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How dreary

Revisado: 05-21-24

I have long been an admirer of Joseph Epstein’s work. I have a shelf full of his essays. So it was with much anticipation I ordered his autobiography. Yikes was this actually written by him. His humor, his irony, his curmudgeonliness is totally absent… and that dreary reader makes it all the tedious to listen to. I stuck with it to the end (last 10 minutes are the best part) A huge disappointment otherwise

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Excellent in every way

Revisado: 05-07-23

There was so much hype about this book when it was published. All of it well deserved. Fascinating tale, excellent reader.
Grann writes history as good as any fiction. He reminds me of Erik Larson who can do the same.

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Surprised Me

Revisado: 11-16-22

Having just finished an audiobook filled with literally dozens of characters, it was kind of a relief to listen to this splendid, spare novel. In the form of a monologue, Strout (with the splendid Kimberly Farr) makes it all come to life.

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So Many Characters!

Revisado: 11-16-22

This is prime Atkinson...a great story that takes a while to come together. Keeping all the characters straight is a bit of a chore in an audio book, but it all becomes clear if you stick with it. The splendid Jason Watkins manages it perfectly.

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Perfect story, perfect reader

Revisado: 05-03-20

This is Graham Swift as his best. And how lucky to have a reader as Phil Davis.
This a a real gem.

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LARSON and JOHN LEE at their best

Revisado: 04-02-20

Larson's research is impressive as usual. Few others write history as engagingly.
John Lee is the perfect reader for this.

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Another Fine Horowitz Sherlock Holmes

Revisado: 11-25-18

Moriarty is equally as good as THE HOUSE OF SILK -- only slightly compromised by Julian Rhind-Tutt. His American accent is a moving target. For a character allegedly from Boston via New York, his vowels kept shifting about -- and would an American REALLY say clark for clerk? This would have been better, I think, with an American narrator. Still, it takes a lot to compromise anything Horowitz writes.

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Extremely Disappointing

Revisado: 10-05-18

Being an admirer of John Lithgow, I was eager to listen to the recording. Alas, Lithgow very much overacts in telling these two stories. Neither of the stories, to me, were all that compelling. This was hugely disappointing.

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improbable

Revisado: 09-19-18

Having read many books by Agatha Christie, I was curious to see how Sophie Hannah (a writer I normally like) would channel her spirit. The scheme behind the murders in this book is so improbable, so overdone, so ridiculous, that I'm amazed at the decent reviews this book has had. And the lame play on words that helped Poirot solve the crime was so absurd I groaned out loud. REALLY?

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Clever conceit but a bit of snooze

Revisado: 10-19-17

The idea of a young apprentice as clever as Holmes is amusing, but the whole book goes on far too long (the trip to Palestine for example). By chapter 14 I'd had enough and even playing the book at 2X didn't move things along fast enough for my taste.

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