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It's not holding my attention as hoped. So, I compared ratings in Amazon (~4.7 / 5) and GoodReads (~3.9 / 5).. Interesting disparity. I'm reading critically to pick out exactly what could be improved. Initially, I say that, detail is good, character development is medium (I don't feel like I know them) and relationship info seems always spread out and mixed in the detail. The feeling for characters is fairly surface.

I appreciate this, yet it's not the priority. I just read it when I feel like it so it's taking a long time. :-) There are good concepts represented yet one would have to be OK with a context of a lot of magic. (Most know the series enough for this to be unnecessary, but my social context has many who don't know this series, and are against fiction that uses magic, so I throw in that caveat for those friends.)

Great book with excellent ideas for making lasting change.

She addressed race. I (as a white man) did not take it as slamming whites. I might word things differently, but that didn't stop my high appreciation for her thoughts AND how she expressed them. We humans' have a natural tendency to side with any group to which we belong, it should NOT be surprising that many don't see the racism we all have (even if implicit) and that which we tolerate in societal systems.

Very refreshing look from many ethical angles. It's lots of fun and insightful too. If you're after heavy research, consider others, but if you want solid food for thought delivered in a very entertaining way, this is awesome so far!

So far (very early) I like this a lot. NOTE, that will NOT apply to all. This book requires letting go of mechanical and purley logical approaches, and requires a willingness to understand how our minds ACTUALLY work rather than either traditional beliefs of a mined totally based on reasoning. There is a lot of interpretation and I don't take it all as exactly the way things are, yet I DO see great good in it.

Quite good so far. I'm glad it's not just focused on Rah, Rah, You are awesome. It certainly does has concrete steps. He borrows from research which I greatly appreciate.

Mostly amazing. The book has really made me see what can be done in a dark story that is a fully developed story, even if it's not always how I would have done it. I'm engrossed, care about the characters and feel a wide range of reactions. There are a few areas that lack, for example, some of the incidences after their return to Derry during their independent walks, just didn't seem as believable. Still, great.

The characters are amazingly well developed. Their social interactions, & life events are revealed in a fascinating way (e.g. detail given chapters earlier in a childhood era, is later key to understanding an event). King is excellent at weaving in details with the right amount of "reveal" and holding interest. Arguably, it can come at the cost of what might feel like too much detail. If you're OK with dark, Read It.