dkh5

Beauty created

Revisado: 01-03-25

The gradual but certain movement towards the final sentence. If you like or don’t like the way you look this narrative may be for you.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Amazing coalescence of the life of rocks and a human life.

Revisado: 10-31-24

I learned a lot about rocks but mostly liked reading about the intellectual and personal development of this brilliant scientist.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Good introduction

Revisado: 06-03-24

This is a good introduction to T Young and JF Champollion's (and others) attempts at deciphering the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian hieroglyphs. I would have liked more details. The narrator sometimes did an ok job after chapter two but was really weird sounding the first two chapters. I even checked at one point to see if it was a real person or a bot reading. The main problem with this audio book is the narrator's abilities to pronounce French words in a book loaded with French words. "Not even close" often came to mind, and his pronunciation of French oiseau in Chpt 2 made me laugh out loud. Still, I'm glad someone was willing to write this book and someone willing to record it.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

A good story needlessly padded.

Revisado: 03-13-24

Affectations of the reader’s voice made it sound like he was reading a work of fiction for a 12-year-old, trying to make exciting a story that was already pretty interesting on its own. For me it was a bothersome distraction. I found the musings of the final chapter and epilogue tedious and not very pertinent. Otherwise, a good story, well-written.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Convincing

Revisado: 06-13-23

I actually liked the linguistic details given and found them to be convincing of his main argument. This book really opens up this ancient period and makes vital connections previously unseen.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

A taste of early frontier life

Revisado: 09-11-21

I read this book 50 years ago and am pleased to say it’s still a favorite, holding my interest to the end. The reader has a unique voice which may have put some off—it did me initially. But by the end I felt it was the perfect voice for this book.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 4 personas

Stick with it: the narrator gets better and better

Revisado: 01-11-21

This is an informative book that kept my attention throughout. It's amazing what the author was able to learn about Handel from his friends and acquaintances. My main comment, though, is about the narrator. I found that initially she was a bit monotonous and even sounded bored, but she quickly got better and better until I thought she did a fine job and in places a superior job.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

If you like real history...

Revisado: 09-12-19

...this book may be for you. More like a detailed and fascinating documentary, extremely well-written and narrated, it clarifies nicely the lacunae in Wolf Hall.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 6 personas

Uh oh!

Revisado: 04-12-19

I've put off reading this book since I am an orchardist that uses some of the pesticides Ms Carson discusses. Her writing is immaculate and very compelling. Starting this year I'm taking IPM (integrated Pest Management) seriously.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

A bit dull

Revisado: 04-12-19

This famous work -- I've been aware of it for decades -- has, in my view, little to offer the modern reader. I was excited to get a novelist's take of the ancient middle East, but it was drab.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña