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Crucial reporting and insight

Revisado: 03-15-25

It is impossible not to lend credibility to the amazing reporting and insights offered by this book because if if it wasn’t spot on in truthful, there is no doubt there would already be lawsuits flying everywhere.

This was always a critical story to tell about an important historical figure in his most pivotal public moment; now as he is more central to the American experience than ever these reporters work is an invaluable must-read.

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Outstanding, must listen

Revisado: 09-08-24

This book manages to be excellent as both an autobiography of an interesting person, and also an insight into a criminal justice system that is failing us all.

Through excellent writing, unflinching, honesty, and the insight that can only come from personal experience this author weaves a compelling and essential narrativethat entertain informs, but most importantly leaves an indelible emotional mark.

An unqualified recommendation.

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Unflinching and even handed look at the LA justice system

Revisado: 09-04-24

Someone who has worked in the LA County criminal justice system in various capacities and from different angles, I always view books like this with skepticism. It is very difficult to portray the system, wart and all without leaning or favoring one way or another.

This author manages to walk this tight rope all the way to the other end of what is a classic and essential piece of work.

This is critical and enjoyable reading or anyone who wants to learn more about criminology generally but even more so for LA County and California’s problems specifically.

The author digs and scrapes until he has sculpted an important statement about the difficult truths the largest system of incarceration on planet earth struggles with:
Thousands of people are doing horrible things, but the solution of caging as many of them as we can, for as long as we can predictably creates the conditions which lead to those horrible things in the first place.

There are no easy answers to this conundrum, but this is an easy and easy recommendation.

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Worst work from a literary genius.

Revisado: 03-07-23

It pains me to say as one who thinks "the year of magical thinking" is one of the greatest things ever written-- bar none but this is a genius's worst work. You could literally read "the year off magical thinking" once a week and never tire of it. The prose in the insight are timeless and spectacular.

This is quite the opposite of that. Though the author touches on the expected themes and ultimately makes a strong statement about women being victimized even if they seem to be in positions of privilege, the statement is simply well-made in the story we are given here.

The characters are flat out unsympathetic and unlikable, and it becomes painful to see what happens next as you are not invested in any way.

Sprinkle in some needless, bigoted language and a terrible reader and you have a simply bad product.

Might still be worthwhile for those who are completists and simply want to hear everything possible by this one author, or want to go on a time machine and evaluate the work on its own merits for the time, but her other works are absolutely monumental achievements that are much more deserving of your time.

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This is not worth your time

Revisado: 03-07-23

Given that we are decades away from even coming close to having enough black females represented in the literature. It pains me to give this type of book a bad review.

Likewise, bad reviews are generally not worth writing, because at the end of the day not everything is for everyone and my favorite book might not be worth someone else’s time at all.

This work is worth painting, however because it is actually offensive in relation to the subject matter it presents and given the minorities at its center this harmful and offensive presentation should not be popularized.

As an attorney of color, there is simply not enough time in the day to write how wrong this depiction of attorneys of color is. But beyond in accuracy, and also devolve, somehow into the worst stereotype wear an Ivy League lawyer is suddenly holding people up at gunpoint has some sort of supposedly exciting twist. It is not credible and actively harmful because at the end of the day, it is nothing but a sad racist trope, if you are writing about an existing world with existing people who have to be as accurate as possible, and if you take a literary license, it better not be to fall down into tired, racist stereotypes

The story does not hold together and does not really hold interest either, but again that can be a subjective assessment. What is a subjective as the fact that it feels to do those things while engaging in terrible stereotypes and flat misunderstanding, I would people who are actually in the main character situation do on a daily basis.

I wish the author nothing but success in your future endeavors, which will hopefully regard topics, and she is more familiar with so that she can accurately depict them without falling into harmful stereotypes.

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Outstanding

Revisado: 01-05-23

Even a mild interest in this genre justifies a purchase. Wonderful book that flies by with a great reading performance, cant wait for next in the series.

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Poor effort from an amazing author

Revisado: 11-07-22

Despite this review, I encourage anyone interested in mysteries and thrillers to seek out this authors, other work, which is exemplary.

Unfortunately, this short story appears to have become an opportunity for the author to experiment with a genre. She does not usually work in.

This leads what is an initially interesting story into a very jarring ditch of the supernatural, which feels completely out of place.

I believe the experience will be worse for fans of the author, who are not expecting this type of turn, but in any event, even for fans of the supernatural, it is not enough a part of the story to qualify as a good example of that genre either.

it is like a wonderful fashion designer, putting a cowboy hat in neon green on a wedding gown. It might be an interesting choice or experiment, but the end of the day the pieces simply do not fit.

Seek out her other work it is a much better use of your time and I assure you will enjoy them as I did.

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unpredictable and earnest

Revisado: 11-02-22

A great listen. One can quibble here and there with the details, ie accuracy of depictions of police or the city itself, but why bother with such an engrossing story.

No easy answers and no cheesy endings, this books is entertaining and thought provoking.

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A stellar and important work

Revisado: 07-23-22

As an attorney is off and he struggle too put the legal developments that are continuing our country on us slide into fascist theocracy in perspective for “normal“ people.

This book does exactly that and is an absolute treasure. If you are even mildly considering listening to it please do and share it widely.

I will certainly be recommending it to every person even mildly interested in how the courts and legal developments continue to take our country in the wrong direction.

The reading by the author himself is a delightful bonus.

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Underrated great work

Revisado: 06-12-22

As a huge Kurt Vonnegut fan I was late to this book because it always appears quite low on any “best of“ list.

I am writing this review to hopefully encourage others coming from a similar place, perhaps feeling like they don’t need to read “another Vonnegut“ book if it’s not as good as the others.

Well I certainly cannot speak to the motivations of people who made those lists it strikes me that the feminine and feminist points of view central to this book contributed to its being underrated by critics.

All of the classic Vonnegut characteristics are here, wonderful dialogue, imaginative situations, biding social critique, and historical context. In addition we get one of the most satisfying endings to any Vonnegut book – and I have read all but three of them.

Whether you are a Vonnegut fan wondering if you should read just one more or someone new to his work this book is highly recommended and enjoyable. Even more so in these modern times when, thankfully, a feminist point of you is being taken more seriously in terms of societal consequences.


Highly recommended.

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