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Very long, too many characters and subplots

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

Reviewed: 10-16-24

Almost 1000 pages and the story is… to be continued. The ending was not satisfying. It did not wrap up the story. I was not sufficiently ranged to read book 2, and so there it is. On the plus side, the universe is compelling enough to explore in shorter novels. I just don’t care where the story arc goes from here.

I was listening to the novel as an audiobook so I kept googling for an index of character as I lost track of who is who and needed reminders. There is a dramatic persona chapter in the beginning but it is not practical as a character lookup.

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Wrong title

Overall
1 out of 5 stars
Performance
3 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-21-18

The first several chapters of the book revolve around the premise that vaccines are bad they contribute to autism and FDC is mismanaging vaccines. If I’d known this book is about making the cases against vaccines, I would not have bought it. I really wanted to know about the wider topic of the relationship between environment, genetics and Autism Spectrum Disorder. I will continue skipping chapters until I get to one that does not talk about vaccines.

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