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Very depressing

Revisado: 09-17-17

Couldn't finish the book. This doesn't read like a 'whodunnit' or mystery...it's just about grief. 2 senseless deaths, and all the families grief...in the end I just couldn't take it anymore and gave up.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 05-05-15

I was totally invested in the characters throughout. I couldn't wait to start listening again. The biggest 'thinker' of the zombie genre I have ever read. an emotional roller coaster.

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AMAZING! AMAZING! AMAZING!

Revisado: 02-17-15

Great book! Do NOT watch the movie first! The book (as they normally do) contains twice the story the movie does.

The movie is fun to watch AFTER reading the book.

I loved the twisted characters. Outrageously dark.

The ending will not disappoint either.

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Very funny book. Sort of un-funny narration.

Revisado: 02-17-15

I actually had the hard copy of this book and had read some of it already, but lacking the time to finish the hard copy, I got lazy and started listening to it.

Maybe I had higher hopes for the narration. The hard copy book made me laugh out loud. Caitlyn Moran however, can't deliver her own jokes. Her voice falls towards the end of her sentences and when the timing needs to be seized for the punchline, she misses it.

GREAT book however. We were raised in the same decade in the UK so many of the references were hilariously familiar. I also have peed standing up at Glastonbury, in a maxi dress.

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As boring as the real show!

Revisado: 02-17-15

May have to return this. Am gritting my teeth to get through the last 2 hours. It's taking about as much determination as it does to get through a single episode of American Idol.

I normally love Ben Elton books, I have never found one I disliked. He is normally SOOO funny, topical and sarcastic.

With this book through, it is just repetitive. I got the point in the first hour. The show is a fake, reality TV is staged and all the celebs are self-serving egotists. OK, now repeat the above for next 11 hours, dissect every shot, every staged reaction, every scripted sound-bite and that is the book.

In addition - there are no redeemable characters. Even the female lead is weak.

Don't waste a credit.

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Disppointing

Revisado: 05-22-14

There are 3 stories. The writer jumps between them, but only one is interesting. During the other two stories I was bored and couldn't wait for them to end so I could get back to the exciting one. Returning it.

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I wasn't great.

Revisado: 01-15-14

Even by the title you can get a glimpse into the mindset of the author, that she is too grand for her awkward 'anti-cool' Mennonite upbringing.
It made me wince with embarrassment as she seemed to underline, again and again how vulgar and frumpy her family culture is compared to the educated and sophisticated circles in which she moves now.
The juxtaposition was amusing, (after her marriage fails, she returns to the bosom of her Mennonite family for some recovery time). However, I felt it got tired.
The plot - being a memoir, was not exciting, and I was bored.
Couldn't wait for it to end.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 08-28-13

This book has been on my wish list for some time. I was just waiting for the right opportunity. So well reviewed! Arthur C. Clarke award. It all sounded amazing, including the synopsis.

I am 3/4 of the way through and I am ready to give up. I remember now why Margaret Atwood was on my blacklist from about 12 years ago. It's all coming back to me.

There is hardly any plot progression. The narration is first person and meanders through an ENDLESS internal dialogue with incessant flashbacks, meanwhile, in the present tense - nothing is happening. Everything is unnecessarily over-described. Every thought, every emotion, every item in the room. The clock, the mantle, the wallpaper in the bathroom (Small flowers, forget-me-nots, purple). I don't need car chases, hijacks and bombs, but this is just exasperating.

I get the symbolism, the eggs, the eyes, the flowers. I get the themes, but it all seems like tokenism. They all seem 'glued onto the outside'.

When I come back to the book, I am rewinding and forwarding through the book, all to try to find the place where I was the last time I listened, to remember what was happening, who did what, who said what, even though it was 4 hours ago when I last listened. There are no plot points to attach a memory to.

I would press on, but I read the ending was a disappointment too...so I am in a dilemma.

I think I just don't like her writing style. 90% of the plot happened in the past and is meted out in tiny portions and almost nothing happens in the present, which is slow and overly descriptive. Not my thing.

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Interesting book. A learning experience.

Revisado: 08-27-13

I liked this book.

It is autobiographical, therefore the plot doesn't have the same flow as fiction. There is no rise and fall of Protagonists vs. Antagonists. No 'all is lost' moment at the end of Act II and then a 'hero conquers all' third Act.

It is simply a narrative - with less drama - told in the first person, of one person's struggle to retain normality and sanity in ridiculously curious circumstances.

To me it was a cross between a documentary and a diary. It has all the personal hallmarks of a secret diary. An internal dialogue, thoughts, feelings. It also had the descriptive elements of a documentary.

I really enjoyed the Netflix TV series. I enjoyed this maybe a little less - it has less drama. But it was truly eye-opening.

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LOVED this book!

Revisado: 08-27-13

OK - I only bought this because I already knew this was J K Rowling. I was curious to see her write in a new genre. She totally delivers.

This book is beautifully set in crummy London venues and streets that I remember well. It really placed me there.
The characters are skillfully written and believable.
The plot is excellent, she constructs the mystery and the clues beautifully.

Can't wait for the next one!

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