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Really boring

Revisado: 06-18-23

Astoundingly boring story. It’s time for me to stop taking recommendations from the NYT annual top ten. I’m not picky about narrators but this one was not good.

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Wonky reading

Revisado: 05-27-23

I'm usually not picking about the narration but found the singsongy voice irritating. Every phrase is read as if by a preschool teacher to their class, and Marilla sounds like the Wicked Witch of the West.

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A little too much filler

Revisado: 01-10-23

This book could have been shorter. A lot of filler. I ended up listening to it on 1.6x speed, which I would normally never do. It definitely informed me about the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the author’s story, but there was too much time for extraneous details, e.g. travel logistics that just have nothing to do with the story. All that said, there is a passage on the reasoning for Chinese people wearing face masks that is absolutely chefs-kiss perfect from a 2023 perspective.

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A good quick listen

Revisado: 12-17-22

A good quick listen. Well told and we’ll edited. Funny and not over the top.

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I liked the church stuff but not the food stuff

Revisado: 05-20-22

I liked this book quite a bit but I suspect it’s mainly because of my interest in churchy stuff — I’m a church musician in a liberal denomination and I would be happy just reading a whole book complaining about an inept bell choir. The very explicit “this book is about the food served at church gatherings” was not pulled off very well. If you are not exceptionally interested in churchy gossipy stuff, this book is iffy.

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Too one-sided

Revisado: 09-12-21

Interesting subject matter but — it takes a journalistic tone while actually making an argument for why this guy should be released. I am surprised it was published. Would prefer that the author fully acknowledge biases, or else describe things more neutrally.

Gets some of the legal terminology wrong which was annoying for me as a lawyer and would probably also be annoying to the average Law & Order viewer (e.g. confusing direct and cross examination).

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Turn the speed up just a bit

Revisado: 05-31-21

I read this book and enjoyed it. I was looking for an overview of Native American history and this fits the bill.

Here's what I liked:
-- the author has a point of view. He doesn't just narrate what happened, he gets into theorizing about motivations etc.
-- I think the pace was good. There is a lot of ground to cover, doesn't get bogged down in the details.

Responding to some of the comments I saw in other reviews:
-- The reader does have a weird way of taking a big gulping breath between sentences. I listened to the book on 1.3 speed and that was all cut out. I am guessing the same would happen if you went with 1.1 speed.
-- I did not find the structure of the book confusing. Basically it goes region by region from first European contact through the late 1800s; then covers Native Americans more as a uniform group from that point to the present. Worked fine for me.

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