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Melissa

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Could not finish

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-19-25

I’ve listened to all of the Joe Pickett series and enjoyed them despite the improbability of the murderous situations he always gets in but this one was far too preachy. I was getting flashbacks to “Atlas Shrugged”. I ended it with 3 plus hours left and on to the next one. Don’t judge the series by this book!

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This book was awesome.

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-24-24

Dark, violent and surprising-a great alternate story for Peter Pan and Captain Hook! I won’t write more for fear of spoilers!

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It's not Hell Divers...

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-29-24

I could not finish it. With 17 hours (about half) left I just stopped. Purchased as boxed set at great price, not able to return it but that's ok. I like the author but this story about a decimated country complicated by nuclear fallout and a bunch of morons playing both the good guys and the bad guys it's just bad. Narrator is very good.

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I loved this trilogy

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-12-24

I added the first book to my library because I love George Guidall's narraration. I listened to the next 2 because the first book was so good! These 3 books span about 80 years of tales of a small (sparse?) family in the American southwest. The central character from which all the stories branch out is the least likable character in the series. There's plenty of tension, lots of scraping to get by, some happiness a couple of (SPOILER ALERT) special horses that die (end spoiler alert) and no end of depictions of ranch life and the progress, regression and beauty of the place. The beauty, serenity, satisfaction, hard work, reward, pride, danger, violence, disappointment, heartbreak and happiness in primitive, practically dry ranching is mind boggling. I would have given up many times under these conditions! The cast of characters are fleshed out and mostly likeable.

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Overall ok

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-18-24

I don’t write reviews on books that I think are bad so to me this wasn’t poorly written and it wasn’t a bad story but it should have the disclaimer that there’s a lot of violence and sexual violence towards boys, very young boys. About halfway through I figured out who the criminal was and even though I like long books, even very long books, this was 4 hours too long, I wanted it to be over.

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Really good collection of stories

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-13-24

A surprising follow up to Cujo was so creepy and good, an alien story was suspenseful and engaging (I’m not into robots or aliens), a story with a happy ending (!!), lots of Covid mentions which may end up seeming “dated” but all around very entertaining.

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Not just about a walk

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-17-24

So much about the woman and her suffering but refusing to let it ruin her. American history, philosophy, geography. It’s so good.

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Fragile, obsessive, frightened parenting

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-04-24

I don’t leave bad reviews so I just want to share in case someone else is averse to this subject. I did not like this book based on the theme of people whose only identity is being a parent or a child. It’s not poorly written and the “story” (a group of thin stories of multiple generations of regret, failure, success, sadness and happiness) is fine, I just would not have invested so many hours in listening to a book about being a parent.

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Sad, tragic, sick, real…

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-27-24

This book is well written and presented chapter by chapter in each character’s voice. The subject matter is disturbing-a young adult man “falling in love” with an 8 year old girl and their developing “friendship” and relationship and all the criminality, trials and tribulations that unfold. The book is suspenseful and you somehow, bafflingly, end up rooting for them. It’s explicit in places and sexual throughout.

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I loved it.

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-11-24

They are living the mid-life I dreamed I would have. The idea of escaping and living minimally, frugally but still busy is delightfully depicted in this sweet book.

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