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Sometimes plodding, often captivating, annoying narration

Revisado: 07-09-24

The book is good, but a but dated units style and uneven in its pacing. It is primarily composed of personal stories that are all facets off an impending reckoning/cataclysm/something. (The book stops short of the actual event.)

I found some of the tales are engaging and enthralling, while others felt mind-nummingly tedious. Combine that with some unlikeable/uninteresting characters and miserable narration and this probably deserved a 3/5 for the Audible title. I based my review on the book itself, since there are no other audiobook versions available.

(I honestly suspected this had been narrated by AI, given that only one "actor" could reasonably emote.)

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Well-performed YA, slow-burn romance tripe

Revisado: 06-10-24

This should have been tagged as young adult and romance. I guess I need to be a teenage girl to appreciate it, because it just struck me as another tough-but-oblivious heroine trope carried to the point of absurdity. I mean SERIOUSLY and TEDIOUSLY oblivious. Throw in some ridiculously contrived situations and an utterly-predictable ending and you've got this book. The writing is so patronizingly simplistic that I had to 2.2x to not drift off.

The only upside for me was Ikeda's narration. Had it not been for the performance, I never would have bothered to try and finish it.

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Drawn out and unresolved waste of time

Revisado: 06-06-24

i was only mildly interested throughout but I stuck it out hoping for a payoff that never came. If this had been a hour of content, I wouldn't be so annoyed, but they padded the hell out of the story and then left you with nothing.

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Even deeper than Chikd of Time

Revisado: 02-11-24

A stellar expansion of a premise that was already deeply thought-provoking and crammed with conjecture and concepts from multiple scientific disciplines.

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Charming and entertaining

Revisado: 02-07-24

An enjoyable story that is well told and filled with interesting characters and folksy humor.

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Fun in a time that wasn't

Revisado: 12-22-23

Scallzi is always good for a clever premise and storytelling and this is no exception. The story is quick paced and seasoned with all the science (pseudo and otherwise) needed to please the geek base. And the snarky back and forth dialog probably draws in some Gilmore Girls fans. if the book made rhe interactions 10-20% more realistic and individualistic, it could have been a 5.

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Enjoyable but weaker than some

Revisado: 11-21-23

A decent and enjoyable story, but not as well-crafted as some of the others in the series. And the read of the female characters (especially in conversation between them) had almost no variation, making them feel as flat as some of their dialog.

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An exciting and well-executed premise

Revisado: 11-17-23

This book works best if you're a Firefly fan, but it doesn't rely soley on nostalgia and teases of backstory as a crutch. It starts and ends strong. It weaves the story from multiple viewpoints, including the reader's as the characters try to uncover details about humanity's past and our future. Highly enjoyable!

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It's worth a read if you're a Firefly fan

Revisado: 11-15-23

it felt good to return to "The 'Verse", but the story was short of being great. The narrator did a great job with Mal. He was weaker on some of the other characters. (more of a read in Mal's tone, which was clunky on some of the other characters).

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Dry, breathy read of a classic

Revisado: 11-09-23

I couldn't continue with this because the narration has made this classic fee dry and tedious. At a time when so many talented voice actors narrate (and breathe life into) audiobooks, this dry of a read no longer suffices. The narrator does have a great speaking voice, but the read is needlessly flat.

And can someone PLEASE remaster this to remove the excessive breathing sounds? This audiobook gave me mysophonia. It could probably be fixed with modern tools in an afternoon or a weekend at worst.

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