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Title is a little misleading

Revisado: 09-08-24 El oyente recibió este título gratis

This book is titled, "The Fall of Berlin" - yet the book spends only a portion of it's time on the battle of Berlin. I understand that there is a need to provide the context of the battle of Berlin with respect to German efforts on the other theatres of the war, but in my opinion, too much time was spent outside of Berlin itself and the immediate surrounding area. Because of this focus, the book does not provide a chronological account. Specific theatres of war are outlined chronologically, but then the next chapter will start with a different time period, which made it harder to put in context of other events.

With respect to the battle of Berlin itself, I expected more detail and more content. There was some first person accounts by higher ranks, but few made by ordinary foot soldiers and citizens.

With respect to the narrator, he did a good job, but made the curious choice of putting on various accents when quoting British and American accounts. However, German and Russian accounts were read with his usual voice. I understand and support the decision not to use German and Russian accents, if you can't do them properly. That would be really distracting, however, why do the British and American accents at all then?

In summary, the subtitle of this book, "The Final Days of Hitler's Evil Regime" would have made a better title than, "The Fall of Berlin". The book is definitely worth a listen. I learned a lot of new information from listening to the book. Other than my quips above, the narrator, did a fine job, and within chapters, the author set out cogent stories that moved along well.

disclaimer. Reviewer received a free copy of book in exchange for this review.

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Needs a different Narrator

Revisado: 08-18-20

I wanted to like this book but the narrator used a very bad falsetto for the female characters. This is unforgivable for a book with a lead female protagonist. I finished the book but cringed every time a female spoke. Probably a better read than an audiobook.

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Hilarious!

Revisado: 12-22-19

Laugh out loud funny. Great performances by the voice actors. I hope that the author writes a sequel.

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Not up to his usual standards

Revisado: 12-10-19

Big Drew Hayes fan here. Unfortunately this book was not up to his usual standards. Mostly not amusing . Plot not engaging.

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Great but only for real enthusiasts.

Revisado: 06-15-17

Great moment by moment re-accounting of the events but largely lacking in emotion or sense of story telling. I really enjoyed the book as I am a spaceflight fan, but this is not likely a good choice for those who only have a casual interest in the topic.

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Mistitled Book

Revisado: 10-18-16

This book should have been titled: "America was never the same: Events that changed American History " This book which proports to be about world history takes an American slant on all events. It's not what I expected from the title of the book. This is the worst Great Courses book that I have read.

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Fantastic Narrator and Riveting Story

Revisado: 04-10-16

The narrator did an amazing job giving each of the many characters a unique voice.

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Stay Away

Revisado: 03-03-16

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Not only was the book filled with hyperbole but the melodramatic delivery by the narrator made it even worse. It kind of made me feel like listening to a carnival barker selling snake oil. Both the author and the narrator overselling each point.

Has The Arsenal of Democracy turned you off from other books in this genre?

I love non fiction books and have bought many from audible but I've never been so turned off by both the book and the narrator.

Would you be willing to try another one of Peter Berkrot’s performances?

Nope. Unless he received bad direction from the producer that is. Personally if I had received direction like that I would have walked out of the studio. ...MORE COWBELL!!!

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Nice cover.

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