Kendrick

Good humor criminals

Revisado: 04-21-25

Another great Westlake story. The production was below par though as whole sentences were repeated eight or so times. Better than missing.

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Ripped from the headlines

Revisado: 04-14-25

Another excellent Gray Man. I've read or rather listened to all in the series. You only wish it was true.

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Turns into a courtroom story

Revisado: 03-18-25

Interesting story-line about 1930's Seattle and the depression. I gave up though about a quarter through because it became courtroom drama which I find very boring. It likely evolves into something more, but I couldn't get past that section.

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Fantasy sci-fi

Revisado: 03-06-25

This is the first Tier One story I haven't rated 5 stars and I have them all in my library. I'm also a fan of hard science fiction and the time travel aspect of this book is pure fantasy. The action sequences are as well done as ever, but I had a hard time getting over the time travel to the future premise. As every physicist and astrophysicist that I've ever read says that travel to a place in time that hasn't happened yet is impossible. Even assuming it is possible, once there you would affect events and not be able to return to your past, as it would have changed by your absence. The theoretical physics of string theory and multiverse might work, but even then you would be in a completely different time line and never be able to return to your original universe.

Ray Porter as always does a great job of narration.

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A few surprises

Revisado: 12-02-24

Overall a pretty good story and a number of twists and turns to keep you interested. The pat ending living happily ever after in a christian home soured me on it through.

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Great premise unfulfilled

Revisado: 11-14-24

The story had good potential and the setup was excellent. From there it gradually fell apart with too many implausible events. I finished it just see how it was going to be resolved. A cop-out to me and left a feeling of a wasted few hours.

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An amazing and emotional adventure and achievement

Revisado: 10-29-24

I should start out by acknowledging that I am a charter member of The Planetary Society so am predisposed to like anything having to do with space exploration. And this story did not disappoint. Dr. or Prof. Lauretta, not sure which is more appropriate, has traveled so far in his life, figuratively and literally. Not many people can progress from a very dysfunctional family situation living in a single wide trailer in the middle of no-where in the Arizona desert and end up leading a 16 year odyssey to capture regolith samples from the near earth asteroid Bennu. Perhaps being out there and able to see the nightime stars without city lights helped him on his life's work. Many times during the telling of his story I found myself becoming quite emotional as the only spiritual feeling I ever have had is when I look up at the stars.

If you get this book, search on Bennu and you will be able to see what it looks like and photos of the material returned to Earth. As a curious aside, the return capsule landed in the Utah desert on September 24, 2023. September 24, 2182 is the projected date Bennu will impact Earth, albeit with a 1 in 76 probability (right now).

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More adventure-thriller than SiFi

Revisado: 10-17-24

I enjoyed the book overall and would recommend, but if you wanted a hard science fiction story, look elsewhere. If you like people being chased along with some gunplay, you'll enjoy.

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Interesting preview of what may become

Revisado: 08-24-24

Doug, the main human character was such an unpleasant excuse for a man that we gave up after two hours. Albeit somewhat reluctantly as we still wanted to find out what happened or what the future has for Annie. My wife is planning to jump to the last hour or so and let me know.

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Probably my last John MIlton

Revisado: 07-24-24

This was another good John Milton story as I've listened or read to five in the series. The exposure to the Japanese culture is always interesting, but I'm tiring of the continuing side story about John's battle with drinking and his going to AA meetings. OK, I get it, but I don't need to hear about it in every book. It no longer adds anything to the story.

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