Charles B. Arnold

Mixed feelings

Revisado: 08-23-21

There is no doubt that Gary Sinise has done more to support, cheer, entertain, and serve US servicemen and servicewomen than almost anyone in the history of the US. As a veteran, I am grateful for all of the time, energy, and dedication he has given to the aforementioned endeavor. I truly enjoyed this book for the most part - how Gary told the story of his shift from serving and glorifying self to serving in what I would call the most vigorous serving I have ever seen. It was good to understand where he came from and how he came to be the Gary Sinise whom we all know and love. However, after he came to the point in his life when he realized that he wanted to exert the large part of his energy to ensuring that the members of our armed services are appreciated, the book began to read almost as a resume of all of the serving he has done - almost as if he is trying to prove that he is a good man to the reader, to the listener, or to God. This was a huge drawback of this account. If his desire in writing and performing this book was to toot his own horn, then he certainly succeeded. Propriety suggests that he should probably have focused on telling his life change story and let others give him accolades.

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Unbelievable

Revisado: 08-13-21

He knows how to tell a story. These words are added to my review because of a stupid rule.

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Funny

Revisado: 11-06-20

This is a wonderful baseball anecdote. It's a little crude, so if you get offended easily, avoid it.

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A Moving Narrative

Revisado: 06-21-19

Dale Maharidge wrote, with numerous voices, an excellent account of his journey to understand his father's suffering and anger, and consequently his own suffering, that resulted from his experiences during WWII. His journey led him where he did not expect, and results in an amazing outcome. This was effectively recorded using the voices of those with whom he spoke during his research. As a vet that also suffers from trauma, though not even comparable to this, I found the results of his research informative and helpful. I took back one star only because many parts of the included recordings were difficult to hear and understand.

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Book of gossip

Revisado: 06-18-19

*YAWN* This book reads like the society gossip column for the upper class idle rich of the 19th century. I read it for our book club and so really wanted to finish, but can't say that my life was enriched by doing so. The upside to experiencing the book thru Audible was that Juliet Stevenson did a bang-up job with her narration and characterization. I couldn't have finished without her.

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Nearly perfect

Revisado: 08-18-18

Loved the story and the reader. However, the slurping noises used for Lord Bittlesham were a bit much.

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A Truly Remarkable Biography

Revisado: 03-17-17

As always, David McCullough wrote a masterpiece. Though incredibly sympathetic it was a good read.

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