Reviews and Comments

I really don't know what I expected. I suppose the story is basically what one might expect it to be. But, where it is in the Amazon Kindle lists, I thought it would be written better, maybe? It's written in ... It's written poorly. Really, really poorly.

Not the HBO TV Show. Aside from the instigating event, and the handful of primary characters... there's a lot of season one herein, I suppose, but largely, the TV show is a very different beast.

I enjoyed this book, and found myself laughing more than one might expect to while reading about a post-apocalyptic interrogation of how the survivors survive. It's interesting, and it's thought-provoking, and there's a moment near the end that is gut-wrenching, but... much less effecting than the show, which again, different ball of wax.

Another audiobook for me to listen to while doing dishes, among other things.

A delightful listen. It helped to have good voices, but it was well-read and well-written to the voices. Just a delightful little story about that age of a family.

I'm trying. I'm only a handful of pages in, but, boy oh you is it terrible in some significant ways so far. we'll see if I can come close to finishing it

This is mostly a book I'll read as research. The first few pages aren't super enticing to me. The authorship is meh, if and while I might develop some interest in the story, if it goes where I think it's headed, it's a little... too careful.

Another audiobook. There's gonna be an expanding number of these, because the voices and information in podcasts have worn me down and beaten me up.

So, I listened to this audiobook. And it was delightful. Humorous where it needed. Avoiding the more tragic stuff. I enjoyed the book, but it felt, at the end, like it might have been a touch more touching, a hand more gripping, a hard word more terse.

My greatest complaint, having listened to it, is the use of the word "said." Oh my goodness, use another word. Or no word at all. Every conversation was "blah" he said. "blah blah" she said.

I started this a few years back, while watching Sharp Objects on HBO; it didn't stick. Hopefully it will this time.

First go with an audiobook in a long time.

Never quite hitting the stride, for me, set by its predecessor, a good novel with enough mystery and paranormal to be fun without being dumb.

I'm re-reading this one, too. Zafón is too good at the job. I'm smiling, having just read the first chapter of this book.