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Insanely good, and not a genre I ever read!

Revisado: 07-04-23

I’ve actually never read sci-fi, but four separate people commended this audio block. When I said, I had for expiring credits, and I’m so happy that I listen to their recommendations. The story is well done, and the main characters are richly nuanced. The story has so many remarkable elements I would not have expected in a story like this. Really well done. Also, the voice acting was superb. I would expect that the audiobook is even more enjoyable than the novel because of certain elements that I won’t spoil.

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Among the best Audible Listens

Revisado: 06-12-23

Gripping account of a remarkable upbringing delivered beautifully and sometimes hauntingly by the author through the beauty, horror, richness, poverty, ingenuity, and more of a life unknown to most readers. One of the best audiobooks I can remember, and it because of the authenticity and willingness of the author to help hearers enter his world. I am grateful for the privilege of being able to share so briefly in his life.

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Unsupported Generalizations

Revisado: 12-21-17

The author makes sweeping generalizations about human behavior that he does not support with any evidence. At some points he asserts without authority that certain hormones are responsible for various business and political practices, but does not point to any scientific research to back up those points, calling into question whether is this is real or merely popular pseudo-science (or just his own thoughts). His understanding of congressional dynamics is sophomoric and typical of someone trying to make sense of the system without taking a real investigation. For example, he seems to indicate that partisanship is mostly a function of the baby boomers taking hold and discounts how structural gerrymandering and constituent moves toward the partisan fringes in primary electorate behavior (and political responsiveness) play a part. This is probably the first book that I regret that I spent a credit on.

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85% War Stories, 5% Lessons, 10% Gloat

Revisado: 12-21-17

Without a doubt, the authors are tougher and smarter than I ever will be. That said, this book failed to live up to the hype and the other reviews. The authors compellingly tell their stories and battlefield leadership principles, but when they translated to the business world, it falls flat. Some of the lessons/principles are excellent but are expounded minimally, and their application anecdotes seem more like gloating rather than useful points that a business-facing book needs to have. At any rate there was not much consideration as to the applicability in various scenarios – it is extremely high level and not up to the caliber of contemporary business literature.I would not foreclose reading a subsequent book from them if it got into detail, but all the same, I wish I had not purchased this book.

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Lazy for a Dan Brown Novel

Revisado: 12-05-17

I admit, I like the Dan Brown trope, but this was quite lazy even if it did check most of the boxes. Early in the book, much becomes pretty clear what is going to transpire and who the surprise actors are. I regret this purchase.

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Fascinating Stories

Revisado: 01-11-17

Fascinating vignettes about global corporate intel gathering. Often well told. But it's essentially a bunch of long-form articles, generally the same story arcs in each chapter, with no overarching story. The conclusion is rushed and almost out of place. But I'd recommend it as a good read because the topic is so novel and the authors research is well done. One note on the narrator: he's great but conspicuously mispronounces common and easily researchable words/names central to the text: Vladimir Putin, Louis Brandeis, and others.

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Outstanding but wish I could see the visuals

Revisado: 01-03-17

A truly outstanding book about behavioral economics/psychology. I'm looking forward to learning more. I thought the book did a really good job of serving in a popularly interesting way. I only feel a little bit hindered in listening to the audiobook as opposed to reading the book because they make frequent reference to diagrams in their book.

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So bad I can't believe it's Grisham

Revisado: 12-10-16

I was looking for a basic legal thriller for the beach, but got rubbish. I bought this novel because I needed an easy vacation read, and Grisham usually is a reliably easy legal thriller. I couldn't have imagined how bad it this book would have been. It probably wasn't written by Grisham, given how atrocious the plot and writing are, I'm guessing. The characters are not well developed, and they read like early 1980s caricatures and not real human beings. There is very little complexity of a motion in the two-dimensional characters. The plot is unfortunately predictable with plenty of foils.

The narrator was OK, but her character voices seemed undeveloped, stereotypes.

My audible library is probably like 50 or so books, and this would rank among the bottom three.

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Strong beginning from a storied author

Revisado: 02-22-16

Excellent story – only wish it were longer and more fully written like his other works, But I think it was his first and an excellent start.

Perhaps a sign of the times in which it was written, the chapters are punctuatedthis weird music that creeps over the narrator.

Otherwise very enjoyable read.

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One of the best written presidential bios

Revisado: 02-19-16

This perhaps is one of the best presidential biographies I have read, and it may be because of how little I truly knew about Bush 41 and his complexities. Certainly, he was not his caricature. Meacham puts this fascinating man's life in the greater context of his times, ethos, and dynasty. Well done and well worth the many hours/pages.

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