{"id":57,"date":"2026-03-26T23:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mphansen.com\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-04-05T05:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:20:40","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mphansen.com\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n      <!-- Show static HTML\/CSS as a placeholder in case js is not enabled - javascript include will override this if things work -->\n      <style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\">\n  .gr_custom_container_1775366267 {\n    \/* customize your Goodreads widget container here*\/\n    border: 1px solid gray;\n    border-radius:10px;\n    padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px;\n    background-color: transparent;\n    color: #000000;\n    \n  }\n  .gr_custom_header_1775366267 {\n    \/* customize your Goodreads header here*\/\n    border-bottom: 1px solid gray;\n    width: 100%;\n    margin-bottom: 5px;\n    text-align: center;\n    font-size: 150%\n  }\n  .gr_custom_each_container_1775366267 {\n    \/* customize each individual book container here *\/\n    width: 100%;\n    clear: both;\n    margin-bottom: 10px;\n    overflow: auto;\n    padding-bottom: 4px;\n    border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_book_container_1775366267 {\n    \/* customize your book covers here *\/\n    overflow: hidden;\n    height: 160px;\n      float: left;\n      margin-right: 4px;\n      width: 98px;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_author_1775366267 {\n    \/* customize your author names here *\/\n    font-size: 10px;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_tags_1775366267 {\n    \/* customize your tags here *\/\n    font-size: 10px;\n    color: gray;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_rating_1775366267 {\n    \/* customize your rating stars here *\/\n    float: right;\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n      <div id=\"gr_custom_widget_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_container_1775366267\">\n    <h2 class=\"gr_custom_header_1775366267\">\n    <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/145072619-mathias-hansen?shelf=read&amp;utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Mathias&#39;s bookshelf<\/a>\n    <\/h2>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"Prey\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8470870351?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prey\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1607268251l\/83763._SY160_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8470870351?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Prey<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5194.Michael_Crichton\">Michael Crichton<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1775366267\">\n            An incredible and thought-provoking read. Prey seems to be simultaneously decades ahead of its time and completely off the mark about what the future would hold. Even then, it elegantly demystifies otherwise fairly complex ideas relating&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_tags_1775366267\">\n            tagged:\n            must-reads\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8470872642?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"For We Are Many\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1501817361l\/33395557._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"really liked it\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"really liked it\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8470872642?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">For We Are Many<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/12130438.Dennis_E_Taylor\">Dennis E. Taylor<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8470870946?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"All Systems Red\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1631585309l\/32758901._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"liked it\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"liked it\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8470870946?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">All Systems Red<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/87305.Martha_Wells\">Martha Wells<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8470872170?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"We Are Legion (We Are Bob)\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1474344826l\/32109569._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8470872170?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">We Are Legion (We Are Bob)<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/12130438.Dennis_E_Taylor\">Dennis E. Taylor<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1775366267\">\n            A delightfully written, humorous, but thoughtful look into what an AI-ruled future could look like. We Are Bob hits all the right spots for me, with technology, space travel, interstellar war, and the typical, but interesting, moral dile&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_tags_1775366267\">\n            tagged:\n            must-reads\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"Project Hail Mary\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425538592?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Project Hail Mary\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1764703833l\/54493401._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"really liked it\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"really liked it\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425538592?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Project Hail Mary<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6540057.Andy_Weir\">Andy Weir<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1775366267\">\n            Andy Weir is, in my mind, not a particularly great writer, but he manages to write around his shortcomings quite well, and manages to work science and engineering into every piece of his books.\n\nThe characters in Project Hail Mary are qu&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"The Martian\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425531472?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Martian\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1413706054l\/18007564._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425531472?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Martian<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6540057.Andy_Weir\">Andy Weir<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"I Am Legend\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8491932967?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"I Am Legend\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1532484265l\/40940649._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"really liked it\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"really liked it\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8491932967?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">I Am Legend<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/8726.Richard_Matheson\">Richard Matheson<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"Heart of Darkness\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425554834?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Heart of Darkness\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1392799983l\/4900._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425554834?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Heart of Darkness<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3345.Joseph_Conrad\">Joseph Conrad<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425636762?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1553055240l\/55403._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"liked it\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"liked it\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425636762?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3098.Mark_Bowden\">Mark Bowden<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425633978?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"World Without End\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1509545511l\/5064._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_inactive.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1775366267\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425633978?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">World Without End<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1775366267\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3447.Ken_Follett\">Ken Follett<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1775366267\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1775366267\">\n            <a title=\"The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4425633484?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Pillars of the Earth\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1576956100l\/5043._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1775366267\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" 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