Jana S.

Vapid

Revisado: 07-31-24

Like reading a stranger’s social media post detail by boring detail every insignificant detail, not my kind of listen

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Beautiful tale with things to think about

Revisado: 12-25-23

I really enjoyed listening to this, I enjoyed it more than the movie as it gave more insight to the characters and motivations. There are a few reviews that didn’t care for the ending, but I felt that it ended with a moment of hope. That seemed a nice way to end a dark story.

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Don’t waste your credit

Revisado: 01-01-23

Disjointed story
Jerky speech narrator…. With odd…. Cadence.
Gave up after first hour of listening.
Don’t waste your credit.

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Recording/narration not up to audible standards

Revisado: 07-15-22

I tried, I really tried, but I finally gave up. Narration is a skill and not just every popular person can narrate a book effectively. I searched for another version of this book with a different narrator but could only find an abridged version — but based on the sample, a really great narrator. Really disappointed audible didn’t do a better job with choosing a narrator. The narrator is so far out of their depth in this performance it is embarrassing.

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Talks more about himself than the crisis

Revisado: 03-04-22

At least 50% percent of the book is the author saying me, me, me; around 30% is author’s relationship with his god; another 15% reads like a public service announcement and the remaining 5% really gets into the crisis that occurred. I grew up in Southern Indiana the next county over from Scott County. I wanted to read the story of the people. The book’s author is so egocentric, it’s hard to see the real people who struggled and were affected (as in the addicts and the patients), rather than the caricatures formed by the author’s overriding religious view.

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Too much graphic violence for Firefly Universe

Revisado: 10-18-20

I love Firefly — but the graphic torture scenes in this are over the top and not in line with firefly. I want to like this series but so far the violence overshadows the characters.

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Story derailed toward end

Revisado: 07-31-20

I really enjoyed this book until the final quarter. The book took such an unexpected turn toward the end that I could imagine publishers saying ‘we need more here, how about adding something spicy!’ No spoilers, but the unexpected turn derailed the story and just didn’t make sense. The first three quarters of the book went one way and the last quarter went another. I did enjoy the historical detail.

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I tried. I really did.

Revisado: 02-07-18

Please note 2 minor event spoilers.
I found this book listed in a top
apocalyptic fiction list, and as I had read all of the other books on the list, I was thrilled to find one I hadn’t read. I looked at on-line reviews and they were positive, so I used my credit and started listening. I am so disappointed in this book. Lack-luster predictable story with paper thin stereotypical characters using bordering-on-lecture dialogue to educate the reader and move the story along — so many better ways to get that information out there without turning characters into flat one-dimensional educational devices. The unbelievable in this story isn’t the cyberstorm, it’s events such as characters apparently believing that taking pictures of villainous purse snatchers is a real deterrent to crime in a city with a deteriorating infrastructure. I’m befuddled by the positive reviews. I rarely don’t finish a book I’m listening too — I can only think of one in recent memory and that was due to an annoying narrator — but this one, I just couldn’t go any further when they got to diaper rash as a serious concern in a world without police, electricity or water. I was done.

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Fascinating Story -- Below Par Narration

Revisado: 03-31-15

Would you listen to The Birth of the Pill again? Why?

I might read it again, but I don't think I'd listen to this again. The narration is distracting.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Birth of the Pill?

I enjoyed the characterization of Margaret Sanger. I enjoy the mix of science and history.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Gayle Hendrix?

Anyone else -- this was an extremely odd narration -- the narration was a mix of robotic monotone with slightly odd pronunciations and an inappropriately placed questioning lilt -- often found in the middle of a statement. Science doesn't have to be read in a boring monotone.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I could only take the narration a bit at a time. I only listened to the entire book because I found the topic so interesting.

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