Akth

Relatable, but not for me.

Revisado: 04-13-22

I’m empathic towards her trauma. The way she chose to tell this story wasn’t for me. It comes across as just a whole helluva lot of not-so-humble-bragging.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

Very ‘not like other girls’

Revisado: 04-13-22

Interesting premise, but dear sweet baby Jesus in heaven above the level of obnoxious, quirky, NLOGs these two hosts are at is just… superior. Damn. After a single episode my face was hurting from all the cringing.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Most amazing hosts

Revisado: 04-08-22

I can’t believe someone had the nerve to call Elizabeth Dutton ‘awful’. She is brilliant and hilarious. I could listen to her tell me a story about literally anything and I’m positive she would make it amusing and well worth my time. I listen to ALOT of podcasts. Many hours of my day are spent listening to different hosts, different formats, and different topics. This one is definitely in my top 5. I typically despise excessive host to host banter with their cringey efforts to be funny, but these two are not that at all. I find them truly charming and witty. They provide just the right amount of commentary and tend to stick to the story instead of going off on some obnoxious tangent like so many do. The host(s) make or break a podcast for me and I can make that decision within the first 10 minutes of a single episode. I’m hooked on this one. I find myself genuinely laughing periodically through each episode.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

A pretentious bore

Revisado: 03-16-22

I’m having a hard time understanding how this particular work has gotten so many rave reviews. In these instances, I tend to think that I’m the problem, not the book. Regardless, I only made it an hour or two in and found each anecdote to be pointless, tactless, and boring. I’m giving up for now but I may get back into it later when I’ve forgotten how obnoxious and juvenile this man seems to be.

It’s clear Feynman views himself as the proverbial class clown or ‘just a boy being a boy’, but I don’t find such a trait to be as endearing as it seems others do. I’ve noticed that some of the most intelligent people I know are lacking when it comes to emotional maturity and for me that’s not a very good tradeoff. Many of the pranks and mischievousness described just aren’t funny, clever, or harmless. Like when he describes the way he left a tip for a waitress he knew to be very busy it just sounds like he’s a complete asshole. It’s as if he was only trying to demean someone who works what he views as a lesser occupation. He’s the sophisticated genius while the waitress is just some dumb, poor girl. What he describes doing would be no different than if he’d thrown pennies at her feet then spit in her face. Maybe afterwards she dropped his toast on the floor prior to serving the smug bastard.

Unless you’re equally as humorless and suffer stunted maturity, skip this drivel. Life is too short for bad books.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Pros and cons

Revisado: 03-02-22

So I’m several episodes in and this will be one that I binge. I love the premise. People, maybe just women, tell stories of horrible dates and/or relationships. They mention a ton of red flags to be on the lookout for. Like we’ve all heard ‘red flag’, but people generally don’t give specific examples of what that is. A lot of us tend to realize something isn’t right, but we second guess ourselves and believe we’re just supposed to be nice and polite so we ignore those red flags. I definitely have several stories for episodes.

The host, Gabi Conti, is obnoxious. She comes across as very high strung and listening to her makes me anxious for whatever reason. She interrupts the stories way too much. She just cannot let someone tell the damn story without her pointless interjections and questions. I understand a host will need to keep the storyteller on track but that’s not what she’s doing here. It’s just so annoying. She will at times ask questions that clarify the context and that’s usually helpful but she also can barely let the storyteller finish answering before she’s interrupting again. I do like that she’ll ask who the storyteller would chose to play the guys they’re talking about in a movie. I suck at picturing things or people just based on verbal description so I like having someone to picture for the story to play out in my head. Just wish Gabi would CHILLLLLL

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Meh..

Revisado: 03-02-22

It wasn’t THAT bad, but it wasn’t good either. After setting the theme, the atmosphere, and the beginnings of a creepy urban legend or curse I really wanted to love it. The bones are good but there’s no meat. Not enough action to beef up the creep factor. The end felt unfinished. It was anticlimactic and overall underwhelming. The narration was good though so I’ll give it that.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

This is a hard one for me. Contains spoiler.

Revisado: 01-09-22

I had no idea what this was about before I started listening. I’d seen Gone Girl and had heard good things about Flynn so I gave it a shot. It took awhile to hook me. I just couldn’t feel any kind of connection with any of the characters. Well, maybe Amma a bit, but not the whole murderous psychopath part, part about the13 year old little girl who’d been forced to grow up tooquick and has learned how to get and keep the right attention though for the wrong reasons. That part was relatable. Camille just exhausted me. I had a fucked up childhood and fucked up parents. I had excuses for everything I did up until a point when I had to choose to be their daughter or not. I chose to not be their anything. I got my shit together and got myself help to undo or already learn to cope with a traumatic upbringing. Every day I can choose to carry that baggage with me or to leave it. In no way do I mean she should’ve just sucked it up and not been such a crybaby. I don’t mean that at all. Not everyone can or will deal with things the same way I have and that’s okay. But her constant excuses were wearing for me to listen to. I think this book would be much more enjoyable for someone who doesn’t have the same experiences that I have in the subject matter. And I need to add I think Flynn has some shitty opinions concerning women, feminism, and poverty. Impoverished women particularly. I’ve gotta feeling she’s a spoiled, privileged white girl who had a poor friend once so she believes she understands the plight. She probably donates to some charity organizations each year and pats herself on the back while thinking of all the women in need who will benefit from all those old clothes she dropped off at the Goodwill. But instead of casual basic work attire it’s worn out bathing suits, random stained t shirts, and a cracked leather jacket with a broken zipper. But I’m just speculating. The narrator was decent, other than that odd southern antebellum southern accent she kept doing. It was out of place, confusing, and just made her sound condescending. Idk really how I feel about this one overall yet. Kinda ambivalent.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Understand what you’re getting

Revisado: 12-29-21

I was honestly shocked to see so many writing reviews proclaiming an issues with the gays. Wtf is wrong with y’all? Do you know nothing of Ancient Greek history? They were cool with the gays…. How did y’all end up going in the opposite direction? And so far that you’ve got an issue with a deeply loving and respectful relationship we can all, no matter our sexuality, be envious of. You people are the problem. Not the book, the author, the Greeks, or the gays.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña