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Gets a bit dry occasionally but otherwise good

Revisado: 07-29-24

That's a "me" issue, but occasionally zoning out due to non-stop amounts, names and years. But interesting insights and narrated well.

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Good for the most part, but a few clichés were annoying

Revisado: 06-27-24

Writers really love the Hollywood type clichés where there's a timer and on the last second or in this case even on the last milliseconds something is achieved - please get over it already. It doesn't have to be milliseconds to feel like a close call.

Occasionally felt like I've picked up a book that's meant for teenagers. Especially at the romantic parts.

Overall it's quite okay. Narration is very good.

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Not as good as Greene's other books

Revisado: 04-05-24

Unlike Greene's other books, my mind constantly wandered off. Might just be me, so take this review with a grain of salt.
Narration is good quality. The stories and facts on a par with his other works.

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What's with all the hype??

Revisado: 10-04-23

I fell victim to the amount of positive reviews, hype and audible constantly showing the title to me - I should have skipped this one.

I can't help but wonder if majority of the excellent reviews are from the same group of people who enjoy watching endless uneventful drama series, that run for decades. Just to kill time and not having to think of anything. Because that's exactly what this book is - endless, slow burn drama and essentially nothing surprising happening. It's literally just a story about a teenage boy who lives in the poor neighborhood and poverty. Very lifelike in that sense, but I just don't get it why people like it. For comparison, "The Long Walk" by Stephen King - talks about JUST WALKING from the start of the book until the end - and it's way more engaging and interesting. Make of it what you will.

However I must give credit to how it's written and how it's narrated. Both are very well done. It's just that the story is so dull.

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Not the best from Vaclav, but near the top

Revisado: 07-19-23

Title says the most of it.
Not one of his best books, but pretty high up there. Interesting topics with a lot of interesting insights. Good memory refresher of what have been the big words and the similarities between them.
Definitely worth the monwy/credit.

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Surprisingly good

Revisado: 07-04-23

Memoirs and "dry" science doesn't really sound like an awesome book. But this one really is. Happy I picked it.

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Wow

Revisado: 06-05-23

I hadn't heard anything about him and I am glad I have now.
I had to pause, relisten, pause again and double check in written form to confirm that I heard some of the "number of prisoners taken" correctly.
Awesome story about an awesome strategist.
Narration is good and clear as well.

Definitely recommend.

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Lacking in audio, but the story is quite good

Revisado: 05-04-23

Cons:
- Audio cuts randomly. Annoying but doesn't seem to lose much (if any) sentences.
- Narrator has the annoying habit (that a lot of people do) to essentially whisper in all places where people are yelling. So the part where people speak are louder and clearer than the parts where they are supposedly yelling. And the louder they yell, the quieter he narrates/whispers it. You can do actual yelling, but put the microphone further away. Might be just me, but that was quite annoying.

Pros:
- Story is unique and quite captivating.
- The author has captured and forwarded the dullness and the "lasting forever" feeling very well.
- You easily get immersed in the story as if you're part of it. Walking along with them.

Overall:
If you're looking for some creepy story or a full-on action, then this is not it. It's completely different to other Kings books in my opinion, but a good one at that. I've been disappointed in about 3-4 of his books and was recommended this one to rebuild my trust. It kind of worked.

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Too childish for my taste

Revisado: 03-27-23

Maybe I missed the notes, but for my taste it was just a kids tale. "Alice in Wonderland. Part 2" with a bit of added action and gore.

It's not that the story was awful, but it just did not engage me. It was "eh" after the first few hours. I had 5h left and I wasn't even sure i wanted to finish, because I didn't really care how it ends.

I think part of the childishness comes from the narration. Now, I know that it is super hard to narrate fantasy characters without being childish. There's a very thin line. So I think this story could've used digitally altered voices if needed, for it to sound better/scary/authentic.

You won't be wasting your money per se, but there are a lot better books from the author.

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A lot of the reviews here are unjust I think

Revisado: 02-22-23

The narration is great. Not a single thing that bothered me. Diction, sound, echo - everything was good.

The story - I absolutely agree that the story was not nearly as good as Project Hail Mary, but it was still good! I think a lot of the reviews here are taking that one as a baseline and judging this book accordingly - but that's a bit unfair. Artemis is a good book. It's just that Hail Mary is a *crazy good* book! But you can't set the highest performing one as the threshold.

In some spots I found it being rushed or jumping over great spots to elaborate a story or make it more interesting by including more science, etc. But it didn't really ruin the story.

If you look for an interesting space thriller - sure go for it! If you expect it to be as good as Hail Mary or better - it's not, but nor do I know of any to recommend.

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