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Great Story with a Poor Performance

Revisado: 03-06-25

A great story with a unique twist on typical science fiction tropes. However, the performer significantly damaged the experience. The words march out like an eReader or a Speak-and-Spell; occasionally broken up by exaggerated outdated stereotypical accents. The performer turned interesting characters into offensive cartoons.

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A Thriller with Rich Characters in a Vivid Environment

Revisado: 12-28-24

The author created a vivid environment in which rich characters experience a thriller. The performer invoked the spirit of each character beautifully. Every once in a while, but rarely, you get hit with a simile that went too far. They seem to catch the performer offguard, as he clumsily thumbtacks a phrase to the end of an already perfect description.

Heists, car chases, predicaments, and a man figuring out who he is; with a backdrop of parts of Virginia often overlooked.

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Too Many Ideas

Revisado: 07-22-24

The title is very good. It has a great premise and the concept for the story is brilliant. However, the execution slips as the story transitions from one cliche plot odea to the next. It is not predictable but it can be tiring. There are too many ideas. It would be a lot better removing some of the twists in the story or make it a dark comedy and add even more.

The Narrator is excellent and pulls you deep into the story. However, he reads the protagonist with too much if an accent which confuses the description of the character who is supposed to not have an Iranian accent.

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Amusing Story with Percival Everett Humor

Revisado: 10-02-23

Another great title by Percival Everett. Similar in humor to Dr. No but the author's use of characters that are apparently totally created by the author is brilliant. It touches on race and stereotypes but in a different way than his other titles.

The reading was also well done. The reader's timing and tone complimented the wordplay and deadpan humor of the title. There were a couple of editing flubs, but it was otherwise perfect.

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Rich

Revisado: 09-30-23

I enjoyed this second title about the Harlem furniture salesman. The characters are familiar but unique. The best developed character is New York City itself. The author takes you inside parts of a dynamic city at one of its inflection points.

The performer added the perfect tone to complement the story.

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Was This on Purpose?

Revisado: 06-25-23

The first third of the story was amazing, but the story and the writing peters out after that. If this was purposeful, it was brilliant and in the spirit of the story. If not, it is still very good and the author seemed to enjoy writing it.

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Interesting Concept but Fell Short

Revisado: 05-01-23

The concepts are interesting, but many of the authors' points are stated as fact with little support. The author does provide some good examples but is quick to gloss over counter examples. The narrator is very dry and perhaps takes away from the content. The comparison to mechanics or simple engineering was juvenile as if the author was dumbing down the material or simply didn't understand it.

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Well Woth the Wait

Revisado: 12-25-22

It is a good story once you figure out what is going on. So it takes some patience to get through the dry delivery and the shaping of the story. This title is very different than the only other two Everett titles I am familiar with.

The performer is very good but seems to be the wrong voice and inflection for this title. The innocent church-boy voice ditracts from the characters and their situation. I would listen to other titles read by this performer but it wasn't a good match for this title.

Like the other two Everett books I am familiar with, you will finish this title satisfied with your lack of satisfaction. If you can't handle that, skip this title; if you can, it is very much worth it. Tell a friend so you can argue for days.

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Not Dr. No

Revisado: 12-17-22

I very much enjoyed Everett's Dr. No and went back to Trees without reading any reviews or summaries because I very much like how the author slowly twists the plot. Trees is not from a genre I typically enjoy but the author has talent. I did not expect the title to be about a mystery with race and politics as a dominant theme. The performer has an great voice and creates the right atmosphere for the deep south. However, I had to speed it up a bit because of his slow cadence.

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Silly, Dry, and Brilliant

Revisado: 12-11-22

This title was well written and well read. The author did an amazing job at telling a silly story with ridiculous characters that were captured perfectly by the performer.

The author does an excellent job telling the story from an African American perspective without resorting to stereotypes.

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