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You cannot inject modern into period prices and expect to produce the same feeling

Revisado: 01-06-24

Too many of the stories had modern viewpoints and values inserted as if they were normal and accepted at the time and the world perviously created that they are trying to connect to.

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Better than I expected.

Revisado: 08-16-17

It seemed shallow and predictable at the beginning with too much forced grit to show that the characters were no longer children. This surprisingly deepened with Nate, but stayed shallow and forced with Andy and Kerri. I would have liked to see Karri develop rather than be the idol for Andy.
I hoped for more from Ghost Peter, but that seemed to fizzle out and become an afterthought. The play between predictable scoot plot and lovecraftian story was more enjoyable and more complex than expected.

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Missed the mark

Revisado: 04-05-17

These stories miss that the strength of a lovecraftian story is not explaining too much, and that the elder things do not care for humanity. It reads like the authors read a Wikipedia article on their assigned character as their only research.

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Not a collection of myths

Revisado: 08-03-14

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

I was looking for a complete telling of Greek and roman myths. Instead the author injects too much commentary, drowning the original myths.

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

Unfortunately no, not only did it fail to tell a cohesive narrative of the myths, but poisoned the well with all her commentary and references.

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