Kent

Bombastic in Story and Style

Revisado: 01-02-17

Michael Chabons prose is always overblown in a 120% style as if he crams everything he ever learned into every paragraph with an almost *wink* see what I did there on every page. This time he pairs it with an equally over the top narrative and somehow the result is magical. This story reaches all the highs and the lows and will have you laughing and crying within minutes of each other. A masterwork.

This story is distinctly Jewish. Audible, it is inexcusable that a narrator be unable to correctly pronounce so many of the Hebrew/Yiddish words in this story. Such a shame.

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Enraging

Revisado: 04-24-15

I don't know how to read this book. It's comic. it's farcical. It's racist. It's absurd. It horrified me the whole way through in that repulsive, I can't look away, sort of way. Nothing resolves this book of its racism, of its colonial distain, while at the same time it forces you to confront this racism and oppose it. Great. Terrible. Disgusting

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Wish I had read this as a kid

Revisado: 04-22-15

I missed out!

Fantastic narration that elevates the story and immerses the reader.

Thoroughly enjoyable read. I'll have to read it again sometime soon

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Too clever for its own good

Revisado: 04-11-15

This poem/novel/tirade (?!) is that teacher's pet we all knew who was always shouting out all the answers and was always a bit off and totally oblivious to how we all felt about them.

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Sensationalized Neuroscience

Revisado: 04-03-15

As an MD the first few chapters dragged as she built up some basic concepts for a lay audience. Boring, but a necessary evil I suppose. What grated on me the most however was her use of clinical vignettes that were at best sensationalism and often bordered on irresponsible exasperation

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Landed

Revisado: 03-08-15

This was a "landed" story that serves only to link more entertains maritime stories so sadly was not nearly as exciting as usual. I normal love Vance's narration it sadly I must confess I don't like his performance on these stories

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Conflicting

Revisado: 02-26-15

As physician who has done both HeLa and other human research and has tried to explain complicated consent forms to families this story hit home on many level. I also found the authors portrayal of the family off-putting and irritating. It has left me conflicted.

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Perfect Narrator Choices

Revisado: 01-11-15

The choice of these narrators really elevated this book to another level. Best book I've read so far this year.

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Unremastered audio

Revisado: 01-08-15

This performance has not been remastered for Audible and retains the awkward cuts from the end of the disks it was recorded too. This is completely subpar and I will be returning what otherwise would have been an otherwise masterful collection.

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Sorely disappointed.

Revisado: 04-04-14

Would you try another book from Glen Cook and/or Marc Vietor?

This book came highly recommended on io9, but it was a disappointment. The book tries to shoe a modern approach to warfare into fantasy and it just doesnt work.

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