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amazing story

Revisado: 02-26-25

an amazing story... so perfect in too many ways to describe. there is a lack of fantasy that is steeped in the black experience. this is that and is a must read

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too ambitious for 1 book

Revisado: 09-17-24

the same thing others said basically. it was very good, great world great frame grate stories told and a many good quickly covered... but due to it all being in 1 book, with so much complexity, it lacks. this could have should have been a series of books. generations and generations from opposing perspectives told from the view of characters that could be focused on from all perspectives... it would be such a great universe. an entire book pre zero. an entire book for zero, using the characters from the first book introducing children who could be primary character, background characters, or recent history for the stories during the white sky... there is room for 2 or 3 books in there. another on the rise of the cradle. The evolution on the known races. side books about diggers and pinger evolution (a forbidden digger love story perhaps, a first contact w destructive robots from pingers). a book about the development of red vs blue. part 3 then could should be one book... w more detail and character development focused on life in the ring and a more comprehensive experience in this time/space.

this would ease a lot of the info dump that happens throughout the book with so many new concepts that are critical to integration it's hard to be embedded into the universe as one finds themselves still trying to fully grasp the facts of the universe and their implications. the races, the whys and nature of them, and how that impacts their interactions. how races were classified when/if there are mixed races at all, and if so/not why or why not. there is just a lot of meat left in the pot by trying to force it all on one plate. it would be great if this was all reworked to create focused deep narratives that I could buy the entire collection of. this could would be a new classic. it has the potential to be a sci Fi lord of the rings.

in that it's sad as it has so much potential unrealized. but it is still a good story as is and a read I would, and have recommended.

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horrible, but I finished

Revisado: 07-27-24

the fact that this has so many high ratings is more of a reflection of our society than to the book it's self. This is slow, cliche and predictable. this was a made for TV movie. a cheap Netflix movie w no name actors and poor production. any SyFy channel movie that plays late on a Saturday night when people are supposed to be out and not watching TV. there is the extra nib of ick due to the Britishness of it all. There is so much to not like about this book it makes me sad.

if you are looking for genetic sound, this is a perfect story. no surprises, the "plot twists" are the same plot twist of every storys plot twist. characters are clone copies from other stories. outcomes are reliable to be what they always are in these stories. and the depth is to be just enough to wet the bottoms of ones literary feet... perfect for those who struggle with nuance, depth, and comprehension. this book will require none of those appetites.

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actually kind of creepy good story

Revisado: 04-24-24

I really liked this as a horror story. only slight complaint is the narrative framing in which all male characters are bad or incompetent. men don't have to be central, but I push back that every male is some flavor of bad.

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it's not only me

Revisado: 06-28-23

so, I did not read other reviews before reading this as I think they can dissuade me from books and I was in no place to be dissuaded...

I TELL YOU... BE DISSUADED!!!

there is a review thats titled "appropriately named" (clever title for the review). And it's a perfect review. Just like that individual I'm not sure how, or why I finished this book. I do remember when I cut it off preferring silence and started thinking of my next selection. but somehow this book was played again somehow.

If your older than 14 and have any kind of taste or brain this book is not for you. while I said others have said likewise, you may be reading this and saying "ok but why!?" (I hate when ppl dog something but don't get specific). so at risk of being redundant to others:

it's cliche, disjointed, corny... the dialogue is written like a young adolescent imagining how adults speak... u know curses all over the place but somehow all out of place. like someone who is just learning to curse. "oooh I can say SH*T now!"

the only redeeming thing about the book is the original concept... the core concept of genetic level invasion across time rather than an immediate space invasion. but after that it falls apart. with lonf preachy corny lengths of words. events without reason. consistent trash references continuously nodding to the title (corny). oursi of the basic idea there is so much wrong with this book.

TLDR: book is horrible don't spend a credit on it... or money... or time (if it's free)... DO NOT BUT

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"On Yale and Lawrence: a history of modern Israel"

Revisado: 06-20-23

It's more about Yale and the foundation of Israel than about Lawrence. It should have been called "of Yale and Lawrence". the meandering way the narrator talks about things that to me felt irrelevant made it hard to listen to and really follow. I will say in the few sections that do talk about Lawrence, it does add some color and context to his own narrative from 7 Pillars. But I am confident that there is probably another version of his biography that's focuses more on the character in question and not pages fluffer fulled with every other story besides the one the reader is most interested in... the title character Lawrence of Arabia.

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only 1!?

Revisado: 11-01-22

this I great but disappointed that there is only 1 episode. I subscribed and hoped there would have been more. but even this first one was a great listen

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not as good as the first but still ok

Revisado: 09-21-22

the headline says it all, some made for tv cliche moments but overall still good

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corny meandering and blah

Revisado: 04-17-22

I think I said it all above. I could not finish it. like a bad lifetime movie. just bleh. the first one was way better. let this world die with that one.

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he just hates Churchill

Revisado: 09-26-21

The author is a passive racist (the author probably doesn't know it). He hates Churchill (who is also a racist... but who historically was a hero against Hitler)... and Hitler?... yeah he wasn't great... he did bad things... but he wasn't THAT bad. if the west would have left him alone, things would have been fine.

not a great read. but full if interesting facts/details and an interesting perspective.

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