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Huge highs and terrible lows.

Review from Timeless →

The twists involving the real world plot were amazing, but the convoluted time travel mechanics weren’t enjoyable to me. I found myself barely listening to the “past events” and focusing just on the real world plot, though the twists there were incredible but unrelated to the time travel parts.

Great story, truly awful narration

Review from The Store →

By far Bentley Little’s best book; I’ve read it at least five times prior to listening to the audiobook. I highly recommend the book, but based on this narrator I can’t recommend the audiobook. The narrator was monotonous and robotic, with numerous mispronunciations and emphases placed on incorrect syllables. His rendition of the girls voices..

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Good story, terrible characters

Review from Awaken Online: Catharsis →

I made it to Ch 14 before quitting, might continue later, but I cant stand the characters in the book. The protagonist is a shallow loser with murderous tendencies, gives huge Incel vibes. All the other characters are nonexistent or shallow. Where are the likeable side characters? Where are the relatable coming-of-age experiences? Where are..

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Disappointing third act

Review from The Green and the Gray →

The book starts out well, and continues until it all hinges on the essential continued secrecy of the Greens and Grays. The justification that the government would whisk them ALL away to lab prisons is too great a suspension for my belief, and it hurts the whole third act. that’s the hard part about writing..

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Fun Horror Story; Didn’t Age Well..

Review from The Mailman →

Not a book that aged well. The horror and references would not be appreciated by modern generations. The monster is referred to as almost a transexual who preys on woman and little boys- Very culturally deaf now. The horror structure in general is pretty classic and I’m sure this author helped shaped the modern horror..

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