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Excellent

Revisado: 11-21-24

Great story, not what I expected but in a good way. Some good scares, some nasty surprises. Loved it

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Good story, uses the n-word A LOT

Revisado: 09-06-24

I really enjoyed this story but I almost didn’t finish it. Really close to the beginning there is a chapter that details a slave auction and the n-word to sentence ratio is extraordinarily high. I understand that this is reflecting the racism of this time period and that it wouldn’t make sense for that character not to use this word, especially in the plot context. Regardless, it was overwhelming. The use of this word calms down after a few chapters but never goes away and, as is to be expected for the antebellum south, the racism is violent and pervasive. I’m surprised no other reviews mention this, so I thought I should say something to warn those who might be sensitive to it.

That said, the vampires are unique and I found the story to be compelling.

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Delicious garbage

Revisado: 07-07-24

Is it good? No. Is it the 5th time I’ve listened to this audiobook, not even counting reading the physical books? Hell yeah it is. 10/10

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Aged like Milk

Revisado: 12-12-22

The story is good and it is sometimes funny but this has not aged well. The casual bigotry sprinkled throughout makes it uncomfortable to listen to, at least for me. Coming from both the characters and the narrative voice, it was hard to find many of the jokes funny when they relied on racism, sexism, homophobia, and fat-phobia. I was quite disappointed by this book as I had heard such good things. Somewhat concerned by the number of reviews here that found this whole book laugh out loud funny as I found a large swaths of it mildly to deeply offensive (see Madame Tracy’s fake Native American “spirit guide” that relied entirely on bad colonialist stereotypes). I get that it was written 30 years ago but it certainly doesn’t read the same today as it may have then. I finished it but I’m left wondering why I bothered.

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Violence in Islam

Revisado: 06-08-22

I would like to address some of the criticism I’ve seen in these reviews. In particular, the criticism that the speaker doesn’t talk enough about or harshly enough about violence in Islam. This seems to me to be not at all accurate. In fact, the speaker spends just as much time talking about Islam as they do about Christianity. They do not make excuses for Islamic violence. However, they do try to combat the misconception that Islam is inherently more violent that other religions, positing that Islam has the capacity for both peace and violence, just like every other religion they discuss throughout the lectures. Overall this was a very interesting and informative lecture series.

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Incredible

Revisado: 06-26-18

This book is absolutely worth every second. It is a brave account of abuse and growth. It’s written beautifully and is absolutely gripping. Be warned: There is a very graphic description of massive injuries in this book.

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Be prepared

Revisado: 04-10-18

While I expected this is to be an intense story, I was nowhere near prepared for the reality of it. This book is wonderful. Absolutely fantastically written. The characters are compelling and the voice actors do a phenomenal job. The story goes 100 miles per hour through the whole thing and a lot of the content is very upsetting. If you can handle hearing about lots of violent racism, death, abuse, and drug addiction I highly recommend it.

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Astounding

Revisado: 05-13-17

I still do not know the point of this book series and that is almost certainly the point

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Fantastic

Revisado: 04-20-17

Doesn't make a single bit of sense but never fails to delight. Truly and honestly incredible

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Beyond Incredible

Revisado: 03-09-17

This is possibly one of the best books I have ever heard. Poignant, beautifully written, and wonderfully read. I can't count the number of times I cried at work listening to this haha I would recommend this to anyone and everyone

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