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Boring

Revisado: 04-20-25

I tried to get through this. But I would turn it on and after a while find myself thinking of something more interesting, like that I haven’t done my taxes yet or that I need to get toilet paper next time I’m at Sam’s. In what I did hear, there was virtually no story and no character to be interested in. Wish I had my credit back.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 01-24-23

It was mostly an attempt at a Statist political analysis of crime fiction generally. The further into it I got, the less it was about hard-boiled detective fiction.

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Good stuff

Revisado: 11-18-22

I have read all 5 Strike novels now. They’re good. The reader is very good.

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A tribute?

Revisado: 05-09-20

I really enjoy John Scalzi's work. And I really enjoy Wil Wheaton's performances of John Scalzi's work. They are a recent find for me, and strictly through Audible. I started with Redshirts because it sounded funny, but it was more than funny.
Then I thought I'd give The Interdependency trilogy a shot, and I wasn't disappointed at all. Admittedly, I'm listening to a lot because I'm outside doing a lot of yard work because I can't go anywhere else, but that doesn't change my perception of the books.
So, I have one question for the author. I know that he has a background in Science Fiction because of his Red Shirt novel. I'm wondering if The Interdependency trilogy is, in some way, a tribute to Asimov. I can see parallels to the Foundation series--flow physics replacing psychohistory; The Interdependency replacing the Empire; AI replacing R. Daneel Olivaw. Obviously there are significant differences, but there seem enough similarities that I wonder if The Interdependency is connected to the Foundation series. And please don't think that this is a criticism. Shakespeare created very few plots, and he's the greatest story teller in the history of our language.
Whether it is or not, I highly recommend all three books in The Interdendency trilogy, and I recommend Wil Wheaton's performance.

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Good stuff

Revisado: 10-18-19

This was a well-performed and interesting story. I really liked it. The premise is wildly impossible, and no specific time period is mentioned, though it seems contemporary. But if you just accept the premise, you will really enjoy it.

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Good story; great performance

Revisado: 09-25-19

I really liked this story. At first I thought it ended a bit abruptly, but then I realized that I felt that way only because I’m used to books that get dragged out. And I really liked the characters, especially the sisters.

I loved the performance. That might be partly because of the great accent, but more than that, the subtle differentiation between the two main characters. It was well done.

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Fun story

Revisado: 07-18-19

This story was like a fairy tale, with twists and turns, a heroine with a dark side and a heart of gold, villains, and literary allusions. I highly recommend it.
Well done, Julie Berry.
And well done, also, Jayne Entwistle. An excellent performance.

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Fun

Revisado: 07-07-19

There’s a lot of silliness in Correia’s Tom Stranger, but it was great fun. I probably missed some of the topical allusions by listening instead of reading, but I got a lot. The ball pit was probably my favorite.
Baldwin brought the characters and story to life and sounded like he was having fun doing it.
This does not rank with War and Peace, What Happened, or other great works of fiction, but it was way more fun.

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King of nothing

Revisado: 10-15-17

Great name for a fun character.

I laughed out loud a few times. Then I felt funny given that I was walking outside, with people around.

Good read. If you like space opera, you'll love this send/up.

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Okay book, good reader

Revisado: 05-15-15

I liked the performance. The book itself was okay, though occasionally the cheerleading for scientists was a bit too much.

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