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what happened to Don Winslow?

Revisado: 05-27-23

I never leave reviews. This time I do.
I just finished the book. It is really bad. So bad I can't believe Don Winslow has written any part of it.

Winslow is one of my favorite writers, I recommended him to all my friends. I loved basically every book he wrote.

The first one in this series was below his par, anyway still OK. But City of Dreams is astonishingly poor.
Nothing happes. Half of the book is padded with inconsequential fillers, an hour is wasted describing a mushroom-induced dream. And Danny dates an actress, how interesting. There's no buildup to an ending, which in fact lasts the whole of thirty seconds and then the book is over. By the way the end doesn't even make any sense.

What a waste of time. Shame on Winslow. Really.

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who wrote this????

Revisado: 11-13-22

Who wrote this?

It is so bad even S.Brick sounds ashamed.
Probably some old short story material lost in a drawer and grossly padded up by some ghost writer.
Bad story, bad everything.

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unbearable to listen

Revisado: 06-14-17

What disappointed you about A Man for All Markets?

The author is also the reader. He has so many speech impedments that it is almost funny. But impossible to listen to. Half the time he can't pronounce "s", "r", "t".
Actually, at the beginning he talks about this pronunciation problems as a kid. Well, they didn't go away.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

couldn't go past the first hour: too painful to listen to

What didn’t you like about Edward O. Thorp’s performance?

You can't even call it a performance. It is a tragedy.

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

I am very interested in the book, but I guess I'll have to read it myself.

Any additional comments?

Shame on Audible for publishing such a poor "performance"

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child lost it, or did he actually wrote this????

Revisado: 09-30-15

last boks weren't that good anyway, but this is really bad. story poor, plot worse, you could fell even Dick Hill wasn't into it. Maybe time to retire Jack.

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WORST NARRATION EVER

Revisado: 07-20-15

What did you like best about Tatiana? What did you like least?

Not Renko's best, still good story. NARRATOR awful. So bad I will have to go to printed edition just to get to the end. I listened to hundreds of audiobooks. This is the worst production ever. Does anybody listen before publishing an audiobook??

Would you be willing to try another book from Martin Cruz Smith? Why or why not?

Read / listened to almost all of his books. Love him, love Renko. Thank god I didn't listen to Tatiana as his first book...

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Don't know where to start.... No defining voices for key players. Impossible to distinguish who is who during dialogues. Sleepy tone all across the board. Wrong pronunciation of most of non-english names, words. A total production flop.Maybe the actor is getting old or had some issues, on previous Renko's books he was almost OK although never near good, but this is a new low.

Was Tatiana worth the listening time?

NO, due to narrator.

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usual great PJ, but PATHETIC sound quality

Revisado: 08-06-09

As a PJ admirer, I read this collection of old articles plus witty funny author's notes, years ago. The audiobook version is just PATHETIC, I am asking for a refund: the audio quality is so bad is it unbearable, impossible to listen. It is obviously a cassette tape remastered, and a bad job at it, anyway. First time I got screwed by Audible, after hundred of great books.

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