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Good series!

Revisado: 12-18-24

This whole series is highly entertaining with fun characters and an engaging premise. I've listened to it twice now and it hasn't gotten old. Always enjoy Will Wheaton's readings of Scalzi novels.

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fun storytelling

Revisado: 10-11-24

One of the best things about audio books is that it seems the format frees up authors to tell stories at their natural length rather than to make everything a standard novel or, much more rarely, a short story. This was a fun listen, well narrated. Especially since it's free, sort of a no-brainer if you enjoy Scalzi books like I do.

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Well worth reading

Revisado: 09-29-24

Doesn't rise to the level of the John Dies at the End series but, for me, few books do. Highly entertaining, good plot, fun characters. As always, Jason Pargin is the master of the hilarious random detail that rings perfectly true.

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Best yet :)

Revisado: 09-16-24

In addition to the usual vicarious romp through the world's most fascinating destinations, Kevin Kwan crafts his best characters yet in this perfectly paced novel. He also offers a nuanced, light-handed analysis of the ethics of pleasure and privilege. As a fan of Kevin Kwan's from way back, I enjoyed the references to his hometown, especially Rothko Chapel.

I thought this version was lovely to listen to. The narrator has a beautiful voice and emotes well. She obviously enjoys hamming it up as Lady Arabella who is described as sounding over-the-top upper crust British.

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Not enough of some things, too much of others

Revisado: 09-08-24

It's a shame because there's some potential in the characters and concepts but there's way too much exposition here and it slows the story waaaaay down. If 1/2 the words could be edited out, you'd have something. I got annoyed and had to stop listening.

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Read Sean Stewart

Revisado: 06-18-24

Thought this was great and really enjoyed it. if I had read this while in the target age group, it would have been my favorite book. Sean Stewart has a lot of even better books like Perfect Circle and Mockingbird that I read once upon a time as actual physical books and would love to listen to again, Audible (hint, hint). Narration of this series is excellent.

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Yay! Sean Stewart!

Revisado: 06-15-24

So glad to be reading this under-appreciated author again. Would love to see more of his books available on Audible. Though I am far from the target age group for this book, I fully enjoyed it. The performance and the soundscape created for it were first-rate.

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fun escapism with juuust enough message

Revisado: 01-30-24

I'm glad I listened to this series. Author takes his time in places, mostly in the third book, but the characters are compelling, the writing is good, and the philosophy is agreeable. Great job on the part of the narrator.

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Thanks, Audible!

Revisado: 12-04-23

This is basically a fun thought experiment about death and dying. Engaging characters and a story well told.

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Me wishing things were different...

Revisado: 11-22-23

It pains me to say it but either this book hasn't aged well or my tastes have changed since I originally read and loved it. Or both? For as long as possible, I was trying to blame the poor narrator. He does spend the first several chapters randomly cycling through various Southern accents, often touching on three or four in the course of one sentence of dialog, groping around in search of the New Orleans accent accurately described in the first chapter. Ultimately, I have to admit that the narrator has his work cut out for him voicing so many flat stereotypes repeating their catch phrases over and over again.

It's a huge shame because there's a lot to love about this book, especially when Toole sticks with the main characters and plot line instead of rolling around in deep piles of tiresome Levy family drama or fake gay local color. It really could have been a masterpiece with about 1/3 of the fluff edited out.

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