Christopher Brown

Ugh

Revisado: 07-13-23

The first quarter of the book was interesting and well written the second half of the book it’s a trip to hell and it’s awful. I really was hoping for some sort of redemption at the end, but there was none no redemption. Given the second part of the book none of the characters are likable there’s actually a point where are you hope they are all going to die. It’s a miserable awful slog with no payoff whatsoever.

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Glad it's over

Revisado: 07-09-18

I really enjoy KSR's other works, but this one just annoyed me. The story is broken up by "lists," poems and other information which is INTERESTING and tangential to the story - but makes following the story very hard. Some of these sections are over 5 minutes long and consist of incomplete sentences. This works very poorly in an audiobook. The story was just OK and seemed to lack the "tightness" of some his other works. It was really a collection of short stories featuring the same group fo characters and it seemed to me that the first one was missing. Like "Ice Hendge" the book does not so much as end as just peeter out.

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I hate accents

Revisado: 03-25-16

Would you consider the audio edition of On the Steel Breeze to be better than the print version?

Have no idea

What did you like best about this story?

The Story - it's good.

Would you be willing to try another one of Adjoa Andoh’s performances?

I don't know.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes. I really have a problem with the accents. I have a hard time thinking a 200 Y.O. computerized person in the future would speak in pidgin english with a think chinese accent. I would prefer the narrator just read the story rather than do voices. It is too over the top and distracting for me.

Any additional comments?

I assume the voices were a director or author choice. The narrator was good.

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Good story ruined by author need to trash others

Revisado: 12-27-15

What would have made Dead Men Flying better?

This was a great and important story that was ruined for me by the authors injection of politics and religion. His hatred for atheists, politicians and the media really distracts for what is an interesting and missing story. He accuses atheists for killing his pets and blames the media for the poor treatment vets received coming home. I would have prefered to hear more of what his fellow pilots thought about the events in the book. His disrespect for "HQ types" wears thin after about an hour in - especially when you consider he retired as a major general. His complaints about how other units operate - followed by "but they had good pilots" is particularly ironic since it mirrors the frequent media treatment of military issues. His nice words about Bob Hope struck me as particularly hollow - since I knew Mr. Hope and he was not a saint (or even the Catholic at the time).

At the end of the day throughout this book I felt like I was listening to one of those Bar Stool Veterans with a "Not Fonda Jane" who who are poorly educated and have an opinions because they watch Faux News daily. The type of vet who thinks others are not entitled to an opinion because they did not serve. His mix of opinions on the military, religion and politics frankly scare me.

All that being said I would recommend listening to this book because of the story. The story matters.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Not relevant

What aspect of Jeremy Arthur’s performance would you have changed?

none

What character would you cut from Dead Men Flying?

none

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Good read

Revisado: 12-25-15

Fascinating and amazing story of near death at sea. The lost of the S-5 and rescue is a great tale.

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