Earthside
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- Author：Dennis E. Taylor
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Reviews
Laurla2
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-paperback 345 pages。-3 stars。 i enjoyed the first book in the series -outland- way more。 this one got bogged down with creating a government and politics。 and the shifting POV's were confusing to me。 i didnt care for the random updates across earth with unrelated characters never again mentioned。 these random updates from australia， korea， russia， vancouver， and antarctica weren't necessary to the story and were distracting， not contributive。 i liked the actual story parts of this book， minus a -paperback 345 pages。-3 stars。 i enjoyed the first book in the series -outland- way more。 this one got bogged down with creating a government and politics。 and the shifting POV's were confusing to me。 i didnt care for the random updates across earth with unrelated characters never again mentioned。 these random updates from australia， korea， russia， vancouver， and antarctica weren't necessary to the story and were distracting， not contributive。 i liked the actual story parts of this book， minus all the random earth location stuff， and minus the stinky politics。 but those actual story parts boiled down to only maybe half the book or less。 i understand why the politics stuff was there， but i didn't enjoy it。 i preferred the science fiction parts and the adventure parts。"what i lack in skill i guess i make up for with poor planning。""that's a Bill-worthy reference， Matt。""well， i've been hanging around with him a lot of years。 a certain amount of cross-contamination is inevitable。""mother fucking fucker of all fucking fucks with mother of all fucking fucker fucks fucking all the fuckheads with never-ending fucks！ fucking fucking fuckity fuckity fucking hell and many more fucks！" （there was an incident with dinosaurs。。。） 。。。more
Richard Foley
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A continuation of a pretty good story， the characters and story premis seem to take a backseat to the petty politics of the new colony。It all feels very redundant and American， deciding who will run the new government when so much is happening to them。I found myself， more than a few times shouting at the book 'Just pick a leader and get through it for now'。Instead of working together to get through the deviation they start arguing about socialism Vs ageism and just screams at the reader just how A continuation of a pretty good story， the characters and story premis seem to take a backseat to the petty politics of the new colony。It all feels very redundant and American， deciding who will run the new government when so much is happening to them。I found myself， more than a few times shouting at the book 'Just pick a leader and get through it for now'。Instead of working together to get through the deviation they start arguing about socialism Vs ageism and just screams at the reader just how American they all are。Despite what they are going through and how desperate the situation is it all just seems trivial and silly。 。。。more
Ryan Yan
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It was a little surprise when the author of the renowned Sci-Fi saga Bobiverse， Dennis E。 Taylor， after a strong fourth installment in that series and a well-received standalone， announced that before venturing further into the Bobiverse， he'd write a sequel to his debut novel， "Outland"， rendering it a part of another series called "Quantum Earth"。It remains to be seen whether it would be a nice surprise。Granted， "Outland" sets up a rather unique world （or rather， a unique set of worlds） that p It was a little surprise when the author of the renowned Sci-Fi saga Bobiverse， Dennis E。 Taylor， after a strong fourth installment in that series and a well-received standalone， announced that before venturing further into the Bobiverse， he'd write a sequel to his debut novel， "Outland"， rendering it a part of another series called "Quantum Earth"。It remains to be seen whether it would be a nice surprise。Granted， "Outland" sets up a rather unique world （or rather， a unique set of worlds） that plays out exceptionally well for a debut and leaves good opportunities for further explorations。 But it is still a challenge for such furthering to maintain uniqueness and novelty。The book title seems reminiscent， because the "original" Earth is called "Earthside" by the multiverse explorers。 True enough， this novel is permeated with reminiscence， too much to my liking if you ask me。 The scavenging， now renamed reclaiming， is too repetitive comparing to the first book。 Even the crises look familiar， too similar to those in book one。There are still new， intriguing developments。 The expedition to claim more gate parts is a definite highlight， reminding me of the post-apocalyptic road trip in Stephen King's "The Stand"。 I only hope there are more of those。A solid 3。5-starred middle installment， although a little weaker than that of the Bobiverse。 I am still intrigued enough to follow up on this series should a new one drop。 。。。more
Suz Stone
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This is a good sequel to Outland。 There are more descriptions about how the portal equipment work than in the first book。 I found these descriptions rather tedious and I had trouble following some of them。 As a result， this book one was not quite as enjoyable as Outland。 The characters are mostly the same 20-somethings as in the first book。 Their planning and ingenuity was a bit hard to believe at times。 But even with all the criticisms， it’s a good sequel。 And Ray Porter is fabulous as always。
Peggy Phillips
