David

Good story but too much filler

Revisado: 06-30-24

Love the concept, story, characters and events. I don’t like that there’s a lot of filler that appears to be used to expand the length of the story so it’ll span multiple books. Just my impression.

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Very good - like “Wicked”

Revisado: 07-16-22

I enjoyed this. Well performed. Kept my attention. It’s the same kind of inverted interpretation as the musical, “Wicked”.

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FILE IS CORRUPT ON WEB "PLAY" INTERFACE

Revisado: 11-16-16

This audiobook will not play when using the Audible web interface's "PLAY" button under the "My Books" listings. You can hear sporadic audio as the time indicator races through the book by several minutes for every second of actual play time.

My other books play just fine.

Please fix this corrupted audio file ASAP

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Captain Kirk Reads Jason Bourne

Revisado: 08-02-16

The story was decent, but it was hard to follow. Not because it was complex, but because the reader... paused... between every 3-4... words... for emphasis and effect

It honestly reminded me of Captain Kirk's quintessential halting manner of speaking.

I solved this irritation by listening at 2X speed, making the frequent pauses seen more normal.

His voice was good, but the Jason he read wasn't the Jason from the movies.

It'd be really hard to read a book for audible. Perhaps he'll learn from this review and improve on the next book. It was actually very hard keeping focused and bearing complete sentences when there were sooooo many pauses

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OK, but not stellar

Revisado: 03-15-16

Ninety percent was narrated from the point of view of the AI running the ship, allowing the author to ponder philosophically about the human condition and drop concepts from several scientific fields while not getting bogged down in mediocre dialogue and interpersonal relationships. They were only on Aurora for a tiny fraction of this 500 year journey. Although very little action or and light on intriguing scientific phenomena, it does raise very interesting issues about biological compatibility of organisms from one planet on another and provides interesting insights on aspects of orbital dynamics. I listened to the end, hoping for some great finale or striking philosophical conclusion, but was disappointed.

The narrator has a very nice female voice and good pace, but only three voices total: female, computer (female voice flat and distorted), and male (female voice speaking slow deep elongated words). It was often hard to tell who was speaking, especially if there were multiple males or females in the conversation.

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Interesting, slow paced, NC-17

Revisado: 04-12-14

The story is generally interesting, apparently an intentional twist on the biblical Cain vs Able... just on a starless planet. I could feel the planet's darkness throughout the book. The ending left me haunted, even though I knew it was coming. However, nowhere did the author deal with the effects of little to no light on the human brain, as in SADD.

The narrative convention of different characters telling their internal thoughts in different chapters was an interesting twist on the usual narrative from one person's point of view throughout a book.

The repeated words like "Bad bad" is reminiscent of Newspeak in Orwell's 1984, "double plus bad".

I'm surprised this won the 2013 Arthur C. Clark award - I don't recall any of Clark's books containing NC-17 "sex sex" content.

Overall good, but far too much explicit sexual content for Arthur C. Clark and most was completely unnecessary for the plot.

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Politics & history will never look the same again

Revisado: 03-04-14

Eye opening. Revelatory. Explanatory. Disturbing. Transformational.

The Russian's "Science of Disinformation" has had a horrible impact on modern history and is still in use today by Russian and American politicians alike. Chapters 41 and 42 talk about modern politicians' use of Disinformation, such as Obama and Pelosi.

You will never see historical and current events the same way again.

Once you know it's a game, you can no longer be a participant.

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Good Story, Sexy Voice, Little Added To Movie Plot

Revisado: 05-30-13

I saw the movie and got the book in order to get a more in depth story. I really enjoyed listening but did not get much additional insight. The book of the 2009 movie provided some deviations from the movie as well as more in-depth information on the storyline and new, alternate universe. I was hoping the same in this book, but didn't find as much as desired. Follows the movie pretty closely. There are some additional insights, but not enough for what I wanted.

I really enjoyed listening to Alice's sexy, silky regional British accent and remembering her onscreen presence for 9 hours. I honestly don't understand some of the complaints about her accent. It wasn't hard to follow at all. I don't know, perhaps I've have more experience listening to Brits than the other commenters here and therefore didn't have any trouble.

Alice did, however, struggle with the male dominated storyline: while she had believable regional accents for all of the men, most of them came across as whining rather than joking, commanding..... For some reason, she didn't have this problem with McCoy. I liked her imitation of Scotty. I really didn't like her portrayal of Khan or Admiral Marcus.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, but I can't sit that long. I DID take a long long drive and listened the entire time without getting tired... bringing me back to her British accent....

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Quite insightful.

Revisado: 11-19-09

This book is actually quite insightful and simple to comprehend, and has therefore helped me to understand and appreciate the unique needs of my alien daughter.

Half way through the book so far, I have encountered absolutely no signs of "constant right wing Christian moral espousement". Religion isn't mentioned at all.

This book is helping me reconnect with my daughter, but be forewarned, having your mistakes and weaknesses pointed out in the examples isn't an easy listen....

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Excellent Book

Revisado: 11-11-09

A very engaging immersive experience that conveys the hardships, era, events and the personalities of the main and minor characters of the period as no book has ever done for me before. It's very hard to put down. I had no understanding of the ordeal the common soldier endured. I had no idea what gave Thomas Paine his inspiration, who is actually one of the two main characters of at least the first half I've listened to. Now I do. Highly recommended.

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