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Terrible

Revisado: 07-02-19

Lately Audible reviews have been unreliable in terms of the quality of the book. Books with outstanding reviews have proved to be losers in my opinion. This book is a case in point. An 4 star review with 1,500 readers and I was sucked in. I have stuck with it for 5 hours of its 17 hour length but I'm eventually giving up. There is hardly any story apart from going back in time. Every character's clothes are described in great detail and the author can't mention a female character without extolling how beautiful she is. And, for some reason the word "lighted" seems to come up all the time. It seems like it was written by a high school kid, or maybe it's FOR high school kids. If you read it and loved it then you have seen something there that I haven't and good luck to you. I have over 200 audible books and this, in my opinion, is certainly one of the worst.

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music is a disaster -- don't buy this!

Revisado: 07-14-12

What disappointed you about Our Man in Havana?

see headline

What does Jeremy Northam bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

great voices

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

anger. music spoiled it. Only just managed to get through it

Any additional comments?

I'd like to strangle the guy who put in the disgusting music!!!!!!!!

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Beware of the narrator!

Revisado: 06-15-12

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narrator

Would you be willing to try another book from Pat Duggins? Why or why not?

Don't know yet

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Gary L. Willprecht?

anyone who reads slower and has a genuine interest in science

Could you see Trailblazing Mars: NASA's Next Giant Leap being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

no

Any additional comments?

I'm writing this after listening to only the first few chapters as there are no reviews as of now, and the potential listener should be warned. The narrator reads it as if he is in a schoolroom class and has been reluctantly chosen to read the next chapter. He reads way to fast with no inflection so it's very difficult to understand all the intracies of the various preliminary unmanned flights etc. He obviously has no interest in the subject matter, even prounouncing "nuclear" as "nucular" just like one of our recent non-science orientated presidents! Totally spoils the book for me.

I also don't know where the book is going -- that should have been outlined in the first few pages -- so I have no idea if this is a good comprehensive overview or a flippant poorly researched book with the same integrity as the narrator. I recommend searching Scientific American for a serious article although this is obviously not available in audio

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AWEFUL!!!!

Revisado: 02-11-10

This is my tenth Audible book and the worst by far. It's basically a list of historical events with a few anecdotes thrown in. It seems to jump from one geographical area to another with the emphasis on incidental events, and the chronology is confusing too. The narrator is awful -- an unattractive tone without expression and the attempt at humor is pathetic.

Just listen to the sample -- there's a word repeated twice which they left in and that sloppiness is typical of the whole project. The authors don't appear to have made any effort to make the book a quality product -- must have been paid to churn it out as quickly as possible.

I read a lot of science and history. This book is an insult. I think I've made my point. To be honest, I only listened to the first 4 chapters but couldn't continue for obvious reasons.

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Great writing, even greater narration, BUT.......

Revisado: 01-09-10

Good as this book is, it is deathly slow and nothing much happens. I enjoy well written, descritive books (e.g.Cold Mountain)but had to give up on this one half way through (after an investment of 10 hours or so). Pity, because the writing is insightful and the reading extraordinary.

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