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Excellent Characters

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-20-25

I really liked all the characters, including the dog! The trial itself was a little weak from the standpoint of evidence and witnesses considering it was a wrongful death suit. I could think of a number of ways to get a better case presented and I am not an attorney. However, the excellent characters (and fine narration) made this book a very enjoyable listen. It's hard to keep up with Michael Connelly or Michael Stagg but Robert Bailey has a good one here and I will definitely be listening to more in this series!

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Passably Entertaining

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-20-25

This was an OK book and I'm glad I listened to it but...

The attorney Mitch Turner is often annoying. Like when he initially says his ex-girlfriend, the lead detective investigator on his case, knows she regrets her decision to dump him back in law school as he is at the same time being a total jerk to her. He is super careful not to pick up one piece of evidence he finds on the floor but finds another more important piece of evidence and grabs it with his bare hand. And why did none of the detectives check the suspect for gun residue? That is the first thing they would have done but they conveniently skipped over it.

That being said, this is a good listen, try it out for something fun. I may check out book 2.

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Excruciating - Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-20-25

The book is marketed as "A Sam Johnstone Legal Thriller". He is barely in the first third of the book and when he is he is getting fired from his firm in Washington, DC and spending all his money drinking, while occasionally fishing and drinking.

Most of the 1st third of the narrative is just short scenes of cases judges are reviewing that seem like the author is just trying to write quirky cases involving a variety of characters who are in court due to intoxication and drugs but who play no part in the rest of the books plot. This is Wyoming, why not mix in some hunting cases? And this goes on and on and I was left wondering, where is Sam Johnstone?. Then after the crime is finally committed the author spends page after page at multiple times playing the will he or won’t he take the case. Since it’s a “Sam Johnstone Legal Thriller” there is no suspense. Of course he’s going to take the case. The debate could have been one strong scene with one character. Repeating the debate multiple times with different characters was annoying, not intriguing. Then he keeps going back and forth back and forth with the client as to is he guilty or not. He supposedly believes his client is innocent and he takes the case but promptly recommends his client take a plea deal despite the clients proclaiming innocence and desire to go to trial. If you believe him, believe him and move on, stop trying to convince him to plead out. It’s annoying, not suspenseful.

Then they go to trial and Johnstone is the worst lawyer ever. He is constantly the drinking the night before, coming in hung over once after a bad day of court the previous day, and he hardly cross examines anyone effectively and brings in almost no witnesses.

To me a better protagonist of the story would have been the sheriff investigator Polson who keeps investigating the case for new leads even after the arrest of suspect Tommy Olson who is charged by the overzealous prosecutor. That would have been a much better direction. The investigator watching the fiasco of the biased judge, over-zealous prosecutor, alcoholic defense attorney and innocent client. Polson could have been nose to the grindstone following leads and solving it just before a verdict.

I had to listen to this at 1.10 speed to make it to the end.

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Great Sequel to Tipping Point

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-16-24

Thought provoking examples and research. Best two sections were on COVID and the Oxy crisis. Really explained a lot about the world we are living in as a society and the way we make decisions.

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Perfect Combo of Writing - Plot - Narration

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-04-24

Really glad to see past series characters return in a meaningful way for the plot. Great resolution of the case. Really good ending and consistent with the personality of each character. The narration is so good I have to remind myself that Nate is a character. I was really looking forward to this book coming out and it exceeded my expectations.

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Poor Walk Companions

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-07-24

I was hoping for a walk with someone who could share interesting observations about Silver Lake. However, This is not a pleasant conversation between friends unless you like an ongoing stream of f-bombs intermixed with nonsense. This was not for me…

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Figured it out too late

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-28-24

Another story where Joe Pickett solves the crime - but only after it’s too late to make a difference to the victims. Plus this is a continuation of Joe Picketts move to condone vigilantism. It’s kind of a sad transition but since most do get what they deserve it’s still a satisfying book!!

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Amazing Public Servant

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-03-24

I really gained an appreciation for the unseen positive impact Dr Fauci had on my life. Becoming aware of him in 2020 I missed an incredible career and the role he played for decades in making our country and the world safer from infectious disease. He deserves far better than the treatment he has received in these recent years. Thank you Dr. Fauci. That the book is well written and narrated this is a home run!!

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Letdown After Being Taken in by the Concept

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-27-24

Let me start with the narrator, I love Scott Brick narration of the Lee Child Reacher novels, but he was not the right choice for a book taking place in Hawaii. He did fine with the pronunciation as far as I could tell but his melodramatic delivery just didn't meld with the Hawaiian culture.

The stakes of the story just didn't ring true either. Save the World is just too big a job. It should have been save the Hawaiian islands to make it more realistic.

But then again, nothing was realistic. What makes Crichton so great to read is the science he weaved in to make his stories believable. I swore off James Patterson after two tries of his past novels as his plots and characters are ludicrous. However, in an interview I read with Patterson he claimed he wanted to honor that science approach and he claimed he had done research to weave it into the story consistent with how Crichton would.

Nope. Ludicrous. I really enjoyed the first third of the book, the main characters and the plot. But then I became progressively more annoyed as it went on. Interesting characters were left undeveloped and randomly inserted back in.
When the lava finally flows it is described over and over as flowing 50 miles per hour but the timeline that is presented would have it flowing 400 miles not the actual 50 or so miles to the shore. Patterson needed to slow down the lava or compress the timeframe. And the delicate "secret held for decades by the US Military" is described as fragile yet earthquake after gathering intensity earthquake have such limited effect it takes away from the story.

And then the ending and wrap-up was a huge letdown. To share why would be too big a spoiler. I liked the idea of this book so much more than the final result.

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Great Writing - Great Plot - Great Narration

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-23-24

Michael Stagg (and narrator George Newbern) are exceptional at creating a bond between the character and the listener. Stagg’s characters, including opposing counsel and witnesses are never villainized as all bad, or all good. It is refreshingly positive. The twists are realistic and the courtroom dialogue makes good points on behalf of both the defense and the prosecutors and witnesses he is facing. Character Nate Shepherd is a good guy, with good friends, good family, and he is an honest and ethical brilliant lawyer. Each book references back to previous cases and characters enough that there is some continuity. It’s kind of like each book is a section of a larger book so by the end of this book 4 I have listened to a 45 hour book and walked 200 miles with the time flying by. I am glad to see I have many more hours and miles to enjoy more Nate Shepherd cases.

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