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I've read other reviews complaining this book is not as good as the first one。 I have to disagree。 The first one was so horrible that I nearly gave up on trying to finish it， several times too。 But I slogged through and finished， giving it a one star rating。 Being on vacation I needed another book to read。 Not sure why I gave the second book in this series a shot。 I definitely went into it with very low expectations。 There are still aggravatingly similar problems as the first book but overall I I've read other reviews complaining this book is not as good as the first one。 I have to disagree。 The first one was so horrible that I nearly gave up on trying to finish it， several times too。 But I slogged through and finished， giving it a one star rating。 Being on vacation I needed another book to read。 Not sure why I gave the second book in this series a shot。 I definitely went into it with very low expectations。 There are still aggravatingly similar problems as the first book but overall I thought the author did a better job and I found this second book much more interesting。 So much so that I had a hard time putting it down。 Not sure if there's a third book to the series， if so， I am looking forward to reading it。 。。。more
Gee Scales
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The only thing that would make this better is if it was a longer book。 Cannot wait for more。
Pam Jones
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Again， kudos for the narrator。 Good story， really enjoyed it。 Looking forward to the next one。 One thing - not really a spoiler， but read on only if you want。why did they introduce Erin's professor and then have him not do anything else。 You hear absolutely nothing about him after that meeting。 Again， kudos for the narrator。 Good story， really enjoyed it。 Looking forward to the next one。 One thing - not really a spoiler， but read on only if you want。why did they introduce Erin's professor and then have him not do anything else。 You hear absolutely nothing about him after that meeting。 。。。more
Jack Magner
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This was an okay follow up that had some cool components but felt too repetitive in the plot。 The greatest threat being other humans is something that not only existed in the first novel， but felt that it was done multiple times in this one to the point where it was giving me deja vu。 I get that it’s probably a pattern that would exist， but it would have been cooler to see the two ideologies be separated early and result in a war-equivalent combat over resources or something other than just need This was an okay follow up that had some cool components but felt too repetitive in the plot。 The greatest threat being other humans is something that not only existed in the first novel， but felt that it was done multiple times in this one to the point where it was giving me deja vu。 I get that it’s probably a pattern that would exist， but it would have been cooler to see the two ideologies be separated early and result in a war-equivalent combat over resources or something other than just needing to reaffirm the current process of deciding their fate。 。。。more
Onionboy
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I enjoyed this like I would probably enjoy anything from this author and also this narrator。 The story really is about rebuilding society after an apocalyptic event。 It picks up right where book #1 left off， and I really don't think it would make sense without the first book。 I am glad I listened to these back-to-back。Unfortunately， this book ended very abruptly and didn't give the feeling of a complete story。 I understand it is part of a series， but I feel that each book should also stand as a I enjoyed this like I would probably enjoy anything from this author and also this narrator。 The story really is about rebuilding society after an apocalyptic event。 It picks up right where book #1 left off， and I really don't think it would make sense without the first book。 I am glad I listened to these back-to-back。Unfortunately， this book ended very abruptly and didn't give the feeling of a complete story。 I understand it is part of a series， but I feel that each book should also stand as a complete portion of the overall story。I really don't get the gripes about the politics in this。 But I lean to the left， so I guess I am biased。 But it just felt like basic common sense to me。 And I really don't get the one reviewer who griped about the pregnancies in this story。 Honestly， they are hardly mentioned at all， and one is a significant factor in part of the story。 It seems some people aren't happy unless they find a reason to be upset。 One gripe I will agree with， though， is the excessive mentions of coffee。 It really did get more air time than several of the characters。 We get it， people need coffee。 Are you getting paid off for product placement by Big Caffeine？ Anyway， as long as you come into this knowing it part of an ongoing story about building society after a disaster， and not a high-tech sci-fi story， you should enjoy it too。 。。。more
Linda Ferguson
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An excellent sequel。Most sequels have a hard time carrying on a storyline after a great first book， but Earthside definitely delivered。 I loved the realistic dialogue， especially during the council meeting with the Jerries。 Outstanding！ I really hope this series keeps going。 Your characters are excellent as is the story progression。 And your world building descriptions are amazing and seem to cover all the bases。 Congratulations on an excellent series。
Nancy L Gager
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Dinomite！I love this author and I love all of his books but this 1 is excellent ！As a retired programmer and 'gerry'， Please let me stay in outland！ Dinomite！I love this author and I love all of his books but this 1 is excellent ！As a retired programmer and 'gerry'， Please let me stay in outland！ 。。。more
