are in hibernation chambers with tubes of nutrients to keep them alive. One person works with the computer to "recycle" the sleeping members when they reach the age of 70. The old members become plant food. The plants are then feed to the sleeping people. Orion the human monitor has never been on a planet. Never been touched by another human being. He has never been outside the ship he was born on and never seen a planet. Orion is almost age 50. Hours away from being put back into hibernation and never to wake up again but then Orion thinks, what if....

Excellent short story tie in to the Children of Titan series that ties up some loose ends but still leaves some questions.

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Need More Malcolm

Revisado: 07-19-21

Pervenio Corp. Collector, Malcolm Graves must find the son of the company owner. Jimmy Fring. A rebellious heir. On the way he uncovers an android maker with the perfect androids. But not. This is one of the collector jobs Graves did before the Children of Titan series started. Complete with 10 year old Aria in tow. The non sanctioned daughter. His old life. Wonderful to go back. Please send us more Mr. Bruno.

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The Best of the Best

Revisado: 07-19-21

Malcolm Greaves, presumed dead, has spent the last 10 years living on Titan with his 9 year old grandson Allan Trass, who he adores. Allan will one day grow up to be the leader of his people but for now, he is under the protection of his great aunt. Greaves a former "Collector" for a defunct corporation tells his grandson stories of his adventures as a Collector, a type of bounty hunter, and plays VR games to train him in fighting strategies. Graves is old and frail but is told but must serve on one last mission to save his grandson's legacy and prevent war between Earth and Titan. The bond between Malcolm and Allan is real and unbreakable. The character development is superb. The action is gripping and glued me to this book until the end. R.C Bray is excellent as always as a grumpy old man and superb and a nine year old child.

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