Jason A. Seiler

NOT the original stories

Revisado: 10-23-24

These are kids versions of the original tales. For example, in this one the little mermaid doesn't sacrifice herself and gets the prince to marry her. If you are going to have a highly-edited version, say that. Don't pretend it's the original.

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Dumbest Cops Ever

Revisado: 08-15-24

I really dislike it when I'm smarter than the protagonist of the story. Well, in this story an average 6 year old could run circles around both detectives. Fraternal twin cops who don't have a dozen IQ points to share between them: Patty is constantly harassing men (including her father) because she was gaslit by her fiancé and wouldn't know or follow police procedure if her life was on the line, and Billy, who is too busy making dumb assumptions to stop and think about anything. Other characters include the father, a police chief who is probably the worst judge of character on the planet (Billy inherited his obliviousness), the sassy-yet-ineffectual forensic analyst, and the lesbian hacker who breaks *every* law possible while on somehow on the police force.
The story is well read. However, the writing is akin to Dora the Explorer, in that it feels like you're supposed to yell the obvious answer to the show to help along.

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Don't listen if you've ever read a Sherlock Holmes book

Revisado: 11-16-23

First, the performances were excellent. These actors are wonderful and bring depth to the roles. However, they cannot control the content. This is another "Let's rework this to glorify the villain" story. They aimed for Wicked but ended up with Hocus Pocus 2. The writers both rely on your knowledge of the characters (so they don't have to do any character introduction or development) and hope you don't know the primary characteristics of each. It's like hearing a story from a child who heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend, etc. Terrible story.

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Liberal fantasy, but we'll performed

Revisado: 11-07-23

Settle your brain to hear extreme judgment from a left-wing author claiming things like "Covid 50" deniers who wouldn't wear masks were selfish and hateful and "dead naming" someone was worse than murder. Once you accept that as a premise, you can enjoy the story.

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Mediocre would have been better

Revisado: 05-16-23

This is what happens when someone tries to write a character who is smarter than he is. The author is so ham-handed that his plots are given away in the first few chapters. And when he runs out of ideas, he literally had two characters tell an old Sherlock Holmes joke. it was not fun or reminiscent... it was insipid and juvenile.

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Ending makes no sense

Revisado: 05-09-23

Warning: spoilers ahead.

The lawyer spends 55 minutes of the 56-minute book saying lives are precious, that nobody should ever kill anyone, and working hard to get an admitted monster free or at least not die. Then in the last minute, for no stated reason whatsoever, he kills his date. That's not a twist; it's an escape from the fabric of the story. No... this was just plain idiotic.

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Great narration on an overly overdone book

Revisado: 01-05-23

what can you say about a book that spends *hours* discussing the Battle of Waterloo, which is highly inconsequential to the story and any if it's characters? Hugo could have kept the last single paragraph of two whole books describing the battle, and it's impact on the story would have been the same. Ugh... I finished this out of shear willpower.

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