David Rickey

Only average

Revisado: 11-06-23

For the narrator... it is more properly LOO-ard and WINN-ard, NOT LEE-ward and WIND-ward. Terms with which any sailor is familiar. Minor complaints but they really stand out. Stories are on the bland side.

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Sorry but not impressed

Revisado: 07-10-22

Characters were a bit interesting, story was OK, narration was pretty bland. No I did not think the ending was such a great twist. First Christie book I’ve ever read and do not feel inclined to seek others. Goes against popular opinion l know; not a Hemingway fan either. Happily concede it’s just me.

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One thing...

Revisado: 10-11-21

Groom states that Lindbergh stepped out onto the wing of the Spirit of St Louis in Paris ???
The Spirit of St Louis is a high wing plane! I would like to have seen him do this.
Leads me to wonder about some of the other facts detailed.

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Too much rehashing

Revisado: 09-02-21

Decent story but the conversations between Archie and Lily, Saul and Lon are too long and too smarmy by at least half.
Presumably Wolfe/Stout aficionados are reading these and the explanation of their backgrounds is cloying. Ganser does not do all that well in distinguishing characters, much like Michael Prichard. I have to wonder what Ray Porter would do with these, and the Stout, stories. As others have said, better to re-read the originals.

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Returning

Revisado: 05-09-20

Very poor production. Mispronounced words, unnecessary pauses, poor sound quality. Hard to go wrong with T. Rosevelt but this does.

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Not my Nero

Revisado: 12-30-19

I take nothing away from Mr. Prichard since other reviewers seem to like him but for me he is nowhere near either the Archie or Nero of my imagination. I find his narration quite flat with very little differentiation between characters and not much personality for the women. The story of course is good, how can you go wrong with Rex Stout. Perhaps it's just me, I have never warmed up to Hemingway either, but I don't plan to buy any more Wolfe books by this narrator.

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Not his best

Revisado: 11-16-18

I have both this collection and the one narrated by Charlton Griffin, I have to give the nod to Mr. Griffin's version. It is first of all a more complete work including all the stories. Stephen Fry is one of my favorites, especially his version of THE HITCHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAY. However here Mr. Fry just doesn't seem to me to provide as much feeling to the characters as does Mr. Griffin. His editorial comments are quite good and do add to his interpretation but distract somewhat from the flow of the stories. I can with a clear conscience recommend either version but would direct listeners to the Charlton Griffin version for the more complete experience.

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Entertaining

Revisado: 11-16-18

While this production is undoubtedly entertaining it is at the same time rather annoying. The almost constant piano background music becomes cloying, not to mention distracting, rather quickly. The various supporting "experts" giving opinions are not up to the quality of Mr. Fry's work. The entire production seems to try a bit too hard to be "cute". Still I would recommend it for the interesting stories.

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Not what was expected

Revisado: 03-30-18

What disappointed you about The Man-Eaters of Eden?

Perhaps its me but I was expecting stories about incidents in Kruger of man versus wildlife. What was presented was a cataloging in a "hand-wringing & finger pointing" way about refugees from Mozambique trying to cross the park and getting killed by lions. Frump claims this is a journalistic search for the truth, of which he often reminds the reader, but most of the statistics cited are without reference.

What could Robert Frump have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Maybe a different title pointing to a refugee problem, now it just seems like a long newspaper article.

Did John Skinner do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

No, there was no differentiation. Which is not a critique, none was needed. There is only one speaker. Skinner has a good strong voice but he is not the equal of Robertson Dean or Scott Brick

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not for me.

Any additional comments?

The situation is indeed a horrible problem, but merely illuminating it without suggestions on how to help solve it was disappointing.

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Overall very good, but...

Revisado: 09-19-16

What did you love best about The Story of World War II?

Great overview of WWII

What did you like best about this story?

The personal accounts included.

Any additional comments?

Never in my entire life have I EVER heard it pronounced "ta-RAW-wa". Its always been
"TARE-ah-wah". Admittedly a very minor point but I found it very grating to hear. Beyond that I rather liked the narrator.

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