Jennifer

Engaging until it suddenly ended in the middle of a scene…

Revisado: 04-19-24

Only to be followed by 27 minutes of credits.

Also, I didn’t care to hear songs in between scenesl

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I liked the stylistic performance, but the story was AWFUL

Revisado: 02-26-24

I thought it would get better, and I hung in there till the end. The problems with logic and continuity just got worse. The gotcha ending..was not. Simply terrible. Free was still too pricey.

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Intriguing idea grows old

Revisado: 12-11-23

I enjoyed the light-hearted tone and the novel conceit of a protagonist who must optimize every second. But, the one-trick pony became less amusing as the hero’s creative problem-solving skills morphed into magical thinking; mild bashing of Republicans devolved into raving leftist monologues; and the narrator emitted his 4627th MEE-ROAH. A person can only take so many meows. Done at Book 2.

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Dull details and characters

Revisado: 11-22-23

I now have a three strikes rule for audiobooks. After I start, stop, then drift away to another book the third time, I archive the title and absolve myself from the guilt of letting it go. This is the second title to qualify. It was simply uninteresting to me in every respect. Fine narrator, though.

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Disappointingly bland

Revisado: 11-22-23

I read and enjoyed Blake Crouch’s Pines trilogy, Dark Matter and Recursion. This effort is nowhere near the quality of those books. The narrow storyline — what happens when a man is exposed to a virus dramatically enhancing his intellect? — might have been sufficient if there were content or conflict other than the man’s placid observations of how his interactions with his wife and daughter are impacted (oh, and lengthy scientific descriptions of the changes to his biology and capabilities). But two hours of “oh, my, I beat my little girl at chess for the first time ever, so let me agonize over the long-term ramifications to our relationship” were enough for me.

Also, as noted by others, the narrator does voice all female characters as if they are little girls, frequently resulting in conversations with an unintended infantilizing/patronizing/cringey tone. I will actively reject future books with this narrator unless I really, REALLY want to read them.

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Long Public Service Announcement, same degree of suspense

Revisado: 02-09-23

If you ever wanted someone to sit by your bedside for hours and read without inflection a series of hospital safety rules, obscure regulations on compelling witness testimony, and the procedures followed in disciplinary employment proceedings, now’s your chance! It seems the plot was constructed just to link these topics together - and not well. I have enjoyed some of Scottoline’s earlier novels, but this one is a miss.

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A mess

Revisado: 12-31-22

The storyline in the first half carried along nicely, then suddenly it collapsed, effectively replaced with a series of announcements from varying key characters. Cohesion and continuity be damned! I am utterly mystified as to what happened. My working theory is that, just as Stephen King has been rumored to do on occasion, the author turned over the pen midstream to a family member. HATED IT.

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Engaging story, talented narration, disappointing end

Revisado: 12-25-22

I enjoyed the tale and the narrator’s excellent rendition much as I enjoyed my mother telling me a more traditional fairy tale when I was 5 and it was bedtime. In fact, the layered settings, complex characters and interweaving lines had me prepared for an even more mind-blowing grand finale than I would typically expect. Unfortunately, it felt like King walked away from the story just as I was ready for the fireworks, and turned over the conclusion to a benign AI. I was so let down that I would not invest a credit if I had to do it again.

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Just no.

Revisado: 09-27-22

The first podcast seems to start over 9 times, each time with a slightly different presentation, performance and script…almost as if to pass them by a focus group to see which is best? That work should have been done by now. The protagonist then keeps interrupting once you’re actually immersed in the audio environment to tell you how she wants you to feel and where we are. WE KNOW. And the overly flowery, cliche descriptions add some unintended humor to the mix. Net: the writer doesn’t know how to write, and the producer didn’t know how to produce.

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Truth is optional

Revisado: 09-14-20

If Michael Moore and Sam Kinison had a baby who was deprived of oxygen one minute too long, that would be Mike Daisey. Daisey’s tool is sheer volume, overpowering readers with steaming, content-free drivel to market absurd allegations. He found the spotlight in 2012, when he published a detailed account of the supposedly brutal working conditions for Apple’s manufacturing operations in Shenzhen, China, then engaged in a media tour where the horrific anecdotes worsened with each telling. Apple had no choice but to form a dedicated team of PR agents, attorneys, investigators and other fixers, who in turn quickly determined that Daisey’s work belonged in Fiction.

Only for the most rabid TDS sufferers and fans of far-left conspiracy theories.

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