Mark

Just a great book that everyone should read. If you have teenagers moping about with little direction or worse you are a parent driving your children to achieve something - you should read this.

I'm glad Ken Robinson also narrated this. In fact its hard to see how anyone could have got across his dry wit. There are some very funny segments in this book. As well as some very moving ones.

The Element is actually a simple premise. It is explained clearly with some really good stories.

My missing star is explained by the fact that too many of the examples came from the arts. To be completely compelling I think a more diverse set of people and their "element's" are needed.

This is one of those books where I kept going; yes, that's me. I really liked the whole clear, methodical way the argument was made for the power of the introvert. The contrasts through history with how everyone has been told to be behave in order to be successful were really powerful.The links to several different strands of research were pretty compelling. It appears to be a well researched book and I didn't get the sense that research had been cherry picked simply to fit a theory created by the author. I felt she had gone out to seek answers. It'll be nice to see if even more research is done in this area in the coming yearsI initially thought the narrator was the author because her tone just matched the material perfectly. Hats-off to Kathe for that.My only real criticism was that the book seemed to go on a bit too long. It was close to beating a dead horse by the end.

The first half or so of this book was fantastic. Great premise and great science fiction. It was very unique, quirky and funny.

The narrator is very good throughout.

But I felt the story kind of ran out. I get that this is the first of a series but the last portion of the book felt rushed and the ending was a little disappointing.

This is one of those books I just bought based on the reviews. I'd never heard of the author before.

And it blew me away from the very beginning. Such a unique story that was full of great characters and action. The plot seemed to unfurl like a flower. Complexity, twists and turns kept happening that were truly surprising.

The narrator did a great job with all the characters and I think was a big part of why I liked the book so much.

If you like any sort of action or fantasy you will enjoy this.

This is one of those books I just bought based on the reviews. I'd never heard of the author before.

And it blew me away from the very beginning. Such a unique story that was full of great characters and action. The plot seemed to unfurl like a flower. Complexity, twists and turns kept happening that were truly surprising.

The narrator did a great job with all the characters and I think was a big part of why I liked the book so much.

If you like any sort of action or fantasy you will enjoy this.

The depth of history here is extraordinary. You feel like you are there. I did struggle a little with the sheer volume of characters (many of whom had titles and names that changed!) but learnt to just let the story flow over me and concentrate on Cromwell.Some have commented on the present tense as being a strange choice but I liked it - in fact I didn't really notice it thinking about it there is an immediacy about it. A sense that this is some fusty old history.A wonderful listen. I'm looking forward to the next two in the series - even though one is written yet!