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A lot of fun

Revisado: 11-07-24

Much better than expected. Much more than a vanity project. A lot of insight as well

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Great story. Very relevant

Revisado: 09-07-24

I’ve been that guy, walking unprepared into a desert canyon. This is just an epic tale that’s well balanced and a joy to listen to.

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Delightful

Revisado: 11-08-23

If you like British humor, you will love this. Her perspective is unique. I wish she had more.

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Peaks and Valleys

Revisado: 11-07-19

I don't want to be overly negative about this book. Right up front, I need to be clear that I'm almost finished with book four of the series and intend to get five as soon as I finish.

However...

I read a lot of science fiction, perhaps too much. This really isn't science fiction because science plays almost no role. This is Roland Emmerich or Michael Bay science fiction. This is not Neal Stephenson, William Gibson or Dennis E. Taylor. Science fiction should be plausible enough that you can enjoy the story without constantly telling yourself that whatever just happened simply couldn't.

Pretty much every aspect is outside the scope of possibility. The airships float with bladders of helium, The dimensions of the airship are fairly deliberately left vague. However, for the activities that take place on the airship and the amount of stuff they have and places they can go, you would need helium bladders exceeding the size of Manhattan.

The presumption that the food and fuel they find on the surface would be usable after 250 years really is pretty silly. Society used to build things with endurance in mind. All of that has wasted away after 50 or so years. 20 years of unmaintained road will be unusable. Gasoline is pretty much shot after a few months. Rubber tires aren't going to last either. The list goes on and on.

However, the characters are entertaining, if not plausible and the story chugs along in a way that keeps me engaged. It's got some enduringly grim sequences that do go on a bit long but it's worth doing if you can get over the grotesque dumbness of the plausibility.

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Ham handed and indelicate

Revisado: 05-29-19

It's as if you were expecting Masterpiece Theater and got community theater instead.

The plot is not bad but the dialog is. If you listen to a lot of high quality work, you will quickly discover that this is not.

The characters do not seem like people, they seem like actors posing for cast photos. The full cast production allows for several actors to yammer at once, all spewing clunky, predictable dialog on top of each other.

There are several sequences where it's almost unlistenable. When "bad cop" starts yelling "SHUT UP" over and over, I almost quit. When the delicate flower heroine finds herself in a whore house and is being rushed into duty, she seems ok being interrupted over and over and over. Again, I almost quit. When the various women are describing the truly horrible things that happened to them in graphic and terribly realistic terms, again, I almost quit.

Thank god it's only six hours.

The foley work is clumsy and undirected.

As someone who used to listed to radio plays drifting over AM in the middle of the night, I think that whoever directed this should go back and listen to the economy and effectiveness of that golden era.

The actors weren't bad, often pretty good but the dialog was not, nor was the direction. There is really no point in adding lots of ambient sounds to enhance realism when the text of the story is so far from plausible.

The majority of Audible Originals are fantastic, well written and well performed. This was disappointing.

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Great overview

Revisado: 05-13-15

There is so much to cover, she does a remarkable job hitting the relevant bits. Very enjoyable and informative work.

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Just a great listen.

Revisado: 03-06-15

I'll be curious to get some other perspectives on the topic but this was a hoot. I enjoyed it tremendously.

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Exceptional Plantagenet Book

Revisado: 06-18-13

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Just a good read. Great information. Well developed and presented.

What did you like best about this story?

He broke down different periods of Plantagenet rule that have been covered extensively before, with a perspective and clarity that is refreshing.The period with Stephen and Matilda was particularly good.

Any additional comments?

There were a few things that got glossed over, like Edward II but overall it was exceptional.

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Not really for me.

Revisado: 06-18-13

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The information was pretty good but the presentation was completely maddening. Some people really like her style but I'm not one of them.

What other book might you compare The Modern Scholar to and why?

This is the first book of the series that I have not thoroughly enjoyed.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Her approach was over animated and terribly unnecessary.

Do you think The Modern Scholar needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

There are other books in the series on the topic that I will likely get.

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Exceptional Book

Revisado: 01-07-13

Where does The System of the World rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Best fiction book I've listened to. One of my very favorite books in general.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The System of the World?

There are many. Jack and Gex getting reacquainted was good.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

He did a fantastic job with complex material. Often different voices can be distracting be he did an amazing job with some complex material.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

This is the last part of an eight book epic. All of the books are broken into two or three parts. There is nothing about this that could be done in a single sitting.

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