Robert Baker

The development of ideas is neat.

Revisado: 05-25-24

An amazing jump from the absolute micro scale to the meta. Like a question answered in long form.

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Great listen!

Revisado: 04-30-24

Interesting story twists, good voice actors..thought-provoking on a long drive..wonderful production-noises not to jarring, voices well calibrated.

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Good in-depth story that has light years more to explore.

Revisado: 01-08-24

Great science, logical 1st person world building and realistic choices common in Andy’s work. Many different avenues and characters could still be explored here..🤞🏼def recommend-takes a bit for story to start percolating -but well worth it!

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Good story!

Revisado: 07-30-22

Interesting premise, well described settings, does hopscotch a little geographically..emotional struggles of characters explored-especially the effects of long-term trauma on trust and optimism. Important tie-in at the end by author..

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Ending is a terrible dodge.. don’t recommend...

Revisado: 11-19-21

I got this book by accident, thinking it a mystery. But being involved in a hellish custody dispute for several years, I thought maybe the universe was sending a message.

The raw emotions as the father in the story and his relationship to his child are almost ritually destroyed by a faceless process without the will to enforce boundaries are accurate.

The “silver bullet” strategy is a way for one parent to erase the other as both parent and a person. I’ve known two fathers who took their own lives rather than continue to battle with all joy sapped from their lives and all limbs tied behind their back. This ultimate assault on a person’s character is devastating, and can’t be taken back.

The strange disjointed ending comes out of nowhere, and lets the Mother character off the hook, while leaving the Father hollowed-out, ranting, and alone-and blessing the mom with magical protective instincts-that reinforce the continuing bias against fathers who dare to care about their children enough to fight for them.

This could’ve been a really good book. A case of fiction illuminating greater truth, But the ending sub-plot undercuts everything. And the suggestion of a happy ending for the grandparents seems magical thinking-derived.

There really are people “wicked” enough to prevent kids from seeing their grandparents.

I know a couple.

This book starred out truthy and ended badly.

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Good story, well performed

Revisado: 08-31-21

This story was put together so far without a lot of artifice. The characters are normal people thrown into a Zombie apocalypse. But the detail, and emotional lives draw you in, without mush. The characters make a lot of mistakes, definitely brought-on by the constant precariousness of their world, and the challenge of escaping the “dead” and not knowing if the “living” can be trusted.

It’s fun.

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