Karen

A deeply felt portrait of our digital culture

Revisado: 10-01-19

I started listening to this book and could not stop until I was finished. I had no idea there was so much to say about unplugging, the internet and how it effects our creativity. It's also the story of her life as she was one of the first females in tech. I was not expecting such an emotional journey. By the end of the book I was completely wrung out.

The narration is exceptional!

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Stranger than fiction

Revisado: 03-28-13

I had forgotten so much about the hunt for an MLK's killer that reading this was truly eye opening. Highly recommended with many twists and turns and interesting historical details--Like the fact that several wealthy Klan Organizations had bounties placed on MLK's head, and how J. Edgar Hoover, who hated King and had tried to get him to commit suicide, was then was placed in charge of finding his killer.

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Suspenseful, funny, and haunting

Revisado: 12-21-12

One of my favorites for the year. It's an amazing coming of age story, a good mystery, and an interesting and deep portrait of reservation life with elements of magical realism. What more could you ask for in a novel? She deserved the National Book Award.

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The Hunger Games for real!

Revisado: 11-04-12

Foraging for wild greens, forbidden love, separation, prison camps and brainwashing. This reads like a dystopian novel and although it gets tough at times, you know that since their stories are being told, the people in this novel eventually escaped. Truly mind blowing and highly recommended.

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Not the mystery I was expecting

Revisado: 10-15-12

This book has almost zero twists or turns. It is a character study of a family of criminals, and not a deep one at that. I had to force myself to get to the end to see if there was something I missed, but even the ending was disappointing.

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Tried but could not finish!

Revisado: 07-19-12

This was a strange book. It was in diary form where all the action takes place in someone else's life as the narrator figures out a mystery in his own extremely desultory way. There was no danger or suspense and I had to put it down. I'm sure this author has written better books.

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Could not get pass the horrible narration!

Revisado: 05-06-12

I gave this book a good shot by listening to over half of it, but still was not drawn in by the writing and the narration was absolutely distracting to no end.

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Had to put it down

Revisado: 03-21-12

Although the writing and the narration was good, the story just did not hook me. It seemed too predictable, but I have high hopes for this author.

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Couldn't finish it, but...maybe it's just me.

Revisado: 03-21-12

I had trouble caring about the story and the character to the point where I skipped many chapters and jumped to the end. There, I was quite surprised that the book had turned into a romance that reminded me of the Outlander series, which I couldn't get though either.

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Not a King fan, but he kept me listening!

Revisado: 03-21-12

I thought the book bogged down in the middle and Craig Wasson read the book so slowly that at times I turned it up to double speed. However, there's no mystery why King sells so many books. I guess in the end, I would have liked a more complex plot and characters, but, I did cry...

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