Amy Evans

Narrator and broad strokes of New York

Revisado: 05-21-24

Crazy good book about New York. Always a pleasure to come back to when I study this era.

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Loved the narrator

Revisado: 01-24-24

I’ve been listening to this for 5 months and I’ve started to read other things in his voice. It’s authoritative and inflects when I like it. Very epic and now i walk around nyc and see all the names and places I would’ve never understood, but now i know. On to the next one!

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Politics never change

Revisado: 11-10-23

Hamilton and his pen are what killed him in the end. He was tarnished and smeared and for so many could hear.

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Tarantino Writes His Own Fanfiction

Revisado: 12-13-22

I really liked this book. I was wanting to find something that was about Hollywood in this era and got lucky when this came out. Took me a while to finish but I got around too it. Though he has one movie left I hope Tarantino never stops creating. I’d buy anything he does.

His passion shows through the words. His love for stars, directors, writer and the era. It’s contagious and now I am off to watch more old TV westerns and fall asleep on the couch.

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Brad Warner cured my tummy ache!

Revisado: 07-11-22

The first book I believed to be a bit too autobiographical for what I was looking for. This book has a great blend of past experiences and present day insights to the ultimate reality of being. I’m glad I read the first book because then I wouldn’t be able to understand the references as much. Brad is super authentic human being and doesn’t hide behind the page. He is 100% himself all the time. Great sense of zen and all its quirky light-heartedness.

Great choice for intermediate practitioners of Buddhism who wants to learn a little more and be entertained at the same time. Love all the punk music and references. I’m only 24 so it’s all very old school too me but none the less entertaining.

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Our media world is unlike anything we’ve ever known

Revisado: 12-04-21

The Book was exactly what I was looking for. I listen to history books. Mostly about war, the United States or Europe. They mostly talk about politics. This was a great escape from the monotony of time. The Book offered insights to great films from the passed. I’d occasionally would pause and watch one of the films the author would be talking about. Taking in all the names that were placed that the beginning of each movie. Was great multimedia entertainment.

I often get asked by friends about audiobooks and if they are the same as reading a book. This is a great example of the difference between reading it and listening to it. When listening, the narrator makes subtle decisions in the way the book is read that gives added tone to the book and ultimately alters the perception of a given topic. The narrator in this one really played at this idea and made a lot of decisions in her tone of voice that I probably wouldn’t have made myself. It added to my experience of the material by putting in sarcasm, snarkiness etc. very fitting for Hollywood where these people were very famous but kinda in the background. Was enjoyable to hear her perform and felt like my mother reading to me.

Overall the book is a great read for any movie history buff and wish there were a sequel to all the other studios from the classic Hollywood era. This book really has got me watching so many black and white movies all the time, my friends think I’m weird (I’m 23). It’s fun watching with my grandmother because she has her own personal opinions of the stars like Ty power and victor mature. Can you guess who she likes more? I value this info with high regard and can’t wait to find a new one that will possibly top this. Well done!

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Exceptional

Revisado: 03-01-20

Amazing history and thoughtful insight to an era that I was too young to comprehend. The world is not clearer after reading this book.

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I love the story

Revisado: 02-23-20

The narrator is good at sounding objective. This is not for people wanting an exciting popular story of American history from a different perspective. This is full of facts and is clearly well researched. Somethings are brushed aside to fit the larger narrative but it doesn’t hurt the story. I’m writing this review right after Bernie won the Nevada caucus. I will have a very different perspective of the book next week as well as a few months from now and of course after the election and years to come. It’s a tale of how things are unfolding yet don’t think you’ll find a lot of answers. I did find comfort in some of the assumptions he makes. The future is always full of surprises and one can’t predict what will happen. Though we are people of our ancestors and it’s hard not to shake the chains of the past. If we keep pushing forward, the past will stay in it’s place.

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