Mark Beasse

Good series

Revisado: 12-07-24

I have enjoyed this novella series from Larry. In my experience, much of the Plus Catalog is not worth the time, but this is an exception. I recommend the series.

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Buyer, Beware.

Revisado: 02-13-24

I'll admit, I bought this book because of my love of the series without doing my due diligence. It was on sale. That should have been warning enough. This is the WORST narration I have every heard...and I'm including the authors that narrate their own work. I have high expectations of the series and I was expecting an effort equal to its pedigree. I honestly think this is the new business model for Audible. Capitalize on the impulse buy, with the minimum effort on quality. This book was a major contributor to my decision to cancel my membership.

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Buyer, beware.

Revisado: 02-20-23

I am a fan of Jim Butcher's Dresden series. So, when I saw the 'coming soon' pre-order option for a new Dresden book...I bought it without looking. I know better.
Jim Butcher has a history of spinning off novella's, e.g., 'Side Jobs' & 'Working with Bigfoot', that are of substantially lower quality than the main series. I should have looked at the length (5 hours compared to 12 or more, usually). The performance of James Marsters throughout the audiobook series set the series above its peers and has created a familiarity and attachment with its characters. But, Jim Butcher decided to narrate this book himself. I. Should. Have. Looked.
'The Law' sells for $38. That price sets it in the top 5% of audio books as far as dollars per minute. Audible markets itself as a "provider of premium audio storytelling". When I pay a premium price, I expect a premium product. 'The Law' is not a premium product.
Again. I. Know. Better. I should have looked, but I didn't, and I got taken it. It is my own fault.
That being said, my disappointment in this product and the lack of value for money in Audible remaining products did lead me to finally cancel my membership.

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Pedantic

Revisado: 01-20-23

adjective; someone emphasizing their own expertise especially in some narrow or boring subject matter.

I listened to this audio book while writing code for a statistical analysis. The story development was so slow, I could concentrate on code writing and only come back to the audio every once and a while to see if the story line had progressed. Quite frequently, it had not.
Obviously, this book was written to appeal to academics. It has little escapist value.
Even though I bought it on sale (~85% off), I'm not sure I got good value for my money.

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Lost interest after a few hours

Revisado: 04-28-22

It's fairly average in many respects, but didn't hold my interest. I think it was because I did not connect with the characters. It's hard to say. Either way, I wasn't interested enough to follow along to the end.

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Better than the movie

Revisado: 04-23-22

I remember the screen adaptation of this novel starring James Woods. The book is definitely better.

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Good overall

Revisado: 04-18-22

It started slow but it had good character development and a fair storyline. I'll probably follow the series.

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C+

Revisado: 04-16-22

I feel like there was the potential for a sympathetic character and a novel approach...But the story development fell off, there were a couple of short sighted story element that made the story cheesy, and some blatant repetition. In short, a bit disappointing and the feeling the next book would not be worth the price.

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Above average

Revisado: 04-15-22

The author did a good job of building suspense and creating a story line that wasn't predicable.

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C+

Revisado: 04-13-22

The first book of a series is always tough. This one was pretty good. It would have been interesting to see where the author would have taken the story line.

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