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listened for an hour, nothing happens.

Revisado: 03-15-24

no plot, boringly told. You have to have something for the listener to focus on. A person. A plot. This is taking WAY too long to introduce either.

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Quit after one chapter.

Revisado: 11-14-20

Quit after one chapter. The narrator was fine, but the writing was amateurish. It's a bad one when an author uses the adverb "jerkily". That's a deal breaker for me. Is that wrong?

Shirley Jackson it's not.

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Good news and Bad news

Revisado: 08-07-18

This suffers from the cardinal sin of all fan-fiction: Amateurism. It would have been MUCH better as just a screenplay/teleplay. As for the story, the good news is that it is worthy of the not-that-bad, not-that-great episodes from the classic series. But, that's also the bad news. There is no noteworthy aspect of this audiobook. The performance by Mr. Petkoff is workmanlike, but needed to be a little more folksy given the reader's obvious comfortable familiarity of the characters and the universe they occupy. If you've got 100 or more audiobooks under your belt, you've experienced much richer and more refined books -- this one will be painful for you.

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Sad to have this ruined by the narrator

Revisado: 12-06-17

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

They chose a narrator with a Scottish dialect. For me, it was too distracting -- and quite frankly, made no sense given the subject matter. Nothing against Scottsmen -- but it's too distinctive as an accent.

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just a Nancy Drew

Revisado: 10-09-16

Any additional comments?

This is well written, but it's nothing more than an adult Nancy Drew - and an overly long one at that.

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2 Whole Minutes

Revisado: 08-04-15

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Overly breathy! I couldn't stand it past 2 minutes. One of those times when choosing the wrong narrator can torpedo a book. I'm sending it back.

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Couldn't make it through

Revisado: 07-17-14

Any additional comments?

The narrator was performing this story and not telling a story; his voice always had this slightly hightened quality; all he needed to do was relax. His performace was remarkably uneasily dull. It didn't help that the writing was pretty amaturish -- the author was trying to create a rhythm in a by-the-numbers, I-learned-how-to-write-from-a-how-to-book way which was painfully obvious by the many torchured metaphors. The premise was not as interesting as other reviewers indicate; all you have to do is think about it and the explaination (which completely escapes this apparently smart retired detective) becomes clear. Solving the "mystery" early made the rest of it unbearable.

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Fantastic follow-up

Revisado: 04-14-14

If you could sum up Vicious Circle in three words, what would they be?

Charming. Edgy. Likewise.

What other book might you compare Vicious Circle to and why?

Whatever you thought about the first one (Devil You Know), you'll think about this one.

What does Michael Kramer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He brings the perfect tone and creates the connection we have with each one of the characters. I'm not sure I would love the books as much if I didn't hear them from him.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Oh, yes the scene where the guy did the thing at the place with the...

...nice try -- nobody need spoilers.

Any additional comments?

Never experienced a writer who could come up with so many perfect metaphors in my life. Regardless of the plot, the writing is rhythmic and engaging. And funny as hell in all the right places.

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Not up to par. Too much Pendergast.

Revisado: 04-14-14

If you’ve listened to books by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston before, how does this one compare?

If you skip this trilogy, you won't be missing a lot, really. The authors are at least good about that kind of thing. In this trilogy, there is way too much Pendergast. It's the balance of other characters and getting involved in their lives and concerns and frailties is what makes the Pendergast novels so good. There is NONE of that in these three books. And I can't stress this enough: Pendergast himself is not all that interesting on a personal level; he's not exactly a figure we can overly-empathise with because his life and experiences are so out of the norm, so his taking up 95% of these three books is taxing. This would have been a good SINGLE long book.

And Nazi's? Really? Clichéd and stereotypically boring. It was a great effort to see if they could make it all worthwhile. Some good stuff there, eventually, but not for the amount of required investment of time.

Have you listened to any of Rene Auberjonois’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

His usual fantastic job.

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The end of a lousy trilogy

Revisado: 04-14-14

What disappointed you about Two Graves?

Way too much Pendergast (as are the first two stories from this trilogy). The balance of other characters and getting involved in their lives is what makes the Pendergast novels so good. There is NONE of that in these three books. And I can't stress this enough: Pendergast himself is not all that interesting; he's not exactly a figure we overly-empathise with personally, so his taking up 95% of these three books is taxing. The tie-up for D'Agosta was WAY too quick and clean..and the getting him in trouble is getting to routine. If you skip this trilogy, you won't be missing a lot, really. The authors are at least good about that kind of thing.

Has Two Graves turned you off from other books in this genre?

No -- this can't be put into a genre. When a series (any series) has gone as long as this, it transcents genres. You know what you are expecting is unique.

What about Rene Auberjonois’s performance did you like?

Absolutely solid -- just like all his other Pendergast performances. No disappointment here.

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