Hans-Peter G.
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The Life We Bury
- De: Allen Eskens
- Narrado por: Zach Villa
- Duración: 8 h y 23 m
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College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.
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Good listen!
- De Lori K. en 12-14-15
- The Life We Bury
- De: Allen Eskens
- Narrado por: Zach Villa
Great story but didn't end when it should
Revisado: 01-14-25
I loved the story arc up to the point where we discover the truth about the old man in the nursing home. After that the book feels like some drama and "raising the stakes" must be added by putting the protagonist in danger. Followed by another round of raising the stakes even higher. It all feels tagged on and gratuitous - probably an expression of our times where no book or movie can end without "everything is on the line". The book was great up to all that stuff but how it ended was pretty meh.
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Memorial Day – Die Gefahr [Memorial Day: The Danger]
- Mitch Rapp 7 [Mitch Rapp, Book 7]
- De: Vince Flynn
- Narrado por: Josef Vossenkuhl, Alexander Rösch
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
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Islamisten wollen die Einweihung einer Gedenkstätte in Washington für ein Attentat auf den US-Präsidenten und ausländische Staatschefs nutzen. Deshalb schickt die CIA Terrorspezialist Mitch Rapp nach Afghanistan. Dort bereiten Milizen von Al-Qaida in einem abgelegenen Grenzdorf den Angriff vor. Doch Rapp kommt zu spät und erfährt die schreckliche Wahrheit: Eine Atombombe befindet sich auf dem Weg in die Vereinigten Staaten.
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Somewhat simplistic torture orgy
- De Hans-Peter G. en 01-02-24
- Memorial Day – Die Gefahr [Memorial Day: The Danger]
- Mitch Rapp 7 [Mitch Rapp, Book 7]
- De: Vince Flynn
- Narrado por: Josef Vossenkuhl, Alexander Rösch
Somewhat simplistic torture orgy
Revisado: 01-02-24
I must admit after a promising start the protagonist is starting to disappoint. Mitch Rapp is often consumed with rage and anger and comes across as unhinged and unprofessional. Torturing suspects is his immediate go to solution for everything, he enjoys revenge killings and outright executions and primitively threatens members of the US administration with violence or death should they cross him. Granted that the threats Mitch is dealing with will require compromises around things like due process, the rule of law, and upholding human rights and democratic values. What doesn't work for me however is his outright contempt for all these things he purports to protect, which Mitch isn't shy to announce in repeated, expletives laden, sexist, bloodthirsty and increasingly unhinged rants. Mitch often has a point but due to anger issues seems incapable of expressing himself in a professional and considered manner. Even Jack Bauer in post 9/11 panic had more perspective and decorum. As an allegedly top tier CIA operative Mitch Rapp has become a disappointment.
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Executive Power (German Edition)
- Das Kommando [The Command]
- De: Vince Flynn
- Narrado por: Josef Vossenkuhl
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
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Völlig unvorbereitet wird Geheimagent Mitch Rapp vom amerikanischen Präsidenten ins mediale Rampenlicht gezerrt. Nach jahrelanger Arbeit im Schatten kennt plötzlich jeder Terrorist auf der Erde sein Gesicht und seinen Namen. Rapp zieht sich hinter die Kulissen zurück. Doch es dauert nicht lang, bis ein Team der Navy SEALs auf den Philippinen in einen tödlichen Hinterhalt gerät und er zur Rückkehr an die Krisenherde der Welt gezwungen ist. Ein Verräter in der eigenen Regierung führt die Welt an den Rand der Vernichtung.
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Good story, one weak point
- De Hans-Peter G. en 12-01-23
- Executive Power (German Edition)
- Das Kommando [The Command]
- De: Vince Flynn
- Narrado por: Josef Vossenkuhl
Good story, one weak point
Revisado: 12-01-23
I liked the story. The only thing that was completely off is Mitch's idiotic waffling when he is fessing up to his wife on his little adventure. For a secret agent the stupid rambling, catastrophic timing and complete cluelessness of how any normal woman in that situation will behave (and what one should -not- say unless with the intention to provoke a major meltdown), is truly breathtaking. He could not have handled that situation any worse, and he sounded like a complete imbecile. I get it that it was meant to create some drama but this was so over the top stupid that it completely took me out of the story. Otherwise I enjoyed the story.
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Separation of Power
- Mitch Rapp Series
- De: Vince Flynn
- Narrado por: Ken Kliban
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
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Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American President's term. To make matters worse, Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race - something Israel has vowed to stop. With the haunting specter of World War III looming, the president calls on his secret weapon: top counter-terrorism operative Mitch Rapp. But with only two weeks to take out the nukes, Rapp is up against a ticking clock - and impossible odds.
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Narrator turns Rapp into a snooty, cranky man
- De Amazon Customer en 06-02-11
- Separation of Power
- Mitch Rapp Series
- De: Vince Flynn
- Narrado por: Ken Kliban
Good story, challenged with narrator performance
Revisado: 11-26-23
I enjoyed the story but was more often than once annoyed with the often over exaggerated performance of the narrator. About half of the conversations between major characters were read in an over the top excited, flustered, panicked or otherwise emotive manner, which did not work for me. Also I have to say the litmus test for narrators of Mitch Rapp novels for me is if they care enough to look up how to pronounce Heckler & "Koch". This one clearly didn't.
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