Ronald H. Stern
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Next Stop
- De: Benjamin Resnick
- Narrado por: Gilli Messer
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 7
When a black hole suddenly consumes Israel and as similar anomalies spread across the globe, a conspiracy takes hold: will the holes swallow the Jews, or will they swallow the earth? Against a backdrop of antisemitic paranoia, restrictions on Jewish life, and spasms of violence, Ethan and Ella, Jewish citizens of a nameless American city, meet and fall in love. Ella, a photojournalist, documents the changes in daily life, particularly among the city’s Jewish residents.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worth a read
- De NMwritergal en 03-03-25
- Next Stop
- De: Benjamin Resnick
- Narrado por: Gilli Messer
Nonsensical premise results in a laughably overwrought novel
Revisado: 02-23-25
In an attempt to incorporate Jewish themes this quite silly and poorly written novel never fails to disappoint. The exaggerated storytelling incorporates stereotypical elements of Jewish culture and practice and results in an almost nonsensical and juvenile mischaracterization of that very culture. Layered onto a partially developed dystopian sci-fi plot device which we never fully understand, the Jewish themes become silly and strangely and ineffectively apologetic in their efforts to add texture to the story. In fact they do the opposite: so poorly presented and developed they become cumbersome and laughable in their shallow simplicity. I tried to give it a full listen but when I reached the section where the “messiah” appears, I gave up. Is there a Jewish motif this author fails to exploit into ridiculousness?
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How to Be a Tudor
- A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 583
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 499
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 490
On the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period from the crowning of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Tudor conditions, Goodman serves as our intrepid guide to 16th-century living. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this charming, illustrative work celebrates the ordinary lives of those who labored through the era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book!
- De Kathi en 02-18-16
- How to Be a Tudor
- A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
A lost opportunity
Revisado: 07-12-17
What would have made How to Be a Tudor better?
I anticipated an interesting and engaging romp into revelations of tudor life. A stimulating and more dramatic performance might have made the rather uninspired prose more engaging.
Has How to Be a Tudor turned you off from other books in this genre?
Unfortunately, whether it's the performance or the writing, this book is more like a technical manual and approaches that level of vapidity. Mostly monotonous, read in a virtually flat monotone with some rather bizarre asides describing the author's escapades as she attempts to take on the trappings of tudor culture. Kind of gross to hear that she wore linen britches for a month (I can't remember the exact length of time) without a shower and swore she didn't smell. Doubtful, glad we never crossed paths!
Would you be willing to try another one of Heather Wilds’s performances?
Not sure.
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