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Cody Konior

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More Rom than Com (or Christmas)

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2 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-18-24

I’m not a romance fan but I do like a good romcom movie and wanted a nice Christmas listen. This wasn’t it.

The main and supporting characters are so unlikeable. It’s very spicy which was unexpected and not my thing. The overall story felt unbelievable.

The narration was excellent by both male and female narrators.

Overall it was kind of okay but also not my thing and so I didn’t like the book.

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One of the worst Reacher novels so far

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-01-24

Here are the problems with this novel having listened to every one so far.
- Every character here is a copy of Reacher. They think the same. They talk the same. It’s silly.
- There is a LOT of exposition. He’s literally explaining and having explained to him over and over what’s happening. Nobody talks like this.
- “That’s for damn sure!” and variants dozens of times over and over so it becomes almost a drinking game.

Plot wise it was not very satisfying either. The ending was ridiculous. Yes this is definitely a problem.

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Fantastic

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-16-24

As you’d expect if you’re a HP fan this was a great book like the rest in the series.

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Fantastic

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-01-24

I had a great time and I love that he added a few special chapters on the end just for audio listeners. He’s a great narrator too. Highly recommended.

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Disappointing but not entirely

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-26-24

I hated the first few hours of the book and be warned there’s a lot of sexual stuff that is uncomfortable, but with some reasoning behind it which is about two decades ahead of its time socially.

The end wraps up the trilogy for the most part. Satisfying if not a little dues ex machina.

But after the freshness of the original book and excitement of the second book, after I’ve reached the end I feel somewhat hollow about the series.

This is the third read through I’ve done of the series since it came out, fully forgetting the story each time, and feeling a little empty each time. Now, again, I can see why.

It’s not a terrible series. It has good ideas. Some of them are executed well. It has a lot of rough spots too.

One jarring thing about the narration was that the narrator changed the voices of some of the characters which had been consistent through the first two books for some reason. I have no idea why.

Should you read this series? Yes I think so. Do it. It won’t be your favourite series ever though.

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Vast improvement

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-17-24

Vast improvement over Saturn Returns and Centoaxis. This book doesn’t try to rely on clever tricks, changing points of view/time and lyrics etc.

It’s a clear plot that reveals part of the story arc and sets things up for whatever the finale is.

I’m satisfied and will continue with the last book in the series.

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Man…

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-03-24

I was not a fan. Again the author is relying on a narrative trick to do something which isn’t necessary except to hide that there’s not much story here. You could summarise this book, which fits between book 1 and 3 in the series, in one sentence, and you’d be better off than listening to this.

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Good but

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-01-24

The way he wrote Render to speak in riddles gets annoying pretty much immediately. Thankfully he doesn’t play that big a speaking part so I wouldn’t avoid it for that.

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Great

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-02-24

I felt this one is more coherent than the first book as JKR fleshed out more of the wizarding world.

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Fantastic

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-02-24

I grew up with the Jim Dale version but the Stephen Fry version are perfectly fine as well. I don’t like Fry or JKR as a person but this is an amazing story that I liked a lot.

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