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From a Former Republican, a Decent Read

Revisado: 05-04-25

I grew up in a Reagan household. I was registered Republican for the vast majority of my adult life. I consider myself one left by the GOP going stupid. so m So I'm a large audience for this book. The book is well written and does what I think is a great job in demonstrating that conservatives don't need to be the stupid party. The author does an excellent job at explaining how conservatives have gotten sucked into a cycle of trying to run on just "vibes." He also does a quality job on where the party could grow. I disagree with a lot of the politics of the author. And I think at times he takes needles jabs at "the Left" just to score points. But I feel like we could have an actual conversation about compromising on the issues at large today.

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A Good Premise with Terrible Execution

Revisado: 04-01-25

This book, unfortunately, stumbles at the first hurdle. It opens with a tirade about "secret Marxist radicals im controlling the government." It continues to reference this bludgeon through the entire book. It's almost hard to get through with the degree of political posturing of the authors. I think there can genuinely be a discussion about if the American Civil War was fought for slavery or the Union, whether it was just or not. But the authors can't help but extrapolate a "there wasn't an agreement about if states couldn't leave the Union" to "the current government is illegal and illegitimate."

Again, I think the way we teach the South's attitude to the Civil War is flawed. But the cherry picking a some stories of "happy slaves" and "what-about-isms" about what the North did during the war is no better. I think I would file this in the "an OK read that must be part of a wider study, but other books do it much much better."

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Some readers are rough

Revisado: 03-31-19

Many of the narrators are great but at least one guy has a thick accent which isn't a problem by itself, but the sounds like he is recording with his head in a box. It's so muffled

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Great story, awful narrator

Revisado: 05-30-17

Stefan Rudnicki reads several Nabokov works and makes them all hard. Nabokov's life is a tale to hear. His description of his grapheme-color synesthesia is something undefinable. Every reader of Nabokov should hear it.

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Wong does it again

Revisado: 03-15-17

While not the comedy equal of John Dies at the End, this book tells a fantastic story.

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Good but a little of date

Revisado: 12-22-16

Good history of the United States. Major complaint is that it's nearly a decade out of date. I'm not referring to not noting recent events that I would expect. But the lectures claim things like it is unknown who "Deep Throat" was. But in 2005 Woodward revealed it was William Felt SR.

Other than little things like that it's good.

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Great Story, Decent Narration

Revisado: 10-12-16

Would you listen to Needful Things again? Why?

Yes. The story of Needful Things is fantastic playing with ideas of what people want and what they are willing to pay for it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Needful Things?

There is a showdown between two character early on in the novel that sets the stage for the rest of the book. It is so viscerally entertaining.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes. The narrator is Stephen King himself so I would be worried if he couldn't pace his own story. My only complaint is that King is a writer not an actor. Many of his voices overlap slightly but he definitely gets the emotion across.

Who was the most memorable character of Needful Things and why?

Leland Gaunt, the antagonist is an incredible character. As the sly trickster, he will probably be one of my favorite characters ever.

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Starts off great

Revisado: 09-16-16

The book starts off making a great argument against the Neo-Cons. But it quickly descends into trying to attack the Executive and Judicial branches of government. Buchanan even attacks SCOTUS decisions like Brown v. Board of Education. By the end of the book Buchanan drops to the point of simply attacking any policy or government action that isn't extremely libertarian and anarcho-capitalist

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Good concept, hampered by coincidence

Revisado: 02-25-16

I enjoyed the over all story of The Exile, but bring abridged did cause some issues. Some parts seemed to be slightly jumpy. But for me the number one issue was the suspension of disbelief that makes this kind of novel fun, jumps the shark with unneeded coincidences

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Smashing Sequel

Revisado: 02-21-16

After enjoying the tale of Pocket in Fool, The Serpent of Venice masterfully kept me enthralled with the wit of the fool. A tale of conspiracy and treachery, this book is great. Euan Morton kills it again bring the multitude of characters to life

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