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Political lectures

Revisado: 01-21-25

Excellent premise. And the next time I’m craving long-winded lectures about racism in British society that completely tear my attention away from that excellent premise, I’ll attempt to finish listening. So. Many. Statistics. YAWN.

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Excellent futurism comes with current politics

Revisado: 12-28-23

Interesting premise and will make a great streaming show. The actors are terrific! The author’s heavy handed ticking off of politically correct topics was distracting and kept pulling me out of the story so I quit listening. Global warming, a conservative bully (is there any other kind?), “dead naming” a mentally ill character etc. all have their time and place, but I prefer to consider those topics when I’m not indulging in escapism. YMMV.

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Hardly deserved a better ending.

Revisado: 10-03-23

I am so tired of emotionally investing in a character for a really negative payoff.

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Started great; deeply unsatisfying ending

Revisado: 09-29-23

Soo disappointing to be totally invested in a book, enjoying the story and narration only to be smacked with stereotypical Texans Are Evil and a unsatisfying, jumbled, ragged ending. The author semi-foreshadows his ending, it's ugly and hopeless and yuck.
I thoroughly enjoyed the author's latest book The Ranger, which is why I purchased The River. But after The River I don't trust Mr. Heller to follow through with satisfying believable endings to otherwise well-written novels.
Kudos to the narrator, excellent job.

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Connolly succumbs

Revisado: 11-14-21

Long time fan of Bosch et al, and Connolly’s writing. The Dark Hours starts strong. Interesting story, spectacular performances from both narrators. Unfortunately, Connolly has succumbed to Woke. No details necessary, if you’re woke you’ll nod and agree and if you’re sane you’ll roll your eyes and skip over the political and plandemic BS. I’ll hesitate before purchasing the next installment, despite Connolly teasing a future novel featuring Maddie-the-LAPD-rookie.

Woke politics forcibly remove the reader/listener from escapist FICTION, catapulting us back to a current reality at least 50% of us are hoping to briefly escape. No respite here.

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Where was the editor?

Revisado: 05-31-21

About 25% too long with strikingly unlikeable characters. Skip this one and head straight to the various novels written with his father, Jonathon Kellerman.

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A convoluted mess

Revisado: 11-23-19

This book has an interesting start,but the truly awful narration continually pulled me out of the story. The “devil” who should be voiced with menace or at least gravitas, sounds like that whiny know it all who sat behind you in 5th grade who would Not Shut Up. When the global warming BS kicked in I finally gave up. (It’s called weather.)

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Melodramatic

Revisado: 11-14-19

There could be a decent story in here somewhere, but the unbelievably over-the-top narration had me alternately giggling and rolling my eyes.

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Tiresome anti-conservative politics

Revisado: 06-12-19

Look, I get it. Most fiction writers are liberal. But is it REALLY worth alienating a good chunk of your audience with paint-by-numbers Conservatives Are Evil Fascists storylines? I love Nils, but am saying goodbye to this author.

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Now do China

Revisado: 06-04-19

Except for the tiresome and wholly unbelievable “Russian meddlng” political sidetrack, a nice addition to this series. By the time American novelists catch up to the real external threat to the United States, we’ll be speaking Chinese.

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