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Informative and inspiring

Revisado: 01-19-24

This book was an eye opener. Even though I watched the whole thing on TV, it was an excellent refresher of what we, as a democracy, are up against this coming November. I only wish Trump loyalists would read it.

One thing that stood out to me was how bipartisan the House and Senate are in their everyday work. I had imagined they crossed the aisle to communicate with the other party more often than they apparently do. That is very disappointing to me - it needs to change. Communication is everything!

Thank you, Liz Chaney. You did a great service to us all by writing this book!

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Don’t waste your money / credit

Revisado: 10-09-22

Hum-drum story at best. Narration was just plain awful….ponderous and monotone. I have over 1500 books in my library, and this one falls in the bottom 10. Were it not for the fact it was in a two for one sale, I wouldn’t have bought it. Definitely not recommended.

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Mediocre

Revisado: 04-21-20

Content was at introduction level only, and seemed to be mostly limited to Western Europe, mainly England and France. I am not a scholar in any sense of the word, but there was little new in what was discussed - I had heard most of it before at one point or another. The professor spoke as if to a classroom full of 5th graders, very slowly and repetitively, which I found very annoying. I don't regret buying it, but I will not purchase another Great Courses book by this professor.

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Awful narrator ruined it

Revisado: 09-28-19

I might have liked this better with a different narrator. Considering how many great narrators are out there, it is disappointing that this one was selected for such a long series. He was just so monotone and expressionless that it was grating to my nerves and therefore couldn't hold my interest. No sense of emotion, or suspense or drama at all. And since he narrates most of the remaining books in the series, I will definitely not be continuing with it, and I will be returning this one. Pity, since I like a good mystery series.

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Yay! For once, nothing about Eve's childhood!

Revisado: 02-06-19

I don't necessarily think this was a bad book, although not one of the best in the series. Very little suspense. However, I was SO glad to see that Nora did not once bring up Eve's childhood trauma (for the first time in 49 books!), that I had to give it 4 stars instead of 3. I was heartily sick of that, since it had been done "to Death". That, and the fact that Mira did not guide Eve into the crime's resolution as she usually does was so novel a turnaround that I look forward to her next book! Hope this pattern continues.

Susan Erickson, as always, did an excellent job. A little off on her narration of the ME, but otherwise, all of the remaining characters were consistent with previous books. I have purchased all of the audio books in this series, and I don't see myself stopping now! Definitely recommended.

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Awful Narration Ruined this Audiobook

Revisado: 01-18-19

The narration of this book was downright horrible. The British accent was so obviously fake, and to me, it was so distracting that I could not really follow the story. Her pronunciation of such common everyday words as 'cat', 'caught', 'back', 'caution' was utterly ridiculous. And no self-respecting Brit, or anyone at all with a familiarity of historical romances, would have pronounced 'Beau Brummel' the way this narrator did - it was absolutely appalling! On top of the hundreds of horrific pronunciations, the overall tone of the narration was just plain melancholy. And it was read at a fixed pace (rather fast) throughout. I absolutely hated it, and I will never download another book by this narrator. Needless to say, I will NOT continue the series (since all subsequent books have the same narrator), and will return this book as soon as this review is submitted.

NOT recommended.

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Great New Narrator

Revisado: 08-10-18

First, I was sad to hear of the tragic passing of Katherine Kellgren, who I thought did a fantastic job with the Royal Spyness and Bloody Jack series' and countless other audiobook narrations. She was one of the best! I knew she would be tough to replace, but I really think they did it! This new narrator is, in my opinion, even slightly better than KK (I said SLIGHTLY, so please don't think I'm speaking ill of the dead - I am NOT!). She does not shout, which was the one thing that occasionally put me off about KK, even though I always gave her 5 stars for her narration. I will have no problem continuing this series in Audio format.

And as usual, the story itself was great. It was nice to see Georgie's mom become a little more human for once. I think this is my favorite book of the series so far. Definitely worth the credit!

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Great content, annoying narration

Revisado: 07-01-18

This series of lectures was very interesting and informative. I learned a lot about the impact of the Black Death on society as we know it today.

However, the narration was delivered as if to sixth graders, constantly emphasizing points made just seconds earlier, and repeating almost everything numerous times throughout the lectures. I thought it was overkill, as I imagine it is adults, and not children, who are the likely listeners to these lectures. I found this condescension both annoying and distracting. The professor did have a clear voice however, and you could tell she was enthusiastic about the subject matter.

Overall, I think it was a very good investment of my time, and I am glad I downloaded it.

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Too Christian for me...will return it.

Revisado: 06-30-18

I don't mind a sweet and clean romance at all (e.g. Georgette Heyer's regency novels), but I object to those that bring so much of God and prayer into it. I listened to the first book and noticed a little of this, but not so much as to put me off from ordering the second. Big mistake. This one had a lot more of it and it totally turned me off. I don't like being preached to, and that is what it felt like. Also, this book was TOO insipid and TOO long.

I will not be continuing with this series and I will return this book. I wish Audible would identify Christian books in their synopses - if they had done so I never would have started this series. No offense intended to those of you who like this stuff, but it's just not my cup of tea.

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Horrible, horrible narrator

Revisado: 02-14-18

Angela Dawe gets worse and worse every time I listen to her. Couldn’t stand it anymore so I did not finish the book. Never again.

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