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What A Waste of Time

Revisado: 05-21-17

What disappointed you about The Orphan's Tale?

I am very disappointed with this story. It is written in a very juvenile fashion. Not much depth to the characters. I find myself rolling my eyes every sentence or two. It's like a bad harlequin romance novel. The performance is Ok but sometimes the narrators forget which accent they should be using. Sigh

Has The Orphan's Tale turned you off from other books in this genre?

Just turned off to this author

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Short and Sweet

Revisado: 05-13-15

Would you try another book from Charles River Editors and/or Steve Marvel?

You can't escape the text book feeling at the beginning but about half way through it really got interesting for me. 90 minutes later I was very satisfied and will download more of this series.

Would you recommend Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Wild Bill Hickok to your friends? Why or why not?

Yes, a nice glimpse at the old west

Have you listened to any of Steve Marvel’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

First one. Very pleased.

Was Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Wild Bill Hickok worth the listening time?

YES!

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Boring beyond belief

Revisado: 05-13-15

What disappointed you about Zero Day?

I was a big fan of his Camel Club series so I was excited. But nothing happens for the first two hours and then is just got stupid. By hour three I turned it off. Maybe the best of yet to come. Too bad.

What was most disappointing about David Baldacci’s story?

Our main character had no character.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Narrator has fine.

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

Yawns

Any additional comments?

No

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Worth the Journey

Revisado: 03-28-12

What made the experience of listening to Life of Pi the most enjoyable?

I was never so thoroughly unprepared for a book. The premises; a young boy on a lifeboat with a tiger, a zebra, and so on.... I was expecting a charming, whimsical tale. I was even prepared for talking animals. What I got was firm slap in the face of what such a reality would be like. The writing was so vivid that at time I could taste the salt water on my lips.

It is impossible to say much about the story without ruining it for the reader. I can only say that at times I was going to give up because the story could get so tedious and slow. Exactly would it would be like on a lifeboat for 227 days (btw: that is not a spoiler, he mentions that fact early in the story).

But don’t give up. As unprepared as I was for the book at the beginning of the story, I was even more unprepared for the ending. I was left with a story I will never forget.

What about Jeff Woodman’s performance did you like?

Pitch Perfect.

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I must be missing something

Revisado: 06-13-11

When I read reviews like: Robert A. Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read,' my expectation are high to say the least. Well I must be missing something because this book was not much of anything.

We spend the first half of the book getting everything set up. Then BOOM! Everything starts happening, action, excitement, mystery, and all. And then, 20 minutes later, it all stops. I mean really stops! The second half of the book absolutely nothing more happens. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. But nothing.

I live and breath sci-fi so it's not the genre that wasn't working. THe narrator was below average, but I don't blame him. He definitely did not add anything.

Most of the positive reviews appear to be from people who read the book 20 years ago and this was a wonderful blast from the past. Good for them. As for me. I recommending passing on this book.

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You can't go back!

Revisado: 04-30-10

I remember reading this book about 25 years ago. I loved it. I remember it as one of my all time favorite books. When it popped up on Audible I was so excited to relive it. Well, you can;'t go back. I was bored beyond belief. In the first 15 minutes we establish the basic story, Our two main characters are bouncing around in alternative versions of late 20th century america. After the first few bounces the novelty is over, but you have several 100 more to trudge through. I guess when I was 18 that was enough, now I am 46 and I need a little more. I write more for require spoilers which I hate coming across in reviews. Heinlein is a great writer and perhaps my previous reading spoiled the story for me. I'll finish with saying that the book is dated socially and politically and possibly could offend people. Which I guess means it could be worth listening to anyway.

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Should have left the story alone

Revisado: 04-30-10

I loved the first book and was excited to read the followup. Everything that made book one a exciting, original, and thought provoking was replaced with boring character endless battles. After about four or five hours and repetition I had to give up. Maybe eventually something actually started to happen, but for me it wasn't worth the effort to listen to and was retroactively ruining the original story. It started reminding me of Dune. The first book was a masterpiece, after that it became a generic cash cow.

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A Satisfying Conclusion

Revisado: 06-04-08

If you read the first two books you have little choice but to read this one. As for enjoyment it lives somewhere between the Golden Compass and the Subtle Knife. The Golden Compass was perfection, the Subtle Knife was convoluted and forced.

Too often the story drags and too often I feel things are happening only because they have to rather then as a natural progression.

But the book cleanly, and often brilliantly, resolves all the complex story line. And, as with the first two book, the character are beautifully crafted and the audio book production is flawless.

You'll be satisfied and more then a little heart broken when your done.

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Worth continuing

Revisado: 06-02-08

If you read the Golden Compass you have no choice but to continue this series. I wish I could say this was as an enjoyable, but I can't. I can say that it is an interesting, if not a tad confusing. In general the series walks a thin line between young-adult and adult literature. There are times I found it a tad childish, and there are moments when I can't see a child understand the complex story.

Like most trilogies, this is an in between story that mostly sets up the next and final book.

The production is first rate. 20 year of audio book listening I can say it is one of the best on that level.

I am half way through the third book and I can say that I look forward to listen to them all again which is something I seldom do.

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Bored to Tears

Revisado: 11-18-05

I have been following this series from the beginning and have loved every page of every book (even that silly stroll through the Wizard of Oz). But this book killed my interest as true as Roland's aim. A series that began as a surreal western in the first book, became an exciting parallel universe tripping adventure in the second, then rolled into a full fledged SCI FI journey by the third. After that it lost what little grounding it had and by this book became tiresome in it's endless dialogs and pretentiousness. The story of Sue and Mia just isn't working for me and I am sorry to see it take center stage. Most of all I miss the action that was so prevalent in the other books. Nothing ever happens (gun fights) until the very end of the book. I really hope the next one is better because I have come to far to stop now.

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