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Slowww

Reviewed: 05-30-23

Slow story.

These were young kids, so maybe I'm being too critical, but your country has been invaded, your loved ones are in a prison camp, people you know have been killed, and every time you encounter the enemy they try to kill you. But your concern is which boy you like and do they like you. Even if these thoughts would pass through your mind, if you're chronicling the history of your survival and resistance, would you really record your love life and other emotions as the largest part of the story?

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A story with little redeeming value

Reviewed: 02-20-22

I disliked every character except the victim's mother. The two male leads were immoral guys who used women and discarded them. The female lead would lie, deceive, use sex, or anything else to manipulate people. The story itself slipped into soft porn numerous times. I kept listening because I wanted to see "who dun it". The unfortunate thing is I could have really liked the story if the female lead had been a better person and the sex had been toned way down or eliminated.

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Part of it was good, part I could do without

Reviewed: 01-20-22

The crime story was good and I enjoyed it. However, intertwined with it was a "love story". That might not be bad, but it had to be detailed almost to the point of becoming soft porn.

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Romance novel or adventure novel

Reviewed: 11-01-21

I went into this expecting an adventure but found it as much a romance novel. That disappointed me a little. A much younger woman fantasizing about a swashbuckling older man. Trembling hands. Breathlessness. All too sappy for my taste.

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Excellent!

Reviewed: 04-21-20

Very interesting! Never a dull moment in a 'scary as all get out' true story.

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Spoiler alert- a little scary

Reviewed: 03-30-20

I was listening to this just as the beginning wave of the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the west coast of the United States. Hit a little too close to home.
On the positive side, I think it was well written quite interesting.

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An extensive canon of Sherlock Holmes

Reviewed: 06-01-18

This very extensive collection took a long time to enjoy but gave extraordinary insight. While I was familiar with the most common works this had even the lesser known ones.

It was interesting to see the evolution of Holmes and Watson, the changes in their lives and relationship. I never studied Doyle, but it seems apparent he was tempted to walk away from Holmes, yet always returned even if it meant Holmes death and resurrection.

I also found Watson's evolution interesting. He went from being a physician with a practice that required him to juggle work with helping Holmes, to being a happily married man, to being single, to having nothing to do but spend time with Holmes. Yet little if any explanation was given.

Holmes' personal demons were revealed part way through the early stories, but not mentioned in the later works. Did he defeat them or did Doyle just choose to not ignore them?

Given today's climate of political correctness, some might find certain references and passages offensive. I prefer to consider what a different time it was that things we might find offensive were considered acceptable. Actions and words should be judged through the temperance of history. A future generation will no doubt look at us and be dumbfounded by our words and actions.

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A Very Detailed Account

Reviewed: 04-11-15

This is a very detailed account of Alan Turing, his work, and his times. Be aware that it includes detailed math, engineering, and science concepts, and I wouldn't consider it light reading. If you have a background or interest in these subjects you would probably enjoy the book. If you are mainly interested in an overview of Turing and his work you might find this book too detailed.

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cerebral

Reviewed: 01-26-15

Where much of Ender's Game was action this was cerebral, speculating the nature of existence, life, intelligence, and freewill. Not a light read or something to undertake if you are going to be distracted.

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Good story poor ending.

Reviewed: 12-17-14

It was an interesting story, but ended up leaving you hanging. Even if there were a sequel I would have liked a more satisfying end to this one.

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