Yhatze

His stories, experience, narration, and tempo are exemplary!

Revisado: 02-16-24

Not a minute of this book was wasted on fluff or filler. Anyone who has ever loved, is in love, or has yet to love should listen to this book! A template for happier marriages for future generations and avoiding one's that should never happen as well.

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Slow burn to an inferno

Revisado: 01-15-24

Narration has been excellent throughout the series. Sometimes you can get lost in all the different characters but there are enough reminders to keep you on track. Definitely breathes new life into the series. Can't wait to see how the next book unfolds.

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The Narrator makes all the difference!

Revisado: 06-29-20

Awesome performance, the character voices are all very unique and distinct.

As for the story...its not for everyone but still a fun listen. I would say that the author has done a good job of bringing together ideas that normally would not be remotely close to being related. Computer hackers posing as Medieval Wizards operating under the premise that we all are living inside of a computer simulation. And there's a Pontiac Fiero...

I told you, the story is a real hodgepodge of ideas...

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Not great, not horrible. Story needs some tweaking

Revisado: 01-09-20

I didnt feel like there was enough world-building. I just couldn't get an idea of how the scene was set. The story left a lot to be desired because it used a lot of futuristic technical jargon that made things overly complicated. I couldn't keep track off all the gizmos and gadgets. The plot was okay, it was the order of backstories that I feel need rearranging.

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A book more about infectious diseases.

Revisado: 06-18-19

If I didn't listen to this book, I would have lost interest after the first few chapters. I understand that the author was trying to stitch together a bunch of different events, but honestly, this book could be shortened by at least a third and still got it's message across.

This book is 10 percent actual adventure and discovery and 90 percent filler and ancillary material.

The last chapter departs entirely from Ciudad Blanca and the author rambles on about how infectious diseases from the poorer regions on the planet will become epidemics because of global warming. It's not that the science is wrong, it's that I feel the author used the mystery and legend of this lost city to sell books that talk about a different subject. It feels like I got a switch-a-roo pulled on me.

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It's not a nail-biter, but worthy of listening

Revisado: 11-20-17

The entire world needs to listen to this as I feel that it is a much needed wake-up call to the unsustainable pace we all are a part of. If you have ever exchanged money or bartered for a product or service, then you need to listen to this.

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Given that Trump is POTUS, this book is terrifying

Revisado: 06-05-17

I found listening to the narrator was a little difficult at first, then became easier. I found that the narrator's British dialect made the book easier to focus on where the plot was taking place and how the characters interacted with each other.

As for the ideas that George Orwell was trying to put forth in 1949, they seem to be coming to life since Trump took the Oval Office. But it didn't start with Trump, it just seems like his antics in the media are just more overt. In my honest opinion ,the idea of thought control has been around for centuries( i.e. organized religion). But most people, I believe, feel as though they are living "in the Matrix" and know that they are but have no intention of rocking the boat. Ignorance is bliss.

This book is about when those with power exploit the general population's desire not to care too much about what impacts them directly or immediately. And what results is a completely subjugated populace with no hope.....nay, without even knowing what the definition of hope is and thereby having no idea that positive change can happen. I found myself often comparing this book to the movie Equilibrium. The ideas are very similar. Instead of the "Thought Police", Equilibrium has the Tetragrammaton acting as Feeling Police.

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Not for the closed-minded

Revisado: 05-27-17

I came to this book after finishing The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck where Ernest Becker's work was referenced. I am not a student of psychology, merely a person who is curious about ideas. I needed to slow down the reader's speed just a little because I couldn't comprehend the material fast enough before a new topic was being discussed. The ideas that Becker presented when this book was written were as radical then as they are now. Atheists will have no problem listening, everyone who isn't might find the subject matter incendiary or blasphemous. What I got out of listening to The Denial of Death is a better understanding of why us, as the human animals we are, do what we do to one another in the name of some higher power or our own selfish reasons. I will certainly listen to it again in the future as I know I did not fully absorb all the information presented.

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Read this if you want your ideologies challenged.

Revisado: 03-03-17

The material is excellent and relevant but the narrator has a voice that is deep and is hard to understand at times. I had to slow the reading down a little to keep up. Some of the facts the author speaks about will make your stomach turn when he takes them out from the religious umbrella of what we think as moral, just, and "deity approved." If you have doubts about why religion has failed in your life and need some education regarding the lies that have been pandered to the masses for centuries, this book is for you.

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Excellent! Wish it wasn't read by a woman.

Revisado: 12-09-16

I think this book would have been better if narrated by a man. Not enough inflection and she has an annoying hiss at the end of certain words. Love the content and all the research that went into this book.

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