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Alan Nitikman

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Best so far in a brilliant series

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5 out of 5 stars
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Revisado: 08-13-24

I'm greatly enjoying Strike and Robin, but even more so the depth of all of the many characters in this book. Galbraith/JK has really hit "his" stride in this book. Long as it is, it was a satisfying ending.

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A complex and satisfying read

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Revisado: 03-29-24

A newly-formed cold case team led by Renee Ballard tackles multiple cold cases. Thanks to Harry’s keen insights, they are finally breaking open and moving toward a solution. Connelly is managing multiple threads, several solid, believable characters, but he keeps the story moving and engrossing. My first Bosch novel, believe it or not, but I can see why they’re so popular. Really well-written and Harry’s a likeable, relatable character. I can see catching up on the earlier books.

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Lots of twists & turns

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Revisado: 03-13-24

Robin Ellicot is the center of the story and she held up her end well. It was a bad time for Cameron Strike. This story's villain focused his efforts on wrecking Stike's life and business and just about managed it. It was a complex, dark story and I was completely azbsorbed in it. I accept that Robin's insecurities about her role in the agency could make her less communicative than she might otherwise be, but that lack of communication was maybe the only issue I had with the story. I hate it when the plot progresses by 2 people who who are in the same room or have easy access to a phone don't communicate. That needs a whole lot of believable justification and sometimes, I felt "Galbraith" leaned too heavily on that device. Both Robin and Strike could easily have straightened out misunderstandings but that would have shortened the book, so they didn't. When I don't see the author's hand, no problem. When I see the gears moving, less than great. But so much of this story is excellent. The suspects were beautifully etched in all their sordidness and even smaller characters were clear and powerfully sketched. I can recommend it for anyone who loves detective fiction.

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A nice, taut tale, a cop drama with a unique angle

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Revisado: 06-27-23

I think the intended audience is crime thriller fans & retired service dogs. It's well-written and well-paced. An easy read. For once, the canine POV is considered. PTSD is a lurking character, the greatest threat to Scott James' & the dog's continued careers. Maggie, his German shepherd, is my favorite character and well-written. Well done, Crais!

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A terrific story very entertainingly told

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Revisado: 01-21-23

Hoyt has an amazing imagination and, this time, lets it loose on the world of “shifters” she created in Draw One in the Dark. Well, actually, she drew three, this being the second book of the series and it develops from the consequences of the actions of our heroes in the first.

In this book, the stakes are raised to life and death, ancient shifters with powers beyond what the protagonists could have imagined, but Hoyt does a brilliantly job of juxtaposing their very real daily issues — running a restaurant, maintaining complex relationships, dealing with a Colorado winter — while staving off vicious psychopaths in extinct animal form and solving a string of murders, while keeping their strange proclivity to shift into animal form themselves and find themselves back in human form with heir clothes elsewhere.

Oh, also, there is a cute kitten. What more do you need?

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Really entertaining hard science fiction

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Revisado: 09-21-22

Weir has created a solid, well-grounded story of both existential crisis for humanity and first contact, with a great deal of humor and, as with The Martian, a wide-ranging attention to scientific detail. As with the first book, we are riding along in a first person narrative with a nerdy, smart, self-deprecating scientist with an atypically wide range of knowledge and skills, which are essential to solving The Problem that has put him in a strange environment of which — in this case — he initially has no idea how he got there or why. Through sporadic and eventually extended flashbacks, he realizes where he is and the seemingly impossible task before him.

Spoiler Alert
Ryland Grace’s close encounter and the developing friendship with “Rocky” is one of the best things about this book. An alien may be the first real friend Grace has ever had.

In this book, as in The Martian, one thing Weir does NOT explore is any sort of close interpersonal relationships of a more human kind. He does, in his flashbacks, have some adversarial and casual friendly relations, but, at least in his attitude toward those he interacts with on Earth, he appears never to mature. At the beginning and the end, he appears to be more comfortable with the children he teaches, as an elementary school teacher. Well, and Rocky.

Over all, though, this is a terrific read. And Ray Porter did an outstanding job as the audiobook narrator. The production of the audiobook was top-notch, including the effects used to indicate the alien language. I enjoyed it enough to read it through twice. In English and Eridian.

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What a tour de force!

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Revisado: 06-15-22

There is no better compendium of all of the machinations, lies, suppressed data, propaganda, and evisceration of the Constitution and the freedoms heretofore protected by the Bill of Rights. RFK, Jr has done a phenomenal amount of research, writes well, and obviously cares deeply about his topic.

Bruce Wagner did a creditable job reading the audiobook version. The sheer size of the project is daunting. He paced himself well and committed to the material. There were a few names I think he might have mispronounced, but, in a work of this size and urgency, any such quibbles are trivial.

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Terrific development of the series!

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Revisado: 03-02-22

It just keeps getting better. And more complex.
*** Spoiler ***
The long-departed, talked-about, but never seen, Je Revien finally shows up and the plan is about as sociopathic and dastardly as you’d expect. The story pulls together Darkship Renegades and A Few Good Men. Centuries in the future, humans are again fighting for their freedom & independence.

This story takes place in space, on Earth, back in space, and, apparently, in the next installment, we’ll be back on Eden. Looking forward to it!

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Brilliantly silly!

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Revisado: 02-07-22

Correia at his imaginative, 4th-wall-breaking best.
Adam Baldwin is a phenomenal narrator, doing justice to every voice from Tom to 500-pound gorillas to thawing manatees. And the occasional texting president and Justin Trudeau.
A hoot, literally, as well as figuratively.

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Puts you there

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Revisado: 02-01-22

Puts you there in the skies over Vietnam, with all the authenticity of personal experience. Nothing fancy in the telling, just a good story, well told.

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