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Great Autobiography, needed more.

Revisado: 05-20-16

A lot of interesting stories are missing especially the creation & development of Missy's first album and the huge public reaction to -and imitation of- the different style/sound they created. I did appreciate the Devonte Swing section, the Aliyah section and his talk of his, Missy's and her brother/ sister relationship

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Decent Story Continues-Horrid Narration.

Revisado: 03-04-15

I read the reviews before I read this one and was thinking that the people complaining about the narrator may be just a tad rude. The narrators can't be that bad can they? Boy was I in for a shock! Yes they're that bad.

The male reader was just rather poor but the girl was awful. Scratchy little vocal-fry voice with no inflection and no style. She reads flat with no distinction and I can't help but cringe when ever her voice comes on. Geesh, this will be a task listening to the rest of this series. I probably won't buy the next installment since she's also on that one too.

I know she's a famous young actor from a popular series but, man Natalie Moore and Mae Whitman are so so much better at narration than Quinn.
I will never buy anything that Quinn is on until she learns how to speak in a fluid, melodic quality that's free of the whiny, half spoken, little girly, insipid vocal-frying mall-tongue.

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Absolutely Beautiful

Revisado: 06-28-13

This would be a wonderful fiction novel if it were not a true story. That it is a true story and we get to hear and experience a large portion of American history in its most bold, iconic and pure sense is awe inspiring.. This is a great American story about one of the most important cultural icons.
The narration is superb and gives us the feel of Davis' voice. I'm so very glad that the book wasn't watered down by editing out the swear words or the true stories of drugs, music, and life at the pinnacle of cultural inventiveness.
This is a must read for any musician and for history buffs and those interested in true American culture and identity.

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Great stories and great history

Revisado: 06-28-13

Clive Davis is very diplomatic and, aside from a few notable exceptions like kelly Clarkston, he remains diplomatic and business-like in his depictions of the business relationships he has had with dozens of musicians,producers, writers, superstars and artists. I do wish he had spilled more greasy gossip but he admirably stays above the tattle tale, sensational claptrap that we get with the common tell-alls.
At times his arrogance comes through but you don't get to be the most successful exec in the music business by being meek.
He leads/led one of the most fascinating music business careers of the 20th century and this autobiography gives a decent history of popular music of the second half of the 20th century.

It's a compelling read.

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Good followup

Revisado: 02-07-13

I'm glad they fixed the audio problems that plagued the first book in this series. My complaints are few and the story whisks along at a decent clip. I do wish the books could be at least twice as long with more detail and character/story development. These two books together provide just enough for one book.
Our heroine Gwyneth seems to never rise to the occasion and stand up to her cousin, her aunt , her etiquette teacher, or her love interest. Her main weapons seem to be crying and acting baffled. I find myself wanting her to use some of her own advantages to prevent the constant bullying and browbeating she gets from many people.

With the pace of these two, I can't see the story being wrapped up in 3 books. More like 12, one for each of the time travelers. I should've waited for the entire series and read them all together. I wish the author, and publishers would hurry and release them all.

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A well written, beautiful story

Revisado: 11-24-11

I wanted to "read" more by the author of "Cloud Atlas" so I picked this at random. It's a splendid display of craftsmanship. David Mitchell's grasp of japanese culture is on display as is his artistic touch with words on paper.

Here he stirs beautiful words into complex sentences into well wrought phrases into beautifully descriptive paragraphs, into this wonderful book.

I just discovered a new favorite writer.

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Great series!

Revisado: 11-24-11

I love this series.

I thought I would've been used to the new narrator by the end of this book but.... nah, It's not merely the pronunciations but the accents as well.

It's bad enough to speak the Compi names in such a screwy manner, it's far worse to make seemingly random decisions about the dialect and therefore the origins of several characters. This narrator Colacci decided, for some reason, that people with names like Nikko Chan Tylar and Kotto Okiah should sound like U.S. southerners and the older roamer men should all sound like grisly characters in a western shoot-em-up. Even the "Alien with British Accent" clich'e finally becomes less than outrageous but really, rednecks in space? Not even genteel southern gentlemen but crusty old gosh-darn dusty pantsed cowpokes? Perhaps a listen through of the earlier books for continuity would've been informative.

Perhaps they should've started from book 1 with the new narrator thus buffering us from the shock of being forced to leave the marvelous George Guidall for this hideous treatment.

sigh.

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Milk Of The Puppy!

Revisado: 11-24-11

The story worries me like the first encounter of a Dire Wolf and satiates like the "Milk of The Puppy" (poppy, I know but the phrase sticks). It's an excellent epic story with complicated relationships, intricate politics, sex, violence, disaster, and glory. Martin seems to have no problem killing off a major character thus causing us readers anguish and anxiety at every scene.

You'd think "so and so" would last through the entire series and be the Frodo Baggins/ Ender Wiggan/ Darth Vader/ Harry Potter of the series?

Nope lol.

Here, the mystery and intrigue is palpable because we have no idea who will still be around. I try to distance my feelings for these characters for this reason but Martin is such a great writer that he Makes me interested in them anyway.

Roy Dotrice is an excellent reader. He reminds me of Patrick Tull or George Guidall, superb salty voiced readers who render their characters with grit, fire and hard earned experience. What he lacks in young feminine voices, he more than makes up for with his multi male voices. There are hundreds of characters with varying degrees of intelligence, education and class and Dotrice does a handy job at voicing many of them.

At times the many many characters makes the story a little more confusing with an audiobook than with an actual book book where you have the luxury of quickly skimming back to, say chapter two, to check the name of some guy you read about. However this is a great start to what promises to be an excellent series.

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I give up

Revisado: 10-10-11

Sorry but the series is pretty good but I kept trying to get used to the narrator but finally, I gave up. That I made it this far- through 7 books- is perhaps a testament to the storyline but I have never before so hated a narrator than this woman. People pay their money to be entertained, not distracted. She sounds as if she's reading a news story and she never seems to care about that which she is reading. I've been an Audible member for over 10 years and have listened to hundreds of books but this is the first time I've been so nauseated by a reader. I've heard other books by her and she was fine, but in this series actually makes me angry. lol.

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Different production?

Revisado: 10-10-11

Sorry, but I have to pile on...The first three books in the series were produced by Recorded Books and the last few by Brilliance Audio. Perhaps this is the reason for the glaring and startling differences. I do wonder what happened that the series was started by one company and finished by another. Regardless, I do wish they had been finished by the great George Guidell. I've heard other stories narrated by David Colacci and he is a really good reader but the difference here is jarring.

The pronunciations and accents are unsettling, especially when you consider that Brilliance Audio didn't start from book one, which to me means they meant these to follow the first three from Recorded Books. Too bad the producers and/or Colacci didn't make an effort at continuity. Especially nauseating is the Ildirians accents and pronunciations; I was like " dude, really?" ZonNnNn? The series and riviting but the change in narrators is almost as upsetting as the narrator in the Honor Harrington series who is horrid.

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