J. B. Evans

Yet another Multiverse story

Revisado: 01-12-24

Fictional stories about the multiverse have become rather formulaic. Someone stumbles into the multiverse, stumbles around, realizes they're in trouble and then scrambles to find their way back to their original starting point. This is the same kind of story but with different names and slightly different changes in the plot. In my judgment it's just not very original.
The use of two narrators, one an adult male and two a preteen female is distracting and not very helpful to the performance. All things considered. I was rather disappointed in this story.

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Important History

Revisado: 06-12-21

The story is well told and heavily documented. The writing and performance generate considerable stress in the hearer which was likely at much higher levels in the historic characters.

I was shocked at the cavalier approach to nuclear war manifested by both military and civilian leadership. Politically I'm too the right of Atila the Hun but I have to give credit to JFK to keeping us out of war.

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A Rushed Ending

Revisado: 07-14-20

I know this introduces a series, but the ending of the book caught me by surprise. Not because the ending was odd or contained a neat twist, but because it was so abrupt. It was as if the writer saw her page count was getting high and just shut it down.Really unsatisfying.

The rest of the book was creative and interesting and the narration was quite good.

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An eye opener!

Revisado: 01-11-20

I am rarely surprised by a book and even less often changed by it. This was the exception. Farrow lays out a well documented case against Harvey Weinstein and, to a lesser degree, Matt Lauer. The more stunning revelation is the extent to which a major news organization (NBC) would go to cover up for both Weinstein and Lauer. These horrors really do happen and now we are warned.

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Over the top...in a bad way

Revisado: 09-27-19

I love books in this genre but Koepp must it for me. First, his character development is extreme and unnecessary. Development is vital in any good work but it must not become the story. He told us innumerable facts about his people that just did not add to the story. It was distracting and even boring for me. I bought the book for the story, not for character development. Second, Koepp uses profanity to the point that it becomes distracting. I have worked in many jobs, both blue and white-collar, and I have never heard this level of profanity. The story would not suffer from a cleaner, less course text. It may not be important to you but it was a negative for me.

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Truly informative history here.

Revisado: 03-19-19

An outstanding history of a dark era in our days. It is quite technical in places but not overly so. It should be careful read and digested.

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surprisingly good read

Revisado: 09-11-18

More than I expected. This tome delves deeply into the dark world of Vladimir Putin and his close allies. You will be pleased that you purchased this book.

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A great experience

Revisado: 04-16-18

This was a wonderful experience. I am a bit of nut for any Russo-Soviet material. This hit the spot for me.

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Many good nuggets

Revisado: 04-16-18

There are numerous nuggets that are worth listening for. Douglas was there when the unit began and he saw it grow and develop. You will hear details of some of the lesser known serial murderers along with the more notorious.

If there is anything negative, it was that the author, Douglas, thinks awfully highly of himself. He never misses a chance to toot his own horn. If you can live with that, you'll enjoy the book.

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Worthy of Your Time

Revisado: 02-16-18

Some of the material is intimidating for the novice but it is worth your time to read and digest . He avoids conspiracy theories but does leave some rather dire predictions.

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