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Feminist Slogans not Science

Revisado: 01-21-25

I bought this hoping to get insight into my wife. I was hoping for a book about the science of sex but instead soon realized that this book isn't that. I listened for about an hour and after hearing "Every woman is different and beautiful" for the 40th time I decided I had heard all there was to hear. If all you are looking for is feminist positivity then this is your book. If you want to really understand sex and the female body - look elsewhere.

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Ambrose Ibsen at his best

Revisado: 09-23-24

Great story and as always great narration by Joe Hempel - a bit of mystery that takes the story in unexpected directions.

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Terrible Narration

Revisado: 09-23-24

I'm a big fan of Ambrose Ibsen and have bought a lot of his audiobooks - this one I could not get through because of the terrible narration. Every single bit of narration besides the dialogue was delivered in exactly the same way, same intonation, same pitch, same everything. It got real tedious after a while and I just couldn't go on.

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Terrible Ending!!!

Revisado: 05-14-24

I won't give it away but I can't remember the last time I hated an ending to a book this much. I loved the protagonist and most of the main characters for nearly all of the book but by the ending, I hated all of them. Clearly, this is not what the author intended. I loved this book until the end and I kept listening hoping the author would suprise me and pull it out at the end. Nope, it ended it just terribly as I feared.

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Solid but not very original

Revisado: 11-12-21

Haunted house, nobody can leave or communicate with the outside world. There's nothing particularly original about it and it's a bit of a cliche plot. It's not a bad book and I'd say it's an average "enjoyable read" rather than anything particularly creepy.

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Not a ghost story

Revisado: 11-12-21

This book shows up on a lot of lists of ghost stories. It was 4 hours in before anything remotely unusual happened but that quickly passed until finally, 8 hours in, nothing else had really happened and I said enough and quit. This story is interesting enough but don't read it expecting a creepy ghost story because it isn't - or at least the first 8 hours aren't.

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Educational and Entertaining Insights

Revisado: 04-28-21

This book by Professor is incredibly insightful and sheds a lot of light on how ideas spread - including ideas that aren't particularly good. The author's writing style makes for an easy listen with a compelling message to share.

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First Dresden Book I ever Returned

Revisado: 04-28-21

I've gotten all of the Dresden Files books and loved everyone - except perhaps the one before this Peace Talks. The old Dresden formula of mystery and cleverness and solving problems with limited resources seems to be gone. To be fair, I only got about two hours into this book before I quit on it. It not only didn't grab me, it turned me off. This feels like Indiana Jones' 4th movie.

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Slow and Tedious

Revisado: 02-13-19

If you are looking for a monster-hunting, "Dresden-esque" book then this is NOT for you. I got as far as 2 1/2 hours into the book before I just couldn't stand the angst and introspection anymore. This book is short on the supernatural or combat and big on self-loathing and personal doubt. The author teases the idea of a post-apocalyptic world but then refuses to engage with it leaving the listener disappointed. The narrator is monotonous; the pace, intonation and emphasis never vary from one sentence to the next.

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Bland and Saccharine

Revisado: 05-31-17

I want to begin by saying I agree with just about every point the author makes - we align pretty closely politically. My complaint therefore is not in ideology but in presentation and substance (or the lack thereof). I got about halfway through this book and had to quit. The book shies away from anything that might be the least bit provocative and engaging. Have you ever got one of those cards in the mail close to election that shows a candidate with his family and dog on the front lawn that says vote for "so and so" because he understands American families? This is the book version of this. It is mostly just a collection of stories about what a prefect dad he is. I would guess Sasse only wrote the book so he could quote it later during an election campaign.

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