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Ooof. King thought GEORGE BUSH was the devil?

Revisado: 07-04-24

It’s amazing to read a tale soooo political, I always remember this book as the one where Steve was fed up and went all in with a political slant. No hinting. No pussyfooting. At the time, (I read it when it came out of course) I remember thinking “surely nobody will ever be this crazy.” And I figured “oh man what a work of fiction!!”

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What a fantastic original story

Revisado: 02-06-24

A parallel tale of monsters and men which wraps up in maybe 15 minutes. Such an odd long tale of character building and animosity between races up until the actual real battle that seems to run out of steam in no time — all to just (I assume?) tee up a series.

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A Bad writer

Revisado: 01-11-24

You know how you start a new book, where the premise sounds good. The narrator sounds good. And all that’s left is the word smithing. The actual craft of putting together sentences?

And as the book progresses, you hear an occasional cliche or bad adjective but you think, “ahh they’re just getting started it can’t be that bad”?

This is that book. And after 20 minutes I gave up.

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Two people wrote this. The first half is good. The second half is bad.

Revisado: 12-13-23

I had to check multiple times to confirm I was listening to the same book. Starts out great and engaging. Ends as a bad Scooby doo episode with Australia Tourism Board ads scattered thru out. The end displays the very best bad example of “show don’t tell.”

I still finished it. But oof. Go make the first writer finish the book.

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I do not get the hype on this story which is little more than a collection of … travels maybe?

Revisado: 12-07-23

I love CM’s other books, the road, child of god, no country. This one has great characters like those books, but they just wander around and do stuff. Some good. Some bad. Some gory. But at no point was I dying to know what would happen next, or during time away from the book, I wasn’t ever thinking about any deeper meaning.

I just don’t get the hype.

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One of my favorite audiobooks.

Revisado: 11-06-23

The tale is a great one. The writing fantastic, the narration top-notch. I come back to this tale time and time again.

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It was okay.

Revisado: 10-19-23

I’ve listened to it twice now. It’s not bad but nothing really stood out. There.

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Good but horrible but not bad

Revisado: 06-23-23

Narrator mispronounces so many words I kept wondering if the author ever listened to this version of his story.

I loved The Ritual, and like the Ritual, I really enjoyed the first half of this book. And like The Ritual, the second half of this book is not that good. Talk about heavy handed narration and writing! Oof.

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Sci fi that follows people you couldn’t care about.

Revisado: 06-07-23

You know how there’s people who engage in the story, they do things and want things, and in the background there’s the uninteresting people who will probably be eaten by the monster because they’re just dull?

This is their tale. I guess. I’m 4/5 thru this title, another one where I’ve tried three times because of the rave reviews.

I can tell you two things about this story. There’s a dude named Kierens who really is just floating through as things don’t really happen, and some guy runs away and they kind of maybe go pursue him.

Other than that? This is a tale not unlike a book about the daily goings on for a hotel maid service. Just doing stuff. Then doing stuff. There’s nothing really happening.

OH THE DROWNED WORLD sounds awesome, because every three hours or so the narrator mentions deadly monsters that they avoid.

So yeah. If you ever wondered why don’t people in scary movies ever make the safe decisions? This is their tale. Very safe. Very dull. So very uninteresting.

I mean who knows. Maybe the monsters all attack in the one hour I have left. Maybe all the characters including Kierens suddenly become interesting.

I absolutely do not care.

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I have no idea what this wants to be

Revisado: 06-07-23

10 hours into this book — there’s hint of tentacled beasts, zombies maybe, maybe a vampire? BUT NONE OF THEM SHOW UP until way way at the 14th hour.

If you love books about aimless people on the road during the bubonic plague, this is the one for you.

If you want scary, or interesting? Might want to go somewhere else.

This is my third attempt at finishing this book. There’s one hour left. And I just don’t care at all.

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