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Refreshingly sincere

Revisado: 01-08-25

I was impressed with mister Brennan's humanity, This memoir provides a unique, believably non-partisan insight into the last few decades' political climate. A good read for one who retreated from current events because I simply could not emotionally handle the government infighting any more. It is inspiring to know that there are Americans that just want to serve, and are willing to speak out when they see misconduct.

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A story of respect for trees and our connection to them. As told by an account of one man and one Ash tree.

Revisado: 12-20-24

I adore the reverence and respect that the author shows for trees and our relationship to them. By telling the tale of how he commissioned the use of a single tree into a variety of useful products, we learn the properties and versatility of the wondrous Ash tree. He does a very good job weaving all the products and craftsmen, and their histories, into a tapestry that makes me feel connected to human history and our environment. I am inspired to try a similar exercize with trimmed branches from a neighbor Sycamore.

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plot twists done right

Revisado: 11-05-24

Usually when there are crazy plot twists they get to be too much, but this book to treats them just right. It's Austin powers over the top goofy spy stuff. Laughed out loud many times. The cats and the dolphins are awesome.

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Retelling of an old trope

Revisado: 06-21-24

The plot isn't really anything new - an entertaining Jack Townsend version of an old trope. But then there are only so many stories under the sun, right? Excellent performance by Mr. Creepypasta, as always.

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Weird fiction at its best

Revisado: 05-14-24

Mr Creepy Pasta has excellent timing and ability for voices that just brings this to life. He's someone that can really use pauses to great effect. If you enjoy tales like Welcome to Nightvale and John Dies at the End and even Naked Lunch, I believe you will like this. Laughed out loud many many times. I am not afraid of a little mystery and confusion, but i prefer a bit more resolution at the end. So just don't expect to know what's going on, and enjoy the gallows humor.

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love the story, narrator not my cup of tea

Revisado: 02-24-24

Story has great depth. World and character building are on par with Tolkien. Characters think a lot, but there is enough action to keep the pace up. Narrator follows a distractingly regular speech pattern of rising voice at the beginning of a sentence and falling at the end, like a vocal sine wave. And she has an annoying habit of dragging out the last word in a breathy vocal fry. If I could ignore that, I'd have given a higher score

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captured the spirit of Conan -Doyle admirably.

Revisado: 01-22-24

Nice comfortable little tale, with all the elements of a holmes / victorian mystery. some cliche elements, however it was well written and well performed. I did balk a little bit when a character says that a concussion doesn't do lasting damage, but at least that's consistent with what they probably thought in the Victorian era, so I let it pass.

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Aptly named. A torment to read.

Revisado: 08-11-23

I feel like you got the world spot onI feel like you got the world spot on. I think The Killers should have been named lemures though, and that was distracting. The narrator's performance was excellent as usual. But I gotta say it was so depressing and such a grind and I just can't handle that much striving to no avail. When I was younger I used to love movies where the hero didn't survive in the end because I felt it was more realistic. I felt like "the hero wins at the end and gets the girl" was so candy-coated , and I was a bit jaded. But listening to this I just can't handle that people can run for so long without getting anywhere. I know that's the point of the story though. it is called torment. It's like that episode of the Twilight Zone where the guy finally gets peace and quiet, and has all the books, and then he breaks his glasses.

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Almost interesting.

Revisado: 04-15-23

In summary, I think you need to be Russian to get this book. It's a lot of wandering philosophy and barely interesting soliloquy that is loosely tied together by some random stuff that happens; a lot like Ayn Rand (who was born in russia... hm...). I tried so hard to like this book. There were just enough interesting hints of what and where "The Experiment" was, that i kept going, thinking they would pull it all together and I could find out if my theories were correct. But that never happened. (Possibly I fell asleep and missed the punchline. )
I just did not care enough about the characters, they were one dimensional. The main character changed jobs/responsibilities throughout his journey, and that was interesting, as if they were trying to say people become the person they have to be to do the job. I am not sure that was the point of the story tho.
As to performance, he read just fine, emotion cadence etc, but his accents were SO distractingly bad. His Asian accents sounded just like Russian, and everything else was what you would imagine some random person off the street would attempt. If not for the fact that it helped identify who was speaking in the interminable pointless dialogs, I'd wish he hadn't bothered.
If you enjoy reading about people who get beat up by life, and just take it on the chin instead of try to better their lot, then talk on and on about it, you might enjoy this.

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Disappointingly derivative

Revisado: 12-21-22

I'm sorry I couldn't finish this. It was a series of rather unfortunate attempts to make some peculiar children seem altogether ookie. Just read the source material by Daniel Handler, Charles Addams, and Ransom Riggs. Kate Winslet's stellar performance and a handful of amusing lines got me all the way to chapter 5 . Maybe kids will like it.

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