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Not my cup of tea.

Revisado: 04-19-25

I listen to a lot of audiobooks- The narrator definitely was not top tier. I stopped listening to this during the first chapter. The author was more focused on humor and catchy one-liners. I did not return this simply for the fact that respect Nick’s service to our country. He’s a true hero.

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Totally surprised, great book

Revisado: 07-12-23

When I saw that this was self-narrated, I was skeptical- that rarely ever works. But Eddie did a great job. There were times when his voice was quivering as he fought the emotion. He was also very frank about what it was like to kill the enemy. He didn’t pull any punches and was very transparent. This man has my full respect. Not only as a soldier, but as a man of God.

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A fantastic story

Revisado: 10-27-19

This audiobook was well written and well narrated, by the author himself. I have a ton of audiobooks in my library, and this ranks as one of the best. I binged listened to it, and was bummed when it was over.

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Listened it twice

Revisado: 02-13-19

If you like brutally honest war books, then you’ll like Ed Eaton’s “in your face” story telling. He is not an educated writer, but there is something about his rudimentary writing style that was refreshing and to the point. I never bored listening to it and laughed out loud at times. The narrator was ok - I think the actual overall production is what was lacking. Regardless, I listened to this twice.

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Great book, but narrator wasn’t so good

Revisado: 01-11-19

I gave the performance 2 stars - I just didn’t like how the narrator tried the change his voice for the various individuals, he was way over acting. Very few people can actually pull that off. I ended ip buying the hardback to read.
This book contains interviews from people that are in other countries and other religions. The author ties almost everything these people encountered with biblical scripture. And he is correct in doing so. Yes, I am a practicing Christian. But I am very objective. As a teenager I would attempt to debate my mother about “Jesus being the only way. What about remote peoples that have never been able to hear about Christ?”. She responded that Jesus is the only way, but all will be judged on the truth that they have had the opportunity to hear. “God has a backup plan for those folks. I just don’t know what it is”. He desires for all to be saved. He knows that won’t happen, for he will never over ride free will. But he is desperate for all of us. This book really backs this up. See for yourself and examine the scriptures.

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It never grabbed me

Revisado: 09-05-18

I've read all the positive reviews and I know this is a great story written by a great American.
But I just never could get into it - the narrator was pretty boring, but maybe it was just me.

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A ton of information

Revisado: 08-14-18

I actually enjoyed this audio-book. The author definitely did his homework, and the narrator was great.
There was a lot of info and a lot of names - I kind of had a hard time keeping up with everything.
I will listen to it again.

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Boring

Revisado: 03-02-18

I wanted to like this so bad, but it just never grabbed me.
I read all the positive reviews - maybe it's just me.
The narrator put me to sleep.
I totally respect Ed's service, but I'm returning this.

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Was sorry when it ended

Revisado: 10-17-17

There are many more thoughtful reviews here for you. I will just say that this was a great story and the narrator is one the best I've ever heard.
Most of the time when a narrator tries to use specific voices for certain characters, it comes across as cheesy or over-acting. But this Craig Wasson guy is just off the charts good.

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This was fun to listen to

Revisado: 04-12-16

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I just read some negative reviews on Amazon by readers of this book and I have copied my same review below:
The important thing about this review is the fact that I listened to the audio book. I have seen some reviews that are critical of Kuler's writing style and what scholars would point out as literary flaws - and I would tend to agree if I would have read the book. But, listening to the audio really brought out things in this book that I would have missed otherwise. There was a lot of back-and-forth dialogue in this book and I love that way that Kugler wrote it the way that they actually spoke to each other. I come from a construction crew background and I understand the raunchy and profane language that is used in that environment. So, it was kind of refreshing to hear a book that was written this way and I truly believe it was done by design. I have also read reviews that criticize how flippant he seemed to be about killing. Well.....welcome to the world of being a sniper. People in war actually make light of death to help them deal with it at the time and Kugler is no exception. He has no regrets, no PTSD, or bad dreams about the war. He actually looks back on his time in the war with fondness. I would expect nothing less from a Marine.

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