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Hellion (Awaken Online, #5)
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It’s ok
Juggling a lot of plot lines and twists with so much time between books... he needed the book review he gave at the beginning. I’ll be honest: I didn’t read the Finn books because I really didn’t want to get involved in a side world.
That said, if I were a teenager, I’d probably like this more...but...I’m not.
Perhaps my biggest issue is the use of current “cool� language (like using Karen as an insult, mentioning Instagram, or using 2020 stats for something decades later) is going to age VERY POORLY and will end up cringe material later on. I imagine that’s why Douglas Adams just made up his own.
I won’t get started on the “morality� arguments he writes about, although it’s fascinating as he’s a lawyer.
A side note: As someone who studies and occasional teaches WWII history, I disagree on his Truman statement. But that’s a nerd thing that can’t be helped. I also can’t help but wince, however, since it propagates false information. There was a third solution, but the bombs were to help intimidate the USSR and Stalin from being too bold in the face of US military might. But—AGAIN—it’s just a historian’s nerdiness. Most folks won’t care.
Juggling a lot of plot lines and twists with so much time between books... he needed the book review he gave at the beginning. I’ll be honest: I didn’t read the Finn books because I really didn’t want to get involved in a side world.
That said, if I were a teenager, I’d probably like this more...but...I’m not.
Perhaps my biggest issue is the use of current “cool� language (like using Karen as an insult, mentioning Instagram, or using 2020 stats for something decades later) is going to age VERY POORLY and will end up cringe material later on. I imagine that’s why Douglas Adams just made up his own.
I won’t get started on the “morality� arguments he writes about, although it’s fascinating as he’s a lawyer.
A side note: As someone who studies and occasional teaches WWII history, I disagree on his Truman statement. But that’s a nerd thing that can’t be helped. I also can’t help but wince, however, since it propagates false information. There was a third solution, but the bombs were to help intimidate the USSR and Stalin from being too bold in the face of US military might. But—AGAIN—it’s just a historian’s nerdiness. Most folks won’t care.
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May 15, 2021
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May 15, 2021
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May 16, 2021
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