Melissa （UnreliableHeart） Mulvihill
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Light spoilers。 This was an enormously satisfying and entertaining book 2。 Authoritarians keep scrolling。 The skill with which Taylor builds relationships between characters and among groups of characters is impressive。 If you aren’t thinking about the fun quantum implications of multiple earths to choose from， the scavenging difficulties that will inevitably come to an unproductive end with nothing left to gather， and the edge these survivors are balancing on， then you’re busy considering the r Light spoilers。 This was an enormously satisfying and entertaining book 2。 Authoritarians keep scrolling。 The skill with which Taylor builds relationships between characters and among groups of characters is impressive。 If you aren’t thinking about the fun quantum implications of multiple earths to choose from， the scavenging difficulties that will inevitably come to an unproductive end with nothing left to gather， and the edge these survivors are balancing on， then you’re busy considering the ramifications of starting over with a group of willing and empathetic people cooperating and trying to use and protect the environment and care for each other， but who are struggling to include a group of selfish， bullying， misogynistic， fully entitled， and violent anti democratic disrupters。 In the tenuously organized new Outland settlement， there’s a faction of “patriots “ who think they’re in charge wherever they go。 They also believe older age and/or being male is all that qualifies them to lead even though they’ve not been invited to lead。 If you doubt that dealing with such a group of individuals is crappy， consider doing it with the looming threat of no caffeine or rationed caffeine。 During the Civil War， coffee was difficult to get at times and people who went without suffered serious withdrawal which affected their ability to labor and care for their families。 It was total misery。 Dealing with mouthy and stupid seditionists sans caffeine is peak post apoc。 If you aren’t offended by humor and philosophical debate regarding humanism versus authoritarianism， if you love reading about good old boys getting their due， if you like science mixed with your post apoc， my gods， this series is the best thing to come along since Sarah Lyons Fleming’s Until the End of the World Series （City Series and Cascadia Series included。） And when can I get a Monica in my life is all I wanna know。 That and did they get all the dinosaurs？ 。。。more
Barry Haworth
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This book picks up from where the previous book （Outland） leaves off， telling the story of what happens next to the people who fled from an Earth devastated by a massive volcanic eruption to a parallel world where there were no humans。 I expected the story to contain more exploration of the new world they were in and the search for other parallel words， how they survived and established themselves， how they dealt with survivors from Earth， and it does contain all of that。 Nevertheless， I was dis This book picks up from where the previous book （Outland） leaves off， telling the story of what happens next to the people who fled from an Earth devastated by a massive volcanic eruption to a parallel world where there were no humans。 I expected the story to contain more exploration of the new world they were in and the search for other parallel words， how they survived and established themselves， how they dealt with survivors from Earth， and it does contain all of that。 Nevertheless， I was disappointed that by far the the bulk of the book was occupied with conflicts between the various survivors which had to be put down by naked force。 One or two I could have believed， but there were at least five such subplots in the book。 True， the precise details of the bad guys differed each time， but it got old quickly and crowded out other aspects of the original story that I found more interesting。 。。。more
Dustin Clayton
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I liked outland but earthside lacks the excitement or a real good plot and climax。 It's just a lot of problems that pop up that are dealt with quickly by voting。 I liked outland but earthside lacks the excitement or a real good plot and climax。 It's just a lot of problems that pop up that are dealt with quickly by voting。 。。。more
Suz
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I like Taylor's work。 I adored his Bobiverse books and I enjoyed the first one of these。 I think this could be a good series， but in the least this was a very good continuation of the first。 An interesting thought experiment on quantum physics， multi-dimensions， and social collapse。No vampires， werewolves， or magic （unless you count the as-yet-unrealized science as magic）。I wish there were more， I'd listen to them。 I like Taylor's work。 I adored his Bobiverse books and I enjoyed the first one of these。 I think this could be a good series， but in the least this was a very good continuation of the first。 An interesting thought experiment on quantum physics， multi-dimensions， and social collapse。No vampires， werewolves， or magic （unless you count the as-yet-unrealized science as magic）。I wish there were more， I'd listen to them。 。。。more
Jay Belt
