some good, some not so good
349118
It's pretty good.  Quality seems fine a few months in.  The bluetooth function works flawlessly and it is always a clear connection if using a free station.  The reason I went with three stars is that I was hoping it'd be more functional for hands free phone use.  I hear whoever I'm talking to very clearly, but I have to lean way forward and yell for anyone to kinda hear me.  After a month or two of trying with it, I've given up on using it to make phone calls.  Also, the musical quality is quite clear, but lacks some depth of sound at the low end.  Perfect for podcasts and talk radio, good for music, poor for hands free.
2171429
SOME WAS GREAT AND THE OTHER'S JUST WASN'T UP TO POINT. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY
2353172
For the most part, it was good. The stories were intriguing and a couple resonated with me (still do). Some of the others were a tad too avant-garde for my taste.
1574661
Some of these items did not work. However, the ones that do work are fine.
2587403
There are very very good things in here, for sure, but they're not quite polished. Keegan's writing also seems a lot better when read on a computer screen, not sure if it's the style or what. Anyways, worth reading but not amazing.
1390200
Some of these are pretty good, but so many are equally cheesy.  Working in the IT world, some of them were scary in how well I could relate!
2587206
These work well, but some of them were stained and they don't all fit as nicely into each other as some other items. They are nice enough, but the consistency is lacking.
1213955
The book worked for me. It is a compendium of short essays. Some ideas were good, some were not so good. It does assume however, that you are in good health and mobile.
137343
As is the often the case with anthologies like this, Mysterion is a collection of mostly delightful stories that, unfortunately, have allowed just a few less delightful stories to hang out among them. But let us begin with the good, because, by and large, that is what we have going on here.

Whatever your perspective, nobody likes preachy stories, except, perhaps, the authors who write them. Fortunately, the stories in Mysterion almost never feel preachy. The themes in fiction usually shine best when they are presented subtly, and the editors of the text have mostly done a good job of choosing stories with clear but discrete messages. The stories in this collection are just that, and never feel like sermons. I believe that most of the stories in this collection can be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates speculative fiction, regardless of their faith background.

Most of the stories here are creative and written well. I particularly enjoyed some of the shorter pieces like St. Roombas Gospel and Yuri Gagarin Sees God, but some of the longer pieces like The Monastic, Too Poor To Sin, and A Good Hoard are also more than worth the read. These stories and others cover topics ranging from the nature of angels, to the value of the soul, and, quite often, to redemption.

Im always cautious to label a story bad for fear that I am really just a bad audience member for the story, but there were definitely a few tales that stood out as lower quality and less genuine than the rest. For this reader, A Lack of Charity was a gratuitous and predictable tale of revenge that had pretty much made its point a few pages in, but kept going anyway. I really wanted to enjoy Yuki and the Seven Oni by S. Q. Eries, but I found doing so difficult. The concept of an outsider bringing their faith to a foreign land is explored much more thoroughly elsewhere in the collection. I do like what the story has to say about the power of hope and prayer, but came across as heavy-handed. I wish the author would have focused more on developing the characters of Yuki and her stepmother more thoroughly. Stories like these two were disappointing to me, even cringe worthy at a few moments, because the author seemed to focus more on the message than the story.

That being said, if you are willing to look past (or even skip over) a handful of such moments, you will find that Mysterion is a unique and wholesome mix of thoughtful stories that touches fairly on a variety of faith-related issues in our society.
2266537
These work fine, but some of them don't seem to work like others. Their quality control seems to be lacking quite a bit.
4316659
Entertaining... of course, as in many collections, some were a lot better than others, while some left me asking, why did this one do it when they really had no reason to?  Yet overall, worth a once over.
4476091
Some good flavor but I liked some more than others. I like caramel flavors better. Pj was pretty good and gingerbread too.
3123952
A few wonderful stories make the collection worthwhile. Sometimes the whimsy of the story really worked - as in the first, which was really about storytelling. Other times the absurd just seemed absurd without any real point.
3396534
On the whole the selections were good.  Some were much better than others, but I like them all.  I have told others to try this selection.
1107339
The first one was the best, the second one was not quite as good, and the last one was a let down.
1210535
Not upto their usual quality standards, but still far better than most.
3968597
Some of the walnuts we liked and some of them seemed like they were from an older batch.  It was a mixed bag but overall good.