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Compelling heroine and a well told story.

Revisado: 02-24-19

The ending to Ruth Ware books never surprise me, but the story and characters are so well constructed and told that I keep coming back to her books. This one is no different. I was so hooked I listened to it all in one weekend.

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Fan of Alien franchise but story is women-hating.

Revisado: 01-20-19

It's true that the human villain in this story is the masochist so the author (in theory) isn't asking you to root for him, but the level of brutality and disgust against women that the author attributes to this character goes beyond what I think was necessary and approaches a level that almost glorifies the villain. This character is a sociopath who will also kill the other male characters with ease, but never with the same brutality that he shows against women.


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If he met with a brutal end at the hands of our triumphant heroine then I could almost be swayed in favoror the story. In someways though, his end is almost a reward. The heroine isn't likeable, which is fine and by the end I still admired her tenacity.

I ended up fast forwarding chunks and managed to finish the book. In the end I would have preferred if the whole ship died along with the aliens.

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A real pleasure.

Revisado: 11-06-18

I'd love a whole series of these. The research is excellent and the narration engaging.

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I look forward to more in this series.

Revisado: 08-06-18

I've really enjoyed other works by Anna Lee Huber and am excited she seems to be starting a new series. I'll definitely continue to follow this character and hope more books come out soon.

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Done with this series.

Revisado: 08-06-18

I truly enjoyed the first book in this series, but the two main characters haven't evolved. The plots are interesting, but the main characters refuse to communicate with each other and its really frustrating. This may be a stupid point, but it completely takes me out of the story.

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Classic story well told

Revisado: 04-02-18

The narrator is very good. The story is well written with the exception of some paragraphs near the end. I was pleasantly entertained.

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Interesting concept, but not well written.

Revisado: 03-04-18

(Note: May contain a small spoiler) I really wanted to enjoy this book and I do like the concept a lot, but I am not sure it was written well. It also doesn't help that the narrator is a bit monotoned throughout the story. I could see that both of these things might be intentional given the main character's personality , but I think it is a bit too rambling.

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100% entertaining.

Revisado: 11-16-14

This book is great for those who like stories about the "Human Endeavour", for science nerds, or those who want an excellently written thriller. I first heard about this book in a podcast years ago, couldn't track down a hard copy of it anywhere and was excited to see it finally pop up on audible.
The narrator does a great job of balancing the comedy and drama in this book.
Just plan entertaining.

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Great Characters, Fantastic Writing

Revisado: 02-11-13

Though both are written well, I've enjoyed Todd's Bess Crawford mystery series more than the Inspector Ian Rutledge series. Both take place during or just after WWI, which is an absolutely fascinating time period. It's obvious that Todd has done quite a bit of historical research on the war, which certainly adds to each stories' atmosphere.

The plots might sometimes be a bit of a stretch, but they have enough truth and "believability" so that I've always really enjoyed them.

The characters are the best part. They are so well developed, they're the reason I've gone through the whole Crawford series. After I'd used my Audible credit on the first book and finished it, I instantly purchased the second book so that I wouldn't have to wait a whole month to see how each character's subplots progressed.

The narrator's voice sounds a bit too cold for me at times, but again, each character's personality is very strongly written so that towards the end I wasn't bothered by it.

I thoroughly recommend this book. If you want your characters a bit darker, I suggest the Rutledge series as well.

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Entertaining performance, Addictive story lines.

Revisado: 02-11-13

Though both are written well, I've enjoyed Todd's Bess Crawford mystery series more than the Inspector Ian Rutledge series. Both take place during or just after WWI, which is an absolutely fascinating time period. It's obvious that Todd has done quite a bit of historical research on the war, which certainly adds to each stories' atmosphere.

The plots might sometimes be a bit of a stretch, but they have enough truth and "believability" so that I've always really enjoyed them.

The characters are the best part. They are so well developed, they're the reason I've gone through the whole Crawford series. After I'd used my Audible credit on the first book and finished it, I instantly purchased the second book so that I wouldn't have to wait a whole month to see how each character's subplots progressed.

The narrator's voice sounds a bit too cold for me at times, but again, each character's personality is very strongly written so that towards the end I wasn't bothered by it.

I thoroughly recommend this book. If you want your characters a bit darker, I suggest the Rutledge series as well.

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