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A mess

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2 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-07-23

This was a half-baked idea dump for expanding the Children of Time universe without actually writing a story. Great narration though!

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Cute

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-09-19

The world of this series is silly and all of the characters are lovable goobers. Very enjoyable, cute and sweet.

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Good stuff

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-09-19

Just some good good dinosaur facts presented for your listening pleasure. Essentially a PBS special in audio form. Relaxing and educational.

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Right-Wing Garbage

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-09-19

A screwball-type comedy, which manages to be funny here and there. At other times it's painfully cliche, unimaginative, and littered with cringe-worthy, highly dated meme jokes (Chuck Norris, really?). The writing is generally competent, though on more than one occasion, one of the aforementioned memes is inserted so forcefully that the section of writing stops making sense. It also became clear pretty rapidly that it's a right-wing propaganda trash-heap, taking constant jabs at millennials and the ACA/universal healthcare, and more than one scene painting Obama as a lazy, idiot Marxist. Then there's a nice sprinkle of patriarchy worship just to finish off this crap sundae.
I listened to it all the way through just to see if it would redeem itself, but nope. I finished the last quarter of the book on 2x speed.
I guess it all just went over my head, though, since the author would probably say that I'm one of the "sissies, liberals, or crybabies" (quote straight from the book) that's ruining the whole world.

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I feel bad for the author

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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-30-19

This must have been a tough job, cramming so much MTG lore and so many characters into one book. It felt summarized at times, stopping to grind through long lists of characters and factions just to keep it all straight.
So I don't blame the author too much for the clunky writing. To reach the amount of exposition that should have been there, this should have been a series of novels starting back with Amonkhet at the earliest.

The performance of the audiobook was wooden and droning, however. A good narrator could have added some necessary color to the text, but this guy sounded bored, almost like a text-to-voice program.

Recommended for the sole reason that the following line exists as a chapter head: "Sixty-nine. Two Dragons." Nice.

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Disgusting Rape Fantasy

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-23-16

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The sound of it burning in a fire.

Has Blood Destiny: Blood Curse Series book 1 turned you off from other books in this genre?

Yes

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disgust!

Any additional comments?

I have never hated a book this much. I am a quarter of the way in, and I will not finish it. I've read a few spoilers and know that not a thing improves. Honestly, I can't believe a woman wrote this trash - she should be ashamed! This is an utterly DISGUSTING rape fantasy - all of the male characters are described as unnaturally, physically perfect and incredibly powerful, capable of overpowering any woman. And, to top that, they are forced by celestial powers or whatever to "mate with" a particular fated woman if they don't want to die. So, the story is all about how the supposed protagonist Alpha Male breaks down the defenses of a weak and terrified, isolated woman using manipulative psychology - some straightforward, some supernatural. And then he rapes her, forces her to have his babies, kills one of them, and SHE LIKES ALL OF IT. Because he made her like it. And yet, according to the author and people who somehow like this, it's not a dark tragedy, but a romance.

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