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The Eighth Day (2016) 16 copias
Democracy Inc (2017) 13 copias

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I really wanted to like this book, I love this genre of books. There was a few problems that I made the book hard to read. I gave up reading it because there came a point where I realized that I didn't care about any of the characters. Here's some of the reasons why I think it was hard to read this book.

It was hard to tell in the beginning of the chapter who that chapter was focusing on. Sometimes I would be reading the next page before I get their name or some kind of info that point to who's internal thoughts was going on. The chapters were labeled by numbers, however I think it would help if they were the character's name. I've seen many authors do this and it helps especially when it switches over to a new person.

The other problem I had is the the writing style and sometimes I felt they through in facts and little history bits in places where I felt it broke the pace of the scene. I wondered why did this need to be through in here now. Let me give an example that happened early on in the story. The main character is spotted some trouble and goes to help his friend. The foe moves to strike the main character and what happens next is there is a break in the action scene. Here's a literal quote from the book, "Straight at my face. Let's stop right here for a second" What happens next is a literal paragraph on the history of his father's company describe why he has better reflexes than other people. Then it jumps right back into the scene where he slidesteps the punch and knocks the foe out.

It baffles me why the decision was made to interrupt a fight scene to give a history lesson and why it couldn't be done at the end of the fight or some other time. The readers could have picked up on the fact that the main character is faster than others. There are times it's better to show not tell in a story.

I wanted to like this book and I think that if some writing style choices were cleaned up, that this might be a book I would like. But it was hard for me to finish and I gave up.

I won this book.
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payday1999 | otra reseña | Dec 8, 2020 |
My original The Eighth Day audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

Shawn Jaffe is your easy go lucky guy with a degree from Ohio University, a rising star in the investment world who just relocated to New York. Heading to work one day, Jaffe encounters a man who tells him, “Nothing you know is real. Your name isn't Shawn Jaffe, you're not an investment broker, and you're not from Ohio."

Before Jaffe can ask the man what he means, he is brutally murdered in front of Jaffe. Detective Harrison is called in to solve the murder. Before he can figure anything out, Jaffe reads the classified and heads over to Madison Square Garden where the presidential candidates are speaking. Now Sam has three murders to figure out – the mysterious man, the presidential candidate and Shawn Jaffe.

The next part of the book is filled with major twists and turns, murder, conspiracies and more! The author, Joseph John leaves his readers gasping in shock as the true story unfolds. This is one of those books that will leave you looking over you shoulder and questioning coincidences and feelings of Déjà vu!

John understands conspiracy theorists and theories clearly taking advantage of this skill and creating a story around an all-to-realistic world. Makes one wonder what they would do if someone came up and told you – nothing you know is real! Eighth Day brings to light all the moral dilemmas of playing God, greed and lusting for power.

James Romick, narrator, is extremely talented. He never lets the excitement get away – he builds it with his voice and controls the suspense masterfully. His words are clear and express the perfect amount of emotion. I enjoyed hearing him read this book. He owned this book!

This is an interesting book and is one that will have you thinking about everything long after the last word is read. The only downside to this book is the fact that it ends. I look forward to hearing more by Joseph John and James Romick!

There were no issues with the production or the quality of this audio book.

Audiobook was provided for review by the author.
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audiobibliophile | Sep 21, 2016 |

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Miembros
29
Popularidad
#460,290
Valoración
3.2
Reseñas
3
ISBNs
4