Carolyn

Listen to a sample before you buy

Revisado: 12-29-24

The narrator is so awful. Impossible to pay attention to as you couldn’t find anyone who could possibly make the subject more boring.

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Not interesting enough to listen to the next book

Revisado: 01-19-18

Audible won't let me remove the book from my device without writing a review. This wasn't the worst book ever but it wasn't exactly a good book either.

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I Really Tried to Give It A Chance

Revisado: 09-09-16

What disappointed you about The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant?

The title of the book is not just meant in fun; it is entirely accurate. This book is boring and repetitive. Not only is it uneventful, but the author feels the need to constantly remind the reader of the boring storyline immediately after they finish reading something new. I guess he does this in case you drifted off in the last 2.5 minutes and needed a refresher when you woke up. When I had to repeat the excruciatingly dull details of the rules to a Dungeon and Dragons' type role playing game I was done. Reading mindless fiction shouldn't feel like toil and torture.

Has The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant turned you off from other books in this genre?

The poorly written attempts to fill space so I have enough pages to call it a book genre? Yes.

What three words best describe Kirby Heyborne’s voice?

Character appropriate.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant?

I would cut out all of the repetitive language. I don't need to know that Fred was reunited with an old high school friend at the reunion two paragraphs after I'm told that he was reunited with an old high school friend at the reunion. I felt like there was going to be a test later and I was being not so subtly reminded of the key points to study.

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Less Ranting and Complaining more Information

Revisado: 08-30-11

I would recommend "Getting Things Done" by David Allen instead. While the author of "Find More Time" does give some helpful tips, she really doesn't say it better or offer more information than Allen. Reading Allen's book you will also save yourself from wading through unnecessary and irrelevant angry rants about people you don't know. If you really care that she thinks her "friend" is a disgusting slob for not throwing away stained dish clothes or that her brother is the devil for not wanting to spend his free time with her kids that she herself complains about throughout the entire text, then this one may be for you afterall.

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Narration is a bit bothersome

Revisado: 03-24-11

I haven't gotten very far in the book yet, and I know this sounds petty, but the speech impediment of the reader makes the book difficult to listen to. I find myself stuck on the mispronounced words and no longer listening to what has been said since I heard the problem word. Then I have to rewind and try to ignore it. A personal issue, I know, but I'm mentioning it because others might have the same issue. For instance the word "picture" is pronounced by the narrator as "pitcher"; "personal" is pronounced "pershonal"; "subtle" is pronounced "subble"; "prestige" is prounounced "presteech". I'm hoping after a few hours of listening I'll start to be able to tune it out.

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Excellent

Revisado: 02-19-11

I know that a lot of reviewers said that this book contains nothing new, but I think the most important part of the book is explaining the difference between nutritional and exercise science and the latest fad meant to sell diet/weight loss books. This is not a book that will tell you what to do for the next 12 weeks to slim down so you can go back to the way you currently take care of your body at week 13. It's about making permanent changes in your life. For me, I would agree that there was no new information but I am a very active person who adheres to a very nutritional diet. For a lot of people that I know who suffer from confusion due to the newest diet craze or marketing buzzwords I think this is an excellent book. I am definately going to recommend it the next time someone asks me a question about diet, nutrition or exercise.

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