LISTENER

Rian Rutherford

  • 4
  • reviews
  • 0
  • helpful votes
  • 62
  • ratings

Excellent review, from liberal standpoint

Overall
5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-15-24

Nice summary of American system although I think if I were conservative I would find it too biased. I like that there are recommendations to improve system, not just a laundry list of complaints without redress.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Excellent start to series

Overall
5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-27-23

The scale and depth of character development as well as storyline really makes this book shine. Felt very akin to The Stand in terms of how well written. Praise from S. King is well earned. Some books are so riveting I have to read as well as listen, this is one of those.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Good LitRPG with one (common to genre) problem

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-23-22

Story, character development, themes all good and novel. Need to get an editor. Using same word repeatedly in multiple sentences drives me crazy. This is not a unique problem with this book, the whole genre suffers from poor grammar and lack of adequate variety when it comes to vocabulary. I listened to the whole book in spite of this and enjoyed it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Wanted to like

Overall
2 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-18-17

I have loved all types of scifi/fantasy from Terry Brooks, to George R R Martin to Frank Herbert. I wanted to like this book. Just listened to DADOES by PK Dick. Was ready for more classic Sci-fi. Where better to turn than a novel that is billed as the most read Sci-fi book ever. What a let down. Bland characters, bland storyline, lots of barely dressed philosophy. Too in your face and explicit in regards to the latter. Skip this one for something with better depth like Dune, a classic deserving of the title. Or try Red Rising. But this one disappoints. I have listened to hundreds of hours of books, this is one of the few I just couldn't like even though I tried.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!