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This was the April read for the Sword and Laser book club, and I actually listened to it in the same month! I even voted for this book during the March Madness thing they had going. I mean, it sounds funny, based on the title.
I don't know. Sometimes I think I'm harder on audiobooks because they more effectively waste my actual time if they aren't good. But this one started with good ideas and slowly grew less funny and less interesting. So many missed opportunities. So many lacking female charac ...more
I don't know. Sometimes I think I'm harder on audiobooks because they more effectively waste my actual time if they aren't good. But this one started with good ideas and slowly grew less funny and less interesting. So many missed opportunities. So many lacking female charac ...more
I have heard nothing but raves about this book FOREVER. I really enjoyed it, but somehow it's not evoking a 5-star rating in my heart. In Marie Kondo-speak, it brings me a little joy, but not great joy. The thought that came to me as I read this is that Bob's "evolution" and actions are equivalent to a video game, where one starts with limited resources, then has some "official" goals, some "my personal passions within the universe", and to a lesser extent, some yak shaving. At times, I felt lik
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A fun and entertaining story that reminds me of The Martian in it's mix of sarcasm and science. I have been bogged down in Fall, or Dodge in Hell, which has a similar underlying theme, and this was so much more readable. I'm off to get the second in the series so I can keep going.
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I liked this better than I thought I would. Some stories we're more interesting than others, though.
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I loved all the Bobs and can't wait to read the next book in the trilogy.
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Mar 22, 2017
Jeff James
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Jennifer
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Chris
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it was amazing
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