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Ugh, this was tiresome

Revisado: 10-07-24

I first picked up this book around 20 years ago, then promptly abandoned it when it turned weird and boring.

Well, teenage me was right the first time, this book is an unreadable mess.

It starts well enough, with an interesting setup, and then starts rolling downhill, picking pace as it goes. The plot is nonsensical, the characters all talk in neverending quipping, it's like listening to a really long episode of the Gimore Girls, and the narrator drawlssss on.

To mix things up, the author throws in some time travel, a few orgies and a whiff of paedophilia. Ah, and there IS an actual cat.

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Now that was different...

Revisado: 09-17-24

It's a unique story, very interestingsetting, a protagonist who just accidentally wandered into a magical plot.

The russian thing though...nope. It comes off absolutely wrong.

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It gets so tiring

Revisado: 09-29-23

This book is filled with teenage angst, it's exhausting. El is way too dramatic inside her head. She's also way too powerful for the setting. Orion, on the other hand, has no personality at all.

This is the second book in the series, and both books ended with stupid cliffhangers. The stupid cliffhanger of book one served for nothing except more angsting in book two, so I'm assuming the current cliffhanger is fake too.

I might read book three if I end up with spare credits or there's a sale, but I'm not in a rush to do so.

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Just boring!

Revisado: 04-19-23

This book is 24 hours long, with very little actually happening in it.

The setup was good, I was intrigued. But then it devolved into just another, sticky, vampire love story.

There are some interesting ideas here, lots of potential, but it's all overshadowed by the sticky love story and extreme Mary-sueism.

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Angsty waste of time

Revisado: 01-07-23

This is such an angsty teen-drama production.

The story is just terrible, none of it makes sense, not even a little bit.

Kudos to rhe narrator, though, she captured her role perfectly.

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Great story

Revisado: 09-10-22

I loved the narrator, she did an amazing job with all the voices. The story is interesting, overall a great listen.

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Feels like I've just paid $10 to read an ad

Revisado: 02-03-20

I have conflicting thoughts on this book.

On the one hand, the proposed technique does sound interesting. But, I feel that it wasn't fully fleshed out. The explanation of how to facilitate talking, was pretty rudimentary.

The author then refers you to her website and tries to sell her services.

Also, I was troubled by the first part of the book, which goes on and on about how "the system" tries to slap an autism diagnosis on every child with any problem. I'm not from the US and have no experience of this, and it sounds like a scare tactic designed to attract clients.

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Not quite what I expected

Revisado: 10-01-17

This book starts ok. It talks about allowance and budgeting and chores... but then goes off to talk about charity, elite schools and the monetary struggles of the rich and the VERY rich.

All the personal stories of the super rich who find creative ways to unspoil their kids? I don't need that. Talk of exclusive schools and camps? Nope, don't need that. Prattling on and on about charity? Nuh-uh. Found it quite alienating, tbh.

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Lame

Revisado: 08-13-16

The author admits in the book to having no expertise whatsoever in the subject, and just researching it in order to write a book. And it shows!

Most of the advice is bad, perhaps even psychologically damaging for some people, based on nothing but personal experience, and not worth the $4 I paid.

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