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I am definitely in the camp of people who do not understand the "Unfinished sentence" writing style that Claire employs.
I am sad to say I got about 30% of the way through and figured there were better uses of my time. I hate abandoning books but I was just not enjoying the experience.
I am sad to say I got about 30% of the way through and figured there were better uses of my time. I hate abandoning books but I was just not enjoying the experience.
This book was a struggle to finish. The more I think about this book, the more enraged I get. How did this win so many awards?!?!?!? The only award can give this book is the fact it has created a new shelf on goodreads for me - books I have purchased but won't read because the prequel was so terrible.
Things I liked:
Manchee!! - The most relatable and likable character of the whole book. It gets an extra star just because of Manchee.
Things I didn't like:
Basically everything else.
Todd himself was incredibly predictable, boring, and unlikable. Oh no, a challenging situation, I better hesitate until somebody else helps me out.
Aaron was stupidly over powered. It was like the author had just watched the terminator and figured that having an indestructible robot was a good plot line to include in their own story; but, then forgot to make them into a robot.
I liked Viola but her flipping between helpless captive and keeping Todd in line became predictable. I would be tempted to read the next book just to see if she survives but she would have to otherwise Todd would curl up into a ball and cry himself to death for the remainder of the series.
Regrettably I bought the entire series on special. I guess the library is getting a brand new trilogy!
Things I liked:
Manchee!! - The most relatable and likable character of the whole book. It gets an extra star just because of Manchee.
Things I didn't like:
Basically everything else.
Spoiler
After the death of Manchee, the dog, I really didn't care how the story ended. Manchee was the only thing going for this book and I enjoyed picking it up to just see how he would react to various situations. "Todd?!".Todd himself was incredibly predictable, boring, and unlikable. Oh no, a challenging situation, I better hesitate until somebody else helps me out.
Aaron was stupidly over powered. It was like the author had just watched the terminator and figured that having an indestructible robot was a good plot line to include in their own story; but, then forgot to make them into a robot.
I liked Viola but her flipping between helpless captive and keeping Todd in line became predictable. I would be tempted to read the next book just to see if she survives but she would have to otherwise Todd would curl up into a ball and cry himself to death for the remainder of the series.
Regrettably I bought the entire series on special. I guess the library is getting a brand new trilogy!
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Street Workout: A Worldwide Anthology of Urban Calisthenics--How to Sculpt a God-Like Physique Using Nothing But Your Environment
Al Kavadlo, Danny Kavadlo, John Du Cane
I appreciated that [b:C-Mass: Calisthenics Mass: How to Maximize Muscle Growth Using Bodyweight-Only Training|22372777|C-Mass Calisthenics Mass How to Maximize Muscle Growth Using Bodyweight-Only Training|Paul "Coach" Wade|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1401403639l/22372777._SX50_.jpg|41785095] is one of the few calisthenics books to focus on the body building aspect of the craft and at trying to convey the differences between strength based training and bodybuilding based training it did quite well.
There were numerous things that I didn't like so much about the book though, and why I didn't enjoy it or get as much out of it as I should have.
- The casual and often somewhat sexist language was distracting for me, rather than relatable like some reviewers have noted. I don't need to be called names every paragraph. It's like the ancient persuasion trick of salespeople to say your name all the time to falsify some bond, but instead they have forgotten your name so just keep calling you buddy.
- There was no references for any of the scientific claims made. The general construct involved saying "This technique or trick will make you big using calisthenics, and here is an old photo of someone who I claim to have used this technique".
- It referenced [b:Convict Conditioning|17846180|Convict Conditioning Ultimate Bodyweight Training Log|Paul "Coach" Wade|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1366838697l/17846180._SX50_.jpg|24977314] A LOT, and other DragonDoor authors A LOT. I know the book was derived from a blog post where this is more acceptable; but, in the book form it made it feel like I paid for an advertisement.
Overall, this book left me a bit desiring. I felt the distinction between training for mass and strength could have been summarized in about a chapter and the rest was just filler from a bunch of other books, that "Coach" was trying to sell.
If you still feel you need to read this, then it is currently free on kindle unlimited. You will not gain any benefit from owning this book, as unlike most calisthenics books it doesn't contain anything you will want to refer back to when developing your programs.
There were numerous things that I didn't like so much about the book though, and why I didn't enjoy it or get as much out of it as I should have.
- The casual and often somewhat sexist language was distracting for me, rather than relatable like some reviewers have noted. I don't need to be called names every paragraph. It's like the ancient persuasion trick of salespeople to say your name all the time to falsify some bond, but instead they have forgotten your name so just keep calling you buddy.
- There was no references for any of the scientific claims made. The general construct involved saying "This technique or trick will make you big using calisthenics, and here is an old photo of someone who I claim to have used this technique".
- It referenced [b:Convict Conditioning|17846180|Convict Conditioning Ultimate Bodyweight Training Log|Paul "Coach" Wade|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1366838697l/17846180._SX50_.jpg|24977314] A LOT, and other DragonDoor authors A LOT. I know the book was derived from a blog post where this is more acceptable; but, in the book form it made it feel like I paid for an advertisement.
Overall, this book left me a bit desiring. I felt the distinction between training for mass and strength could have been summarized in about a chapter and the rest was just filler from a bunch of other books, that "Coach" was trying to sell.
If you still feel you need to read this, then it is currently free on kindle unlimited. You will not gain any benefit from owning this book, as unlike most calisthenics books it doesn't contain anything you will want to refer back to when developing your programs.
A good book but didn't quite hit me as hard as the first two in the series. Still worth reading just to wrap up the plots initiated in the first two books.
Thoroughly enjoyed it but I didn't feel it had the same creativity present in some of Jasper's other series. It instead went with drawing some darker parallels to how we treat minority groups within society.