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Logan (76 KP) rated Spy Killer in Books

Jan 14, 2019

This review covers the audio book version.

My first audio book with sound effects! That was exciting. The numerous fist fights, gunfire exchanges, and characters walking through doors really came to life as I listened to this. The music between chapters was pretty fun too.

Unfortunately, the voice acting (and some of the writing itself) struck me as terribly racist and offensive. The characters all fit into neat little stereotypes. There's nothing deep or challenging about any aspect of the story. All that said, it was kind of fun to listen to and laugh at, much as Kurt Reed (not sure if it's just this story or all L. Ron Hubbard stuff, but if you hear a character's first name, expect the last name to be dropped as well) laughs off basically everything that goes wrong. That might be the only truly positive thing I took away from it. Heroes laugh in the face of adversity. Cool. I'll keep that in mind.

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Anne (15117 KP) rated Look Both Ways in Books

Nov 4, 2019

Thank you to Libro.fm and Simon & Schuster Audio for letting me listen and review this book. It's a collection of ten stories about what happens on the walks home from school and also in life. It touches and discusses topics of bullying, illnesses, figuring out who you are and what you want from life and what you want to do in life.
It's a collection of stories told by everyday people about their ordinary lives that really aren't all that ordinary when you read and think about the stories and the meanings, you can see how extraordinary all of us ordinary people in our everyday lives really are.
This is a deep and especially meaningful collection of stories about a variety of topics that we all hear about, experience or have someone close to us experience. It's definitely worth your time to read and listen to these stories. The audio is especially fun when listening to the characters in these stories.