Adrian LeCesne

Well crafted and approachable

Revisado: 06-02-24

This book crafted an approachable narrative context to the science of the earth, with good mixture of history, etymology, and descriptive language. Absolutely loved it.

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Really excellent for car rides with daughter

Revisado: 04-01-24

A really excellent history for car rides with my daughter (8) from the same author of three other wonder history books that are so e of my go to audio books - history of the Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Worlds respectively.

Introduces aot if ideas that kids may not otherwise be familiar with, from X-rays to Genocide in age-appropriate terms.

Seems to skip the Great Leap Forward, quite a lot of Stalinism, and the US War on Drugs, but that's understandable for a target audience of minors.

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High concept sci-fi, gripping

Revisado: 01-14-24

Reynolds brings great ideas and a pretty engaging narrative. I enjoyed the exploration of the Glitter and Habitats only hinted at in previous books. Yet he also has certain weaknesses as a writer relating to character development and descriptive detail that keep me.grom giving this a perfect score. These characters are very similar to others in his body if works, and there's little attention to the supporting cast. if you forget someone's name, there's nothing much to go on after that. This is a spectacular outline that could be fleshed out with more character and environment details for a more immersive read.

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Interesting ideas, but cast and characters could be enriched

Revisado: 11-23-23

Hydrogen Sonata has some really excellent concepts, but as a story and literary work, could use a little more work. I love Banks's Culture series generally, but the characters could use more depth. we just are missing the minor players, and the major seem like mouth pieces for ideas.

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outstanding breadth, coherent narrative

Revisado: 11-21-23

after thoroughly enjoying the Author's histories of the Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Worlds, this was the next available title. I hope she undertakes a history of the Modern World series to complement the others.

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It’s a start, but begs depth-

Revisado: 02-14-20

The story claims that caffeine transforms the world, but gives only limited service to its political, historical, and cultural history. This feels like the first two chapters of a book that was actually going to dive into these claims.

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Profound and Insightful

Revisado: 12-26-19

Debt is a unique examination of some of our society’s core moral, civic, and economic dispositions and assumptions. A call to readers to examine their own place in the scheme of things by way of a compelling historical and social critique.

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Very rich telling

Revisado: 06-24-19

Rich and personable; the narration was dramatic. My only scruple is that the Chinese pronunciations were both flat and incorrect, but you can’t expect all things from a narrator.

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