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Tedious and repetitive

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

Revisado: 01-07-25

Plot twists seemed contrived, attempts to explain the timelines befuddling, and the ending was deeply disappointing if you were expecting any resolution. What happened? Did the convoluted scheme work? Was the world saved? And why were the last thirty minutes just a boring litany of events in Barry's life?

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Whiny insufferable overwrought narration

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2 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-01-24

The story was so juvenile, with definitely no more substance than a bad YA novel. The characters were beyond silly. A marine biologist who immediately volunteers to fly a spaceship (whose pilot was killed in a crash into the sea) on a mission? To return an alien "animal" to its home world? To help out two three -eyed aliens who breathe methane and happen to show up and realize they can't fly the "gooey" home because they have a different mission? So of course they do the logical thing and "deputize" our idiotic biologist as a certified "Space Ranger" so he's eligible to fly the spaceship. Puh-lease.

I love Sci fi but this? And the narrator was terrible, overemphasizing nearly every word of the inane dialogue. If you're 11 or 12 go for it. Otherwise read some Isaac Asimov. . .

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Drramatic turnaround about 1/4 of the way in

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

Revisado: 03-15-24

I have read and thoroughly lenjoyed virtually everything that John Scalzi has available on Audible. I had missed Androids Dream though and was excited to enjoy yet another. The book highlights, John Scalzi’s enormous and inventive imagination, and his skills at turning a phrase just so as to elicit laughs.
However I was completely surprised by the beginning of the book which I thought was not only silly, but puerile. Fart jokes? Really, John? Surely there were other ways to anger the Nidu ambassador enough to cause a fatal heart attack other than fart-insulting him to death! However, once Mr. Scalzi had gotten this aspect of third-grade boys' bathroom humor out of his system, he reverted to his tremendous ability to tell an interesting and even intricate storyline and make it Uber-enjoyable to read!
And Will Wheaton's narration was superb.

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The worst, most boring Reacher ever

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-27-24

I suspect that this was mostly farmed out to Andrew Child to write. Nowhere near the quality of Lee Child's early works. I have read them all, but I won't waste my time on a next one.
The last two chapters were all exposition, and hugely anticlimactic, but necessary so Reacher could just tell the reader everything the author couldn't figure out how to put into the actual narrative. And the Childs' trademark technique of endlessly listing things unnecessarily, enough to want to fast forward? So over already.

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John trying a little too hard to be funny in this one

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-11-24

Way too many sarcastic "R--i--i--g-h-t" s. This wasn't the best John Corey novel by far. With each new story he annoyingly gets more and more cocky and self-righteous.

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A huge dose of willing suspension of disbelief is required, but it’s worth it!

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

Revisado: 11-25-23

The author’s ability to weave an intricate pattern through a complex tapestry of time, the hallmark of a great time travel story. And this is only the second of the three Joseph Bridgeman books – I am anxiously looking forward to the next.

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A little talky for a Scalzi book at times

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

Revisado: 10-13-23

but a very ingenious plot, no matter how silly the super intelligent cats and dolphin and whales were. And Will Wheaton was simply at his best narrating this one.

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A refreshing relief from reality, again!

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

Revisado: 06-23-23

Would love to have seen a few diagrams of the complex Heavens River structure, but alas, an Audible book! Loved it though.

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Hard to imagine what’s up next for ex- Colonel Butler!

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

Revisado: 06-01-23

Frankly, I would have enjoyed a little more of the sci-fi military engagements of the first two books. This one was basically a detective story in space, but still very enjoyable. R. C. Bray, as usual, was a terrific narrator.

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Wonderful story, well-defined characters!

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

Revisado: 04-10-23

My wife and I saved the first two books for long car trips to Charleston SC to visit our son and daughter-in-law. Made the trips a real looked-forward-to part of the pleasant visits. The narrator is terrific.

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