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Oh no， another "I loved book 1 but book 2 is a dumpster fire" novel。 Book 1 was so much fun， but book 2 was a slogfest of bad writing and lack of good editing。 The first book didn't have the strongest female characters but at least they were better than completely taking a backseat to the point of being nothing but breeding stock and distress beacons to be saved。 And no， the one gun-nut girl， Monica， does not count。 She literally does nothing but talk shit and point a gun at everyone。 She has be Oh no， another "I loved book 1 but book 2 is a dumpster fire" novel。 Book 1 was so much fun， but book 2 was a slogfest of bad writing and lack of good editing。 The first book didn't have the strongest female characters but at least they were better than completely taking a backseat to the point of being nothing but breeding stock and distress beacons to be saved。 And no， the one gun-nut girl， Monica， does not count。 She literally does nothing but talk shit and point a gun at everyone。 She has been and continues to be the most transparent two dimensional character I've ever read。 Erin was the better character in book 1 and she's gone in this book。 Just completely absent。 Susie is nothing but a "hot chick" to be kidnapped for sex in both books！！！ But all the boys get the screen time in the most slog-ridden， political marsh-pit of a story ever written。 Not even well-written。 It was Boomers vs Millennials written about ad-nauseum。 A plot which everyone in the apocalypse has plenty of time to hang around and languish all day about politics。 No one seems to need to survive anymore。 No one cares if winter is coming and they should be more interested in prepping for a harsh winter without a true granary in the camp。 No one seems to know they are in a small camp of 200-300 people in a dangerous land full of ancient predator animals anymore。 All of that's just hand-waved off。 The important thing is how people vote。 The important thing is how young people and old people can't get along。 The important thing is sociopaths with terrible planning should get a 3 quarters of page time where "well-constructed plan" is easily found out about and over with in two chapters。And the cherry on top of this pile of dung is the interspersed chapters of "Life on Earthside" that have nothing to do with the characters in the novel。 In the first book， this was handled in the service of news stories our characters were hearing。 It affected their decisions in the first book。 In book two， it serves no purpose beyond apocalypse porn for a story where the rest of our characters seem to have forgot there is an apocalypse because their too busy standing on soap boxes and giving constitutional conventions。 。。。more
Andreas
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In the immediate sequel to Outland， our heroes continue to deal with the aftermath of the Yellowstone eruption， and the challenges of setting up a colony in the alternate timeline of Outland。 Given that the majority of the existing inhabitants of “Rivendell”， as the refuge has been named， are of university age， a sudden influx of older refugees creates significant tension。 The older generation feels that they should take over what they see as an amateur operation run by youths。 Additional subplo In the immediate sequel to Outland， our heroes continue to deal with the aftermath of the Yellowstone eruption， and the challenges of setting up a colony in the alternate timeline of Outland。 Given that the majority of the existing inhabitants of “Rivendell”， as the refuge has been named， are of university age， a sudden influx of older refugees creates significant tension。 The older generation feels that they should take over what they see as an amateur operation run by youths。 Additional subplots include a sociopathic killer， and reasearch to find other potential timelines that might offer escape hatches or resources。While the second installment is still entertaining， it doesn’t have nearly the same punch as the first book。 Mr。 Taylor skillfully weaves the plot， but some of the elements seem tacked on as filler。 It lacks a definite direction， and seems more like an extended coda for the first book。http://www。books。rosboch。net/2023/09/。。。 。。。more
Carlos Andrés
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Slow， boring and too political。 Interesting concept but too broad an cliché on the different “earths” they found and not enough hard sci fi。 Worst book by the taylor-porter duo yet in my opinion。
Chris Rodriguez
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I enjoyed the bob series， and will read the next in the series， but I'm starting to have reservations about Dennis。All of the male protagonists were just aspects of bob。 Same political views， same nerdisms， love coffee。。 nectar of the gods。。 startrek， even the same bull horn BLATT， "shut up people！" oh， and the 'those damn fundamentalist christians。。 their the worst' statements。 etc etc。 。。 Monika was a bully who would put her gun in your face at the least provocation， maybe fire off a few round I enjoyed the bob series， and will read the next in the series， but I'm starting to have reservations about Dennis。All of the male protagonists were just aspects of bob。 Same political views， same nerdisms， love coffee。。 nectar of the gods。。 startrek， even the same bull horn BLATT， "shut up people！" oh， and the 'those damn fundamentalist christians。。 their the worst' statements。 etc etc。 。。 Monika was a bully who would put her gun in your face at the least provocation， maybe fire off a few rounds at your feet。。。 Then there would be a diatribe about some other bad character who was a bully。I'm not sure why people like woman acting like out of control asshole men with an inferiority complex。 But。。 well she's the hero and can't do wrong。And all of the standard tropes， good ol boy fat rednecks etc etc， oh look nazi earth， oh， awesome peaceful earth。。 Americana Indians won， yay！， same for Australian with their insidious people getting rid of the millions of evil colonists。。 yikes。Referencing the nazi world。。 i was 99% sure it would be white surprismists。。 when he saw the nazi flag， i rolled my eyes。。 。。 just so basic and boring。I stopped reading when the old dumb people are going to try to take over the camp from the brilliant young people。。 again incredible basic and boring， i know how it will end so why bother。 。。。more
