Richard Van Voris

pitch perfect

Revisado: 06-04-24

it could have been me and my friends in 1970. Don Winslow is a great American writer. perhaps the best of our generation

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A certifiable tearjerker, Narrator is great

Revisado: 12-13-23

Look I know this is a book written for and enjoyed by women "Chick Lit" my daughter calls it. And as a crusty 70 year old man I would have skipped it but Dublin 1952 was the place and date of my birth, so I listened to it and loved it.
I actually think it is Dublin through a Disney lens but that's ok.
Can't say enough good things about the Narrator,Aoife McMahon but I would happily buy a recording of her reading the Dublin phone book. ( is there still a Dublin phone book?) anyway you get the idea.

Criticism: The author used two terms that were not in common usage until at least the 1970's.
"Crashed" for sleep. and "Laid back" for casual attitude.

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interesting take of the war, narrator angered me

Revisado: 11-30-23

Working day by day through what is arguably the fulcrum month of the Second World War is an interesting approach and it works pretty well until the Narrator , Mark Bramhall, started slaging Vera Brittain, author of "Testament of Youth" and one of my personal heroes
I think it must be the writing about her, to start with, but Bramhill affects such a snotty, swarmy voice to read the passages that I almost threw my phone out the window.
Brittian was a pacifist and yes she was probably wrong about the second wold war but she had a valid point of view if you understand her experiences during the 1914-18 war. She was not wrong about Churchill who although a brilliant orator and a third class watercolorist really screwed the pooch with his actions in the Dardanelles, Ask any Anzac survivor how they feel about the man.
Too bad because it spoiled a reasonably good book and I will be asking for my money back.

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The most irritating protagonist in a long time.

Revisado: 02-08-23

I know the aim was to make the protagonist look like a "plucky, English rose" ahead of her time but she came off as an insipid
idiot as dumb as a box of rocks.
Once I feel that way about a leading character I find it impossible to enjoy the story.

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Annoying to listen to, the weakest of the series

Revisado: 09-07-22

I had a difficult time listening to all the chatroom scenes. Hashtag irritated as hell.
I have really enjoyed this series in the past but now I feel like the author is being paid by the word.
Another irritant is the quotations that start every chapter, they really disrupt the storytelling in my opinion
and lastly can we just have Robin and Strike get it together, they have been playing this High school like game long enough. I am bored by it.

Finally please next time more story and less words

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Don Winslow is the man

Revisado: 07-30-22

if Audible were to publish the shopping list from Don Winslow and Rd Harris were to read it I would enjoy it.

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Like early John Grisham

Revisado: 04-15-22

I like this book a lot
The protagonist is an intelligent sometimes conflicted man dealing with several levels of problems . Quite unlike the cardboard cut out “heroes “ of much contemporary fiction
One flaw is that the set up in the first third of the book drags a bit
Next time less “tell me” and more “show me”
To counter weight that,$ the trial sequences are excellent,with a solid hook.
I am looking forward to reading more in this series

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a free gift for a rainy March morning

Revisado: 03-25-22

I like almost all of Don Winslows work. But of all of his books I enjoy the San Diego canon the most.
So a free story, an hour spent hanging with the Dawn Patrol on a rainy March morning in New England was a great gift.
I think Winslow is an terrific short story writer, the Zoo story in his earlier collection read by Ray Porter is among the best writer/narrator piece in all of Audible.
Many thanks

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Loved this book and surprised as well p

Revisado: 10-25-21

I was not expecting much but the more I listened the more I liked and learned
The author gave me a bridge between the nautical world of “The Last Kingdom “ and Patrick O’Brian’sJack Audbry A linkage I never understood
Also the history of the” Brotherhood “
made me want to be a pirate
Also I remember being inspired by the author beautiful boat “Ella” when she was in Marion Harbor back in the ‘80’s.
This might be called YA lit but this old guy loved it

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Saving the best for last

Revisado: 10-21-20

I have read all of the "Last Kingdom" books. Most of them at least 2 times so I can sort out the tangled web of Lords and Ladies and Kings etc. I have enjoyed them all but none as much as this one. I was confused by some things in the first half, as usual,
But by the midway point I was back on top of it. And the last battle was the best battle scene as Mr. Cornwell ever wrote. And believe me I have stood shoulder to shoulder with him through many bloody shield walls.
A word of caution: This is not a stand alone book, I doubt one could get most of this until one has come through most or all of the previous books in the series. The Journey of Uhtred of Bebbanburg is long and bloody but with this final battle I think we can finally let him live out his days in Bebbanburg.
Whats next ? I would love to listen to a book where Finnen is the main character Maybe how he ended up in that slave ship?

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