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Solid except for one thing...

Revisado: 03-24-25

I guess the author felt pressured to insert a LGBQT+ commercial in the middle of the story, but he should have just said no. It was out of place, and out of character.

I know that publishers and guilds pressure authors to include woke material in every book, and that it is hard for an author to resist the pressure, but it is a mistake to aquiesse when you are writing books like this.

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A little to PC at times, but a good yarn

Revisado: 07-17-22

The author gets on his PC soap box now and again, but it's a good story in spite of all that.

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The worst book in the series

Revisado: 06-25-22

David VanDyke's fingerprints are all over this book.

I enjoy all of BV Larson's books, and I generally dislike the stuff that VanDyke puts out. There is a big difference. Vandyke's characters are generally seedy and morally questionable. They do bad things and the reader is expected to forgive their short comings and give them an overall thumbs up. BV Larson, on the other hand, does not make his characters perfect, but they do not commit the same "type" of distasteful acts that Vandyke's characters typically commit. They might do bad things, but they don't do loathsome things. It's not easy to describe really. The bottom like is that Larson's books are more enjoyable where Vandyke's books leave you feeling a bit dirty and compromised.

VanDyke's influence is everywhere in this work, which is unfortunate.

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"I said" "Frank said"

Revisado: 03-11-22

Once you notice how many times the author says "I said" or "Frank said" you feel like pulling your hair out. It's non-stop. I'm not a talented author, but even I know that you should tell a story without repeating "blank said" over and over and over again.

The story line is linear and predictable, it's about as gripping as having someone read the dictionary out loud. The writing itself has color, but the plot is grayscale. The author has talent, and a sense of humor, but he needs to work on a more interesting way of developing the story, instead of just describing events as they ramble along. And he needs to stop using "blank said" as a crutch.

And that's what She Said.

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Hurry, Hurry, Hurry

Revisado: 03-10-22

Everyone is advancing at high speed. The plot is thin and hurried. It feels like the author quit trying, and that he just wants everything to be over and done.

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Leaves you feeling dirty

Revisado: 01-06-22

The protagonist is a thief that hates the rich. Yet, at one point in the story he expresses a desire to be rich himself. I hoped that all of the. "I've been held down by other people and that gives me the right to do whatever I want attitude," would eventually be replaced with a less entitled, less juvenile-delinquent attitude, but I was disappointed.

An editor once said, "I can tell in the first few pages of a book if the author likes people." Well, it's pretty clear that Eric (the author of this book) does not. Out of the mouth the heart speaks. Of course, He tries to justify the protagonist's immoral, narcissistic, and hypocritical perspective, but it all just leaves you feeling dirty.

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a repetitive, uninspired soap opera

Revisado: 08-09-20

I didn't finish it. The books of the John Piece series get worse and worse. I kept thinking that they would eventually get better (the first book in the series was interesting.) I persisted as long as I could, but I have given up hope. I will return all of them for credits.

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don't waste your money

Revisado: 07-22-20

Book two is not nearly as good as the first book in the series, a big disappoint.

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Way to obvious

Revisado: 03-27-20

The big "twist" in the story is way to obvious, to predictable. And the buildup leading to the "twist" lasts way to long, which makes for a long painful streach.

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Silly ending spoils the book

Revisado: 03-21-20

Skip the last several chapters. They ruin the story, a bunch of nonsence that belongs in a disney cartoon for little girls.

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