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Please don't read Tweets as Actual

Revisado: 06-15-23

First, its a great story, very intricately linked characters and best of all Strike and Robin back for another adventure, this time in cyberspace.

My ONLY complaint and this is why it didn't receive an extra star is the literal reading of tweets from top to bottom. Tweets are visual, I get that, but instead of literally reading all of the @ and #'s and emoji's that litter the tweets in the book, why not instead have just read who replied to whom and said what.
Example instead of reading: emilylet@emilylet replying to EmilyDickenson@therealemily --yea right--laughing emoji, hands up emoji, laughing with tears emoji--lol.
Revised: Emily Dickenson reply to Emily Let: (laughing), Yea right.
Reading literally saying "at" and "hashtag" and "emoji" was off putting and hard to follow what was being said on Twitter which is a BIG chunk of the story....who is saying what?

And what was up with the audible censor beep. I haven't seen the text to see if it was bleeped out, but the audible bleep was quite honestly awful. Ontop of that, I don't believe it should have been bleeped out in the first place. The context surrounding that particular word was highlighting the deplorable and disgusting views of a particular extremist hate group. For whatever reason the author chose to use that word. Now if it was bleeped in the text....just say BLEEP instead of an audible censor beep through the word. It was jarring and un-necessary. Anyone with any sense following the story could figure out what the word was anyway.

Other than that I kind of lost the who done it at the end--yes this is a murder story but the reveal seemed more like a confused "who?" rather than an AHA moment.

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Thought provoking.

Revisado: 04-26-16

The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels is a thought provoking book which examines the often confusing and muddy belief system surrounding our use of fossil fuels. Epstein looks at both sides of the argument and sets the standard for good or evil based upon humanity rather than no impact on nature. In doing so, Epstein thoroughly makes his case for the good of fossil fuel technology and while some might dismiss this book as another praising a demon industry...read it and discover your own opinion.

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Sound effects overwhelm performances.

Revisado: 06-19-14

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I listened while on a long drive and while the performance was entertaining I found my attention wandering. This is not an "audiobook" per se, in that you don't have 1 actor narrating the story. It's akin to old radio shows with several actors and sound effects in the background to set the mood. The performances by the actors are very well done unfortunately the sound effects drown out the performances and become very annoying toward the end. To the point where the "chimes" become painful to listen to with earbuds.

As another reviewer pointed out, the story is very reminiscent of Stephen King's Desperation with a bit of Tommyknockers thrown in sans alien space ship.

Despite that; the story was interesting though I am not a fan of so many flashbacks. The production of those elements was a bit confusing as there wasn't a clear break for a flashback scene. I found myself wondering what exactly was going on and then realized a few minutes into the flashback that I was being given background on the characters.

Would you ever listen to anything by the authors again?

I would consider it; perhaps in a traditional audiobook format rather than a radio play. Or rather a radio play that used some older techniques for sound effects instead of all digital.

As I stated above there were some effects that were either too loud, too high or too low and/or didn't seem correct for the scene. The effects almost overwhelmed the story.

Do you think Phantom Canyon needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I prequel would have been better than all the flashback scenes.

Any additional comments?

I was given this book in return for an honest review. The opinions stated are my own and not influenced by the authors or production company.

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