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I don't listen to too many audiobooks, and this one was pretty decent. The reader had a good speaking voice and wasn't monotone. At three discs, the story feels a bit short, but the Crichton mystery and suspense was there.
I had fun reading this book as much as the first book, so at least the author is consistent. haha
After getting to know the characters in the first book, this was a faster read than the previous for me. Again the author utilizes the drop off ending, which is kind of annoying and ruins the flow. Also there appeared to be a bit more grammatical errors in this book than the last. In the end, the story is still entertaining enough to continue on to the next book.
This series overall was entertaining as this kind of book should be. Not a huge amount of depth in characters but good storyline. From the first book to this book, you can see the changes in the characters; how they grow in this period of time which is nice to experience in a story. Overall, keeps in the same tone as the previous books, just more exciting events occur.
This is a really cute introduction to a new children's book character. The artwork is original and the setting is in South America. The book also contains Spanish and Quechua vocabulary.
More of the same mystery set up of Qwill and his cats. I like the format and that's why I keep reading.
Peter Kenny does a great job narrating. This is an enjoyable fantasy read in most part because of each character showing their personality. Kind of neat to have hints of fairytale stories and influence in the situations and characters that Geralt meets. Also, a nice revelation was how to pronounce Dandelion.
This book was an easy read. I absolutely detested the main character Bella for her faults would continue to do so until the final book. However, the story was typical teenage drama that calls out to the teenage girl in everyone.
I had heard the hype about this book/musical and was honestly intrigued about the premise, but I was disappointed overall. I understood the themes the author wanted to explore, but it was either the writing style or the words themselves that left me to skip paragraphs here in there just to get the book finished. Obviously this is a spinoff of a children's story, but it seemed more distracting to have this kind of story set in a land like Oz with all the weird phrases and terminology that no enjoyment was added to the experience.
The last section of the book where the time line is supposed to meet that of the original story I found to be the most interesting but still really confusing as to who these characters are and how they came to be. It's as if all the back story that was established previously within the book came undone in that last section. I understand that the Wicked Witch is supposed to be so filled with conflict over what has happened in her life that she's so unstable in the end, but it just turns her into another shallow pathetic female protagonist.
I've realized that Philippa's book are actually pretty depressing. The story is well written, but the characters are out of control. I guess you'll get that when writing about historical figures. Let's just say, Queen Elizabeth got way to much credit as a queen and really she was just a bitch in the hot seat.
It took me a little bit to get into this book because of all the 80s references. It was a little bit annoying that every other page had some kind of reference and if you didn't know it, the concept might have been lost on you. The author does an alright job at least describing what's going on even if you don't get the reference. Over all it was a fun adventure story and it got better as it went along.
It starts with the ending, has some pretty good horror elements and descriptions, anticlimactic ending. The concept is good but at times the characters were a little flat.
This book was fun to read, but at times it turned into a lecture. The characters have a hard time grasping ideas that denounce the theory of global warming, so other characters go into pretty long Q&A sessions over the argument. I'm not sure if the science in the book is 100% accurate, which is ok. I can see the angle Michael Crichton was trying to explain and I can see the logic behind it, but I would definitely have to read up more on the topic myself to draw my own solid conclusions.
Other than that, the action was good, the characters weren't too annoying and the book kept my interest enough to make me stay up until I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore reading.
The story is fairly interesting, but the writing style felt choppy. I can understand how the book wants to sound like an old style film noir mystery but it's a bit flat. I might try the second book one day but I'm not running out to read it.
I tried to read this book but I couldn't get into it. As the book is taken from Katniss' perspective, I couldn't help but be reminded of when I read Twilight and how much I hated learning the story from Bella's perspective. Instead I made it through this book listening to the audio version. Hearing it spoken was a lot better than my own interpretation in my head.
The dystopian setting and some of the comparisons between factions illustrated an interesting premise. I think what soured the story a bit for me was the contrived love story between characters. Although Katniss could be seen as a strong female character, I had trouble believing that she couldn't tell the dudes were in love with her and her own torment about that when her skill is observation and listening for survival.
This was a decent story. It started off strong with a twisted situation when the main character is a child. Characters were introduced well. I did get slightly annoyed when Wendy becomes a bit snively about her whole situation. However, the story kept me interested enough to want to find out what happens. The ending was a bit abrupt. Probably to get you hooked enough to grab the next book. Which I did, since the series is pretty fair priced overall.
Also, every time I see the word Princess, I'm reminded of the “Excuse me Princess” clip from the Zelda cartoon.
Philippa's rendition of the history between Mary I and Elizabeth I was an interesting read. Taken from the perspective of a fictional girl, Hannah, the view of these two women were given an equal amount of attention that helped you understand the characters these women came to be.
I listened to the audiobook instead of reading this one. The story was interesting over all. There were some sections where it seemed to drag on, but the events described all added up in the end.
Let's just say I read this one all in one day after finishing the previous book and now on to the next.