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Qui-Gon the Communist

Revisado: 02-15-22

Disney can't help but infect any Star Wars content with leftist politics. A literal quote from Qui-Gon in the book: "Forgive me, master Yoda, but are you putting the profit of corporations ahead the people of [the planet]?" I couldn't stop cringing at this college freshman level of intellect when it comes to political analysis coming from an allegedly wise and learned Jedi master. The big evil of the story is some megacorporation enslaving people through private prisons and destroying the environment. Some quasi-leftist group was framed as committing acts of terrorism but it turns out they were just a bunch of alter artist activists agitating for democracy and prison reform. Current day politics is shamelessly shoehorned into the story with a lack of nuance surprising even for Disney. Beyond that, the alleged conflicts between Qui-Gon and Obi Wan were at best slight misunderstandings blown out of proportion. The exploration of why Qui-Gon became interested in jedi prophecies is the only positive side of the book.

The narration is fantastic.

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The chapter titles are sorely missing

Revisado: 01-29-22

This is one of the best books on writing I've ever read. It includes so many unique advice I've never heard, despite going through dozens of similar books it became my very favorite. However the utility of the audiobook is greatly diminished by the fact that the chapters are untitled so going back and finding a specific topic is nigh impossible, unless you do your own bookmarks. I don't understand why so many non-fiction audiobooks do this, it really renders them much less useful.

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A fine book

Revisado: 01-28-22

A fine book, my only issue was with the narrator not saying when a quote begins and ends. Since the book is full of them and there was no audible (hehe) way of discerning quote from author voice, it was often confusing and hard to follow.

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Massive waste of time

Revisado: 01-26-22

I like Rand so I wasn't coming to this book with that frothing hostility that leftists tend to display but this was such massive waste of time, probably the worst book on writing I've ever read and I've read over 30 at this point. Trying to combine writing advice with general philosophy, it dabbles in both but does not dive deep enough in either. Not technical enough where it should be and too specific when abstraction would suffice. Too long irrelevant quotes as examples when none is needed if the explanation of the technique is sufficient. It feels like a stream of consciousness instead of a systemic presentation of the subject. I was really hoping for more from Rand; maybe her Romantic Manifesto will be better.

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Fantastic research

Revisado: 12-27-21

Absolutely the best researched, the most systematic interdisciplinary exploration of the craft of worldbuilding. The author knows just about everything worth reading on the subject and incorporates it into the book magnificently. The best and most comprehensive book on worldbuilding.

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Great stories but that's about it

Revisado: 12-09-20

As always, Robert Greene is an excellent storyteller, but frankly, I haven't really found any practical value in this book. The historical incursions from which he derives his practical insights are entertaining but the insights themselves have zero originality to them.

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Plenty of great, practical advice

Revisado: 12-03-20

If I want to be honest, I really dislike the title and the title was the sole reason why I haven't bought the book for a long while, despite the fact that I follow Ryan on social media and really like his content in general. The title always gave me MLM vibes but the content itself is great, practical, appilcable, deals exactly the kind of issues - whether it is funding, inventory management or marketing - that any business will face.

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A great summary of the Superfans concept

Revisado: 11-30-20

I've been looking into the idea of superfans for a while now cuz I'm in a niche which is primed for this sort of a business model. I never heard about Pat before and it annoyed me that the book starts with a sales funnel invitation but beyond that, Superfans is a great collection of all the information and ideas about the subject scattered on the internet. I don't think there is much originality to it but simply collecting and systematizing the concept and practice of building your model around Superfans is a great service that Pat has provided with this book. I'm definitely adding this book to my all time favorites and will come back to it a few more times to absorb all the countless tiny practical advices in the book.

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This is Not Marketing

Revisado: 11-27-20

If you want great, hands-on-deck practical advice, get The 1 Page Marketing Plan. This book is a weird strem of consciousness with zero original applicable advice.

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The Best Marketing Toolkit

Revisado: 11-23-20

I really love this book. I was looking for a book which isn't your average "motivational book for entrepreneurs" kind of book but one filled with applicable, practical, hands-on-deck methods and tools and this book delived more than 100%. It is full of practical means and it explains perfectly what marketing is and how exactly to do it. This book has definitely become one of my most treasured one in my library and I'll definitely give it a few more listens.

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