J D Rossi

Don't listen to the bad reviews!

Revisado: 10-22-23

This book is amazing! An absolute must-read if you ever want to read The Stormlight Archive. Personally, my favorite characters are Vasher and Lightsong, but all of the other characters are just as amazing, as always.

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I learned more than I anticipated in a 4 + hr book

Revisado: 08-06-19

Review in a nutshell: I was entertained throughout and learned more than I anticipated in a 4 hour 25 minute book.

Eye opening moments:

Life in Sweden might be good, but Swedes living in the U.S. are significantly more prosperous than Swedes living in Sweden (similarly but less surprisingly, Cubans living in the U.S. are far better off than Cubans in Cuba).

Bernie Sanders once praised Venezuela's brand of socialism (“These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela, and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who’s the banana republic now?”-Bernie Sanders). I wish this were more widely known.

Some Cubans are aware that more interaction with America will lend itself to growing freedom in Cuba.

Georgia's surge toward freedom was completely new information to me.

Some concerns:

High school teachers and community college professors might not assign or recommend this book due to the repeated references to alcohol. Hey Robert and Benjamin, maybe this calls for a second book geared toward that audience?

Partway through this book I thought, "O goodness, they think millennials are actually socialists! That's why we're spending so much time talking about true socialism in this book up to this point." And I thought the entire book was going to be a waste. Once we got to the socialist convention in the U.S., they diagnosed what's going on among young Americans very accurately, which was a big relief. Somehow I missed that near the front of the book . . . so if you're like me when you read this maybe I can help -- they tie up everything very well in the second half of the book. Don't worry! In fact, the last few chapters would be worth reading on their own.

Overall, well done! Big thanks to the authors.

-Jordan, age 30.

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One of the best books I've listened to ever.

Revisado: 03-09-19

It was AWESOME! I LOVED it! And it was a funny/even funnier book. it's so AMAZING that it should have a new berry medal! I should even say it's the best book I ever read.

(written by a 7 year old fan)

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