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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Sons of Thunder (Brothers in Arms Collection) in Books

Apr 27, 2018  
Sons of Thunder (Brothers in Arms Collection)
Sons of Thunder (Brothers in Arms Collection)
Susan May Warren | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics, Romance
2
5.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I loved the concept of Sons of Thunder. It had great potential and I’ve seen tons of five-star reviews for it. Sadly it didn’t meet my expectations.

I had a hard time reading it for a few reasons. One was the writing. It had a sort of funny style. It was as if short dramatic phrases were placed at the end of a paragraph, but the phrases were not dramatic in any way, nor were the necessary. It made the whole thing feel awkward. It was also hard to follow and I got confused a lot.

The second was the romance. I immediately saw and understood how Markos looked at Sofia. But their relationship jumped around from courteous to in-love to friends to not-talking, and I couldn’t understand where they actually stood or how they saw each other. It was like a whole first chunk of their relationship was missing from the book. There was no connection to the characters.

Third, I didn’t like the Chicago club stuff at all. It turned me off right away.

As I mentioned above I didn’t finish Sons of Thunder. There was nothing compelling me to continue, there wasn’t any plot, and the characters were beginning to aggravate me and I didn’t connect with them. I skipped to the very last page just to see what happened, and was not surprised to see that exactly what I thought would happen, did happen.

I was very disappointed by Sons of Thunder, especially considering all the five star reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. I really wish I had loved it, but I must share my 100% honest opinion. Please know that I and the few other readers who didn’t like it are the minority by a landslide. I hope you’ll consider other reviews before you make a decision.
  
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Katie (868 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Feedback

Jul 9, 2018  
I have a bit of a list for you guys this time. Hope you don't mind!

- Is there any way to change what the post says when something is shared on Facebook? I've tried sharing Giveaways and Lists and both are shared with an image of Smashbomb's logo (that part is fine) along with text that says "Join the social network for reviews". I would love it if it said what it linked to such as "Giveaway for Amazon Fire Stick" or "Check out this (insert title here) List". I just doubt that my friends would click a link that just says "Join this social network", they're more likely to click something more specific. The links directly to movies seem to look fine, something more similar to that would be great.

- Will you be adding a way to rate magazines/periodicals/ongoing comic series? That could be a very cool feature. Obviously, I doubt rating every issue would be a good feature... but at least the periodical overall.

- A link to all of a user's reviews on their profile would be awesome. Something separate from ratings since I would rather look at someone's complete reviews than their ratings sometimes. And, since there are a lot more ratings, sometimes it's hard to sift through them all to find a review.

- When adding videos there is a period of time we need to wait for it to be reviewed by Smashbomb. The video is posted after this period of time, however, it is posted way back in the feed when it was originally submitted. It would be much better if it were posted in the timeline at the time of its approval by Smashbomb. This way other users could see them and they won't get lost in the timeline.

I think that's all for now. :)
   
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Bird (1704 KP) Jul 13, 2018

It is a category within books ??
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Katie (868 KP) Jul 13, 2018

Oh yeah, I've used that however it only seems to apply to trade paper back and hard cover collections of comics. It'd be great to be able to add an ongoing series that hasn't been or won't be collected into a single volume. Maybe this is already possible and I'm just confused?
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Debbie (52 KP) rated Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds To Hillbilly Elegy in Books

Mar 28, 2019  
Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds To Hillbilly Elegy
Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds To Hillbilly Elegy
Anthony Harkins and Meredith Mccarroll | 2019 | History & Politics
1
3.5 (2 Ratings)
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Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds To Hillbilly Elegy
Edited By: Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll
West Virginia University Press
NonFiction (Adult) Politics
Pub. Date 1 March 2019
Pages 432
#Appalachianreckoning#NetGalley
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I am not sure how to go about reviewing this book. This is actually the first book I have ever DNFed.
I decided to do this at 40%. I had a hard time reading this book because all it did was bashed Vance about his Memoirs. I have read Hillbilly Elegy and I never thought of things these editors are talking about. I have a hard time of people bashing someone memoirs. Memoirs are how people feel and from their point of view. I know by looking at the ratings on Good Reads I am the only one who feels this way. I really don't want to bash these editors so I will leave it at this. Sorry but I just couldn't continue.