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not at all funny Carl, but that's just fine!

Revisado: 04-27-25

intricate, intriguing, murder mystery set mostly in China. Well crafted with some great surprises. As a bonus, you learned some history you probably did not know about China Recommended.

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Preposterous Plot twist ruins a potentially good story.An insult to the reader.

Revisado: 12-26-24

In chapter 7 a man gets killed in a scenario that could never EVER happen. I have been an avid reader of CJ Box but this was a bridge too far-- an insult to the reader.I did something I almost never do in my average 100 books per year -- I stopped it and will go no further. Where the hell were the editors that they let this get through?

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A wild story, totally original, could not stop listening.

Revisado: 12-24-24

Their narrator for the Longmire series is truly the single best representation of a character I have ever heard and I listen to at least 50 or 60 books every year. Remarkable, indeed. My only criticism is that it seemed like Walt missed several opportunities to just shoot the damn antagonist!

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Intriguing, complex plot. Totally believable.

Revisado: 12-11-24

This is right up there with my favorite Longmire books ever and I have read them all. A fantastic story with a lot of emotion. This narrator is probably the single best I've ever listened to in terms of capturing the affects and feelings of the main character. Just could not be better. Highly recommend recommended.

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Generally good with one glaring omission

Revisado: 11-03-24

This was very well done overall, but two things kept me from giving it five stars and had me tempted to go to three. One was a little too much time spent on the politics leading up to each war, during the war, and other issues not tightest directly to actual fighters in combat. I guess a lot of people don't know all that history so it's good for them, but I think so many interested in reading a fighter book already knew it. The second was compared to the coverage of World War I, Korea and the Gull wars, World War II fighters, and their pilots are not covered in depth, with few exceptions. Both the American pilotsPacific and European theaters got short shrift, whereas German, Russian, and Japanese pilots were covered more thoroughly. I would still recommend the book.

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The closest you can get to being there

Revisado: 10-26-24

none of us who were never fighter pilots can have a real clue what it's like. But as a private pilot for 40+years, this did give me a glimpse into that world that most all of us have at least fantasized about. The detail is incredible.

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A remarkable thing insight

Revisado: 08-12-24

A fascinating history. It was one surprise after another regarding the incredible impact of the horse on the evolution of multiple society and civilizations.

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Just a great yarn in a three book series

Revisado: 07-26-24

All three in these books of the series were great stories with a lot of imagination and a lot of things to make you think about what would happen if similar things happened in our world today. The second book, the conquest. Did start out pretty slow and took some time to get going. But once it did maybe a quarter of the way through it was nonstop for the rest of the books. All three books in the series are well written and just fun. Also an excellent performance..

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Almost a great story

Revisado: 07-19-24

I almost have up a few times as the story got bogged down, especially in the tedious, overly detailed fight scenes...then king passages where nothing much
Happened. Almosy devoid of Chicago "color"and that city has SOOOOOO much color to offer.

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Great compelling yard for a long road trip.

Revisado: 02-03-24

I had no idea Hot Springs had been America's Vegas before there was Vegas. Very interesting indeed. Great character development. kept me very attentive. On a 10 Hour Drive.

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