Jason Faler

Worst Narrator Ever

Revisado: 02-26-24

I love stories of adventure and expedition. This one was unfortunately not one of the better ones. Inclusive of details that were uninteresting and should have been omitted. The main character is a clearly subservient, maybe even helpless woman who seems just willfully along for the ride and without any independent personality whatsoever.

Worst of all, though. Is the absolutely excruciatingly painful experience of listening to this narrator. It’s so bad it has got to be intentional. Who would possibly allow their book to be ruined by the nasal, exaggerated, dramatic, dragged-out, accent and performance riddled with mispronunciations? I had to stop the book several times out of mere annoyance with having to listen to her. This might have been somewhat endurable as a book without her. Barely. But with this narrative? Unbearable.

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Bad audio, bad narration, bad story. Save your money.

Revisado: 01-15-19

Audio: The audio was extremely hollow in sound and had to be turned up loud to hear. Very poor recording job.

Narration: I’m guessing they chose the narrator because his raspy voice added to the “tough guy” persona that the author is clearly in love with, but it was serious hard to listen to without feeling like I, too, would get a sore throat. Coupled with the really poor recording quality, it made for a miserable listening experience.

Story: I lost count of the number of times I rolled my eyes. Here’s a quick synopsis of the story from the author’s perspective: “I’m the toughest and smartest guy who ever lived. I singlehandedly foiled every one of the most dangerous criminals in US history despite the incompetence of FBI management. I’ll say a few things that try to make you think I’m being humble but it’s hard to conceal this much awesomeness.”

Oftentimes I wondered whether anyone edited this book. There are frequent errors in the usage of the English language (words that don’t mean what the author thinks they mean), and the stories are very choppy and abrupt. At best.

Save your money.

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Thorough and excellent account

Revisado: 04-25-17

The author does a masterful job of weaving the several strands of this complex story and all its characters together in a manner that enables the reader to effortlessly visualize the unfolding storyline. Furthermore, Mr. Denson does an exceptional job at defining and making accessible to the average reader the relevant aspects of the shadowy and largely unknown world of espionage and counterespionage in a manner that is informative, yet not overwhelming. A truly excellent job of storytelling. The narration, too, was quite good - enhancing the already fascinating and well-constructed underlying written work. Highly recommended.

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Better than Ambien

Revisado: 01-10-16

Unbelievably boring. Incredibly slow to develop (does it ever really develop?) and the narration is equally painful. I've had to rewind about a dozen times because there is no plot line to even try and grasp, and my mind incessantly wanders. This stream-of-consciousness, monotone, non-story became, essentially, nothing more than background noise that killed me to sleep.

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