Matthew Z.

Great story, inconsistent performance

Revisado: 05-08-22

The story is a fantastic sci fi that I picked up after the playing the Gale Force Nine board game. I won't talk about the story, because it's great, but the voice acting was the worst thing about this audio book.

I was excited to find out that the first chapter starts with fully voiced character dialogue. However, my excitement was lessened when I learned that characters were not voiced in the following chapter. I initially thought that this was fine, bring in the cast for a big performance to hook readers in the beginning and then put the sole narrator to voice everything after. This wasn't the case though as someone thought it would be a good idea to bring the voice actors in sporadically at seemingly random points of the story. This led to a mess of different voices coming in and out of the story, confusing listeners to an already complex book.

It's adds to the irony that the voice actors are all pretty good and fit their roles. I understand VA work is expensive, but it still makes me wonder why they didn't either hire actors for the entire book or none at all.

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Music was too loud

Revisado: 02-15-21

The story and narrator were good, but the music between chapters was loud and disruptive.

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Very Insightful

Revisado: 08-07-19

Each professor has his own personality, all of them are great. You can hear their enthusiasm about American History. The material presented covers from Columbus to Clinton, and goes in the perfect amount of depth. I never felt like the pacing was slow, and I found an interesting take away from every lecture. Anyone interested in American history should listen to this course.

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A philosophical self help book expertly written

Revisado: 02-25-18

Peterson's narration and writing detail a deep description on life's meaning and complexity that evoke a sense of wonder in his audience. He uses examples from the bible, famous philosophical writers, and his clinical practice to explain his 12 rules for life. A great read for those interested in psychology and philosophy.

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Only Hemingway could make it interesting

Revisado: 05-30-17

The book is about a bunch of lazy, contemptible, rich people in Paris. However, Ernest Hemingway found a way to make it interesting and carry meaning.

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Great historical fiction

Revisado: 01-04-17

It is imperative to note that this is fiction. I have studied life of Tecumseh to great depths, and some of the information presented in this book is not accurate. Since I have not studied Simon Kenton, main character, I cannot comment on the validity of much of the story. Even if there are some problems with the history, it is a wonderful story.

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A very different kind of novel

Revisado: 01-04-17

The book combines politics and storytelling into one, which may put off some people. The author makes you question oppressive governments and even movements in free countries that can be exclusive and mean.

It has unusual pacing, which some people may find difficult to get into the book.The narrator doesn't have very many or very distinct voices for characters. In long commentaries about language, which loads of people might find boring, the narrator has a very suttle voice change to that of Winston's, the main character.

I think this is a book everyone should read, or listen to, before the age of 21, by 16 even.

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