Phillip Coffey

Very slow at first before returning to form

Revisado: 12-17-24

After the last two novels I had almost given up hope for a series that has been one of my favorites and the early going was a bit of a slog and the storyline was predictable. The story caught some wind in the last part of the novel however and returned to something of its earlier form. I'll be interested to see where the story goes from here.

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Fun

Revisado: 05-23-24

The story continues with the same lighthearted revelry and blasé attitude towards their dangerous pursuits. The dialogue is as fun as always and there’s plenty of twists and turns in the plot but the interactions between the two main characters and the supporting cast are somewhat more muted than in previous installments so I left the overall rating at 4 stars. I’ll be impatiently waiting for the next installment to the series.

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Interesting material and an excellent reading performance

Revisado: 09-17-21

I found the book’s premise intriguing, identify the first people to do, discover, or invent something. The author goes in depth to give us the best possible answer and while diving into material that can be at times somewhat dull does an excellent job of keeping the reader engaged and interested. The audible performance of the book was excellent and I really enjoyed the performers deep steady voice and pace.

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Hugely entertaining, mildly unbelievable

Revisado: 06-03-21

unique, funny, interesting but with the feel of a story from a master bullshitter.

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excellent content acceptable performance

Revisado: 05-26-21

The content of the book is wonderful, briefly covering many interesting topics with some in depth material but never becoming so engrossed in a single topic as to bore the reader (listener). The narrator is a bit plodding and by speeding up the playback to 110% or even 115% the performance breaks out of the doldrums and into the realm of the earnestly excited professor lecturing on their absolute favorite subject. I would highly recommend this audiobook to anyone inclined towards history.

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Starts a bit slow but ends with a bang

Revisado: 09-11-20

The story feels a bit different from the other books in the series. Yes it still has the usual murder with one of Georgie's close friends being under suspicion, but the reveal and backstory of it are really quite chilling. The house fire sequence at the end is rather unbelievable since no police officer would let the confessed murder leave everybody's sight to grab an overnight bag, but overall I found the book a thoroughly enjoyable read.

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New reader really pulls me out of the story

Revisado: 05-13-20

Not having Katherine Kelgren read the story really hurts the performance and whenever the new reader has to read Darcy it totally pulls me out of the story.

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Shouldn't be this enjoyable, but it is.

Revisado: 04-16-20

I originally rated this as a 4 star book but the longer the story marinated in my brain the more I chuckled at it until I had to listen to it again, and not unlike every Will Ferrell movie I've ever watched, enjoyed it more the second time thru.

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depressing story hilariously written

Revisado: 03-21-18

I actually read this book through before buying the audio version and found the audio version to somehow be more depressing than my own internal reading was, but still found it highly enjoyable.

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