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I'm confused?

Revisado: 12-23-24

This book got rave reviews, but I’m and hour or so in and I’m not interested in details of a brutal serial killer. Not sure I can continue. Where are the 6 stories interwoven into one book everyone mentions?

I'm also not keen on the narration. The narrator sounds breathless at the end of many sentences.

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Good even for non baseball fans

Revisado: 12-22-24

I don’t know much about baseball, but my husband does , and after reading reviews I bought this book for a long car ride.
He knew all about Pete Rose, and isn’t much for audiobooks. But we both found the book well written and gripping . And I felt like I learned quite a bit. I will admit to asking my husband a few too many apparently stupid questions ( e.g., “Why’d he do a sacrifice fly?) during the drive , which drove him a bit crazy.


I wondered why a woman was the reader. I looked Ellen Adair up. She’s an actress with a lifelong passion for baseball. That fact made it even better for us.<
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4 stars instead of 5 because there was a little too much baseball minutiae in the middle.

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Not for me

Revisado: 11-10-24

Not at all serious or believable. And SPOILER ALERT, the ending is disappointing. You find that all sorts of good things happend because a father decides to murder his unlikeable son.

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Just a fun story

Revisado: 08-13-24

Fun story, excellent narration. I loved Cara and her family . Recommend for an easy listen

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Swisher is right on but not always likable

Revisado: 03-17-24

Swisher is quite self aggrandizing, claiming she foresaw just about everything and can accurately assess each tech titan's faults ( which are frequently huge and numerous.) Still, I liked the book and agree with her on the scary and uncontrolled impact of tech on our world.

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Great book, but read it, don't listen

Revisado: 01-14-23

I learned quite a bit reading this book, both about Churchill's leadership and the hardships faced by British citizens. I can't imagine how much people suffered with all the bombing.

In the Acknowledgements and Sources section, Larson noted that much has been written about Churchill, so that his focus was on the stories that get left out of the massive biographies. This worked for me. I loved learning about Churchill's family and close aids. I must admit to finding Pamela and Randolph Churchill's situation particularly intriguing and and I spent quite a bit of time googling Pamela's life and future romances. And I look forward to reading more about Clementine.
On the other hand, I could easily have done without the information on Mary Churchill's social life and excerpts from her diary She was 17/18 years old during the time the events in the book took place, and like many of us at that age, not especially mature or interesting. And I look forward to readi

I tried to listen to the book but the narrator did not work for me. Reading the book was a much better experience.

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Just delightful

Revisado: 11-10-22

I’ve had a limited attention span lately, so have been going for short stories. This is the second one I’ve liatened to
by Don Winslow and read by Ed Harris. Wow I wish there were more.

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Not for me

Revisado: 09-09-22

Just not serious or believable enough for me. While all the characters had issues, so do all my friends and neighbors. Nothing unusual here, and Iona Iverson saving everyone is unrealistic.

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the male narrator didn't work for me

Revisado: 09-09-22

3.5 stars

I'm glad I read the book even though it was a bit slow at times. I started listening to it on audible, but he narrators (particularly the male narrator) just didn't do it for me. So, I read half of it on kindle.

I loved the story line. I was completely unaware of the history of Owens Lake and the implications of its drying up. The NY times and WSJ just recently (summer 2022) had articles about the great Salt Lake, and compared its looming demise to that of Owens Lake. The descriptions of the Japanese internment camp really brought the issue home. The multiple character story lines were all interesting. Did anyone else notice how many of the characters were S names ( Schiff, Stevo, Snow, Sunny, Stryker?) It made It a little hard for me to remember who was who, but I suspect there was some reason for it.

However, I found the book a bit slow. There was too much about food, harp playing and a little too much ponderous reflection for me. Some things really came together in the end. But on other issues, there were things that needed to be figured out by the reader: why Stryker didn’t communicate with his twin, why Sunny didn’t write to Schiff for 2 years, some clarification on the process Sunny used to locate Emerson.. I’d rather have those topics covered in the 555 pages rather than seemingly endless paragraphs about cooking and harp playing.

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Worth a second listen

Revisado: 08-17-22

I listened to this book in 2014 and just re-listened in 2022. I just loved it. I recently read Leary's The Children ( loved) and The Foundling ( liked), but this is my favorite of her books. While googling the author, I found that she has had a drinking problem, which makes the book a little less funny and more realistic.

It's a light read, but not too light. There is probably not enough substance for a book club discussion, unless you want to discuss drinking problems. I'd give the book four stars, but I upped it to 5 for narration and pure entertainment value. While googling the author, I found that she has had a drinking problem, which makes the book a little less funny and more realistic.

Apparently the movie will be released soon, and I can't wait to see Kevin Kline as Frankie Getchel!

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