Janet

A little sappy but still enjoyable

Revisado: 09-21-15

Not a baseball book per se. The second half was a little ploddy, sappy and rather predictable. Best when baseball fans were talking about the game. Researched well enough that you sometimes forget it's fiction.

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Just becoming acquainted with William Murdock

Revisado: 07-30-15

I recently discovered Murdock Mysteries, a Canadian TV show based on Jennings novels and the world she has created . This is her first. I enjoyed the story. . a little convoluted.. not crazy about the narrator though. can't decide if I will read or listen to any others .

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A fan of the story but not the audiobook

Revisado: 03-15-15

I like the series, but didn't care for the reader, specifically the way she choose to read male voices. I'll get the others as ebooks or hard copy. pity.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 09-20-08

My fault -- I didn't read the reviews before purchasing and didn't realize that it was abridged. A shame, too, since I really like the book and thought listening to it in the car would help me remember key concepts. Hey audible -- any change of getting an unabridged version?

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This is History

Revisado: 01-21-08

Perhaps it is a generational thing -- I was in college during the Watergate era. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to The Secret Man. The narrator does an excellent job and if you didn't know better, you could imagine it was Woodward himself telling the story. The reader (ok, listener) almost feels like an eavesdropper into Woodward's private thoughts.

The book is more about Woodward's struggle and less about Felt but I was in no way disappointed by that. A framework for a discussion on journalistic integrity, this should be required reading for J students everywhere (after All the President's Men of course).

I suspect that some of the younger listeners/reviewers do not fully appreciate a story based on accuracy of information and protecting a source because the media today is more interested in getting information out quickly and less with getting it right.

The only way to make the audiobook better, would have been to have a different narrator for Carl Bernstein's reporter's assessment at the end -- just to help the listener "switch gears."

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