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Captivating!

Revisado: 08-18-23

I graduated from the Naval Academy not long after the setting in this book. Many of the experiences of Will and his roommates were reminiscent of mine, so it was very compelling to read. Also, Conroy's language is indeed beautiful. Couldn't stop listening.

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Really confusing!!

Revisado: 01-11-23

Wow, I listened to this book on a long trip with my son. He loved it, I didn't. the storyline was very confusing. what made it even harder to follow were the characters' names, which were not distinct enough to tell apart. The narrator's voice for the Chinese policeman was extremely irritating. Yuck!

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Boring!!!

Revisado: 01-11-23

This was mind-numbingly boring until the last few chapters. I kept going because it wasn't that long, but even so I had to skip ahead a few chapters. I got the book because I had heard it reviewed on NPR,but was very disappointed. I kept thinking "when the hell is something going to happen?

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Couldn't put it down!

Revisado: 09-04-19

a great story and very well read. brought to life the Carolina marshes for me.

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Our review of Save me a seat.

Revisado: 03-11-19

We loved it! We liked that it switched different perspectives. What goes on in the book is something that kids deal with every day. That's something to relate to. Five stars indeed!!

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ok, but kind of crash

Revisado: 12-09-18

you know, I really like Nick Offerman. I loved his narration of Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. But this was unfortunately a little to profane/obscene for me. why do we need to hear about Megan's simulating masturbation for his benefit on the set of something? Come on Nick, was that necessary?
Otherwise I enjoyed his recounting of his rise to stardom as much as I did Kevin hart's.
John

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the narrator is awful imho.

Revisado: 12-02-18

He makes Reacher sound like some old boston brahmin. At least 10 to 20 years older than the character is supposed to be.

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Poorly edited is right!

Revisado: 07-13-14

There are some really good stories in this collection. However, numerous passages are repeated. The first time, I thought, "Oh, that was strange." But after numerous times, it is annoying.
John

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Fabulous story, writing, and performance.

Revisado: 11-03-13

Although I am a recreational rower, I had never heard of this team, and their role in the 1936 Olympics. Myself and my 20 yo son listened to this on a long car trip and didn't want to get out of the car. Fabulously written. It reminded me of both Seabiscuit and Unbreakable in the quality of the writing. Highly recommend it.

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Great listen, despite some poor narration.

Revisado: 06-09-13

I loved this book!! My 20 yo son and I listened to it on a camping trip, and he loved it as well. What an amazing and frightening look at a totally disfunctional society. The only downside is that two of the narrators were poor. One, who was doing the chapters involving the North Korean news announcements, sounded like a person with a Brooklyn accent trying to do a Korean accent and doing a poor job. The other doing the interrogator character sounded like a female, but the character was male. Regardless, this was only distracting to a minor degree. I wish they had simply had the main narrator do the entire book. In any event, aside from that, I highly recommend it and so does my son!!!

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