Amudov
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Nothing happens。 Really。 Just skip this one （I haven't read the third but this book doesn't bring nothing new to the plot） Nothing happens。 Really。 Just skip this one （I haven't read the third but this book doesn't bring nothing new to the plot） 。。。more
Gabe
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Characters are very one-note。 Conflicts， when they occur， are shallow， often happening without build up or with an outcome that is clear from the beginning
Kurt
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I wish this lived up to the first book。 Classic book 2 slump I guess。
Cory Pavicich
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A fun， post-apocalyptic sci-fi。 I'll read the next one。 A fun， post-apocalyptic sci-fi。 I'll read the next one。 。。。more
Elar
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Technological progression slows down in this one。 It is more about building up new society， fighting old stigmas and improving human genetics through Darwinian culling。 Still great adventure and pace ain't slowing down。 Technological progression slows down in this one。 It is more about building up new society， fighting old stigmas and improving human genetics through Darwinian culling。 Still great adventure and pace ain't slowing down。 。。。more
DJ
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6。6 out of 10I love Dennis Taylor。 I've enjoyed everyone of his books。 This book is no exception。 My one small complaint with this book， and the previous one， is that they seem to abruptly end。 I usually don't read series before the whole series is finished， but I made an exception for Dennis Taylor。 Fortunately the story line is easy enough to pick up after a year or so since the last one。 6。6 out of 10I love Dennis Taylor。 I've enjoyed everyone of his books。 This book is no exception。 My one small complaint with this book， and the previous one， is that they seem to abruptly end。 I usually don't read series before the whole series is finished， but I made an exception for Dennis Taylor。 Fortunately the story line is easy enough to pick up after a year or so since the last one。 。。。more
Jenny
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Really fun sequel that could easily stand alone。 The folks that survived the Yellowstone explosion have found a viable earth in a different timeline and are working hard to create a colony。 At first， the scientists get along， but as they pick up more survivors from the non-scientific community， tempers start to flare。 A very interesting look at ageism， political divides， and survivalism。 Quickly paced， this is a fun read。The reviews on Audible are very divided， with some saying it is too "left" Really fun sequel that could easily stand alone。 The folks that survived the Yellowstone explosion have found a viable earth in a different timeline and are working hard to create a colony。 At first， the scientists get along， but as they pick up more survivors from the non-scientific community， tempers start to flare。 A very interesting look at ageism， political divides， and survivalism。 Quickly paced， this is a fun read。The reviews on Audible are very divided， with some saying it is too "left" or "political"。 I disagree。 It is science-based and sticks with accurate science throughout， and I found that to be refreshing。 Narrated by the great Roy Porter。 Recommended。 。。。more
Ian
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I'd probably go as low as 2。5 here。 I'm going to go ahead and classify this series under YA for my purposes， even though the author seems a little schizophrenic about who his audience is。 The characters are ultimately not very good， that's the weakest point of the series so far。 I do like some of the portal concepts， he introduced a new idea that I kind of like， be he also nerf'd the portal machines with a limitation I don't。Getting on to spoilers， people are way too unimpressed by this interdim I'd probably go as low as 2。5 here。 I'm going to go ahead and classify this series under YA for my purposes， even though the author seems a little schizophrenic about who his audience is。 The characters are ultimately not very good， that's the weakest point of the series so far。 I do like some of the portal concepts， he introduced a new idea that I kind of like， be he also nerf'd the portal machines with a limitation I don't。Getting on to spoilers， people are way too unimpressed by this interdimensional portal technology。 You pull people who have been suffering， struggling， and slowly dying through a portal into a garden of eden， they are NOT going to start scoffing， pissing on your shoes， and demanding you give up authority before they've even had a night's sleep。 This book only doubled down on the "college kids in charge" aspect， which is why I'm calling this YA from now on。 It's a love letter to the generation who think the people who defeated Hitler were a bunch of racists and need to be told not to eat laundry detergent。 There's also the very thin representation of womanizers， who only know the word "Bitch"， and right wingers， who only know the word "Libtard"。 And still， every conflict is handled capably by a bunch of college kids who seem kind of annoyed by the inconvenience， but there's no real drama to anything。 。。。more
Camio。Dontchaknow
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Similar to the first one， obviously， but this one was ruined for me by the 'psychos among us' subplots。 Just seemed a bit ridiculous。 。。。 not like interdimentional frolickings by a bunch of college kids。 Similar to the first one， obviously， but this one was ruined for me by the 'psychos among us' subplots。 Just seemed a bit ridiculous。 。。。 not like interdimentional frolickings by a bunch of college kids。 。。。more
Missy~
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