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Pésima

Revisado: 09-23-24

Tenían que haber parado tras la cuarta. Un despropósito! Todo muy trillado y con un desenlace ridículo.

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DNF

Revisado: 02-09-24

Not so much about Barbie but what seems to be a vindication of a guy who supposedly created her (not Ruth Handler like we’ve been told). I listened for a bit but I’m just not interested.

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Catnip!

Revisado: 09-20-23

A new Scalzi novel narrated by Wil Wheaton and with that cat on the cover? Catnip to me. The book and performance didn't disappoint. After a letdown from a too-political novel for me, this one is pure, escapist fun. And the cats... you have to understand, one of the things in this book is my dream... I would choose that over all the money in the world, so I could not have enjoyed this one more. Love it, love it, love it!

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Good stories, bad narration

Revisado: 07-19-23

I liked the stories but the Audible narration is so appalling that I thought it was a robot. Clearly British stories told in an American accent, a few tales with male characters narrated with a female intonation and just simply bad, bad. It's remarkable how I still liked the stories despite this.

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Really good

Revisado: 03-28-23

Suspenseful and a great performance. The twists were unexpected. I enjoyed this read. Five stars.

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You must be kidding

Revisado: 10-05-22

What is this? I’m not sure what this was supposed to be about, but after listening to 3 chapters on wokeness, I just couldn’t take it anymore. Every single battle horse of the progressive elite is checked here. Unless you’re a lunatic, skip it. DNF

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A masterpiece

Revisado: 02-10-21

One of my favorite novels ever. I read it once and loved it so much that I was worried about revisiting this story and finding that it had lost its magic. It didn't. This time, it was an audiobook. Neil Gaiman is an Englishman who moved to America. He sees this country through foreign eyes. I am myself an immigrant and I was surprised at how Gaiman's vision resonated with my own experiences since moving to America. The funny thing is, I gave this book to friends who were born and lived here all their lives and I gave it to my sister, who's never lived here, and no one got it the way I did. So maybe there is a part of America that only foreigners see. Anyway, back to the book, a second reading was just as good and the audiobook is simply perfect. I wish I could memorize it. It may not be for everybody, but I just love it.

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Great premise, bad execution

Revisado: 02-06-21

The premise is great and the Audible performances are very good, but the novel itself is not well executed. I've read and liked other books by the author, but this one has really long, boring, pointless parts. Why do we need to "read" all the front page information of the fictional true-crime book (including the ISBN number)? Or all the acknowledgments from the fictional author to fictional people? This is a book within a book, we don't need to go through text that we normally wouldn't read in a real volume! I didn't mind the chapters about Jim, the Nothing Man. I liked the plot and the ending was suspenseful (if a little predictable). But listening over an over the same parts from the fictional characters' memoirs is repetitive. Maybe it works better in print than audio or it could be that I don't like the true-crime genre, but this could have been a good book.

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Smashing!

Revisado: 01-20-21

Well, I read the novel as an ARC but I was really, really looking forward to Euan Morton's smashing performance. I don't usually reread many books, as there are so many on my TBR but this one is worth it.

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Terrible

Revisado: 12-02-20

Demasiado rara para mi gusto, sobre todo porque contiene crueldad animal explícita y eso es algo que aborrezco. El audiolibro que leí está narrado por el mismo Carlos Fuentes, que hace un trabajo excepcional. Mi problema es con la actriz que hace el papel de Aura, que parece que está dormida o drogada. Asumo que es a posta, pero me daba la impresión de que tenía algo más importante que hacer y la estábamos incordiando con hacerla narrar el cuento. En fin, sé que es un clásico de la literatura mexicana pero lo único positivo que puedo decir es que es corto.

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