John Collins

This is a hockey history book, not a biography

Revisado: 01-12-25

This is a good book for hockey historians who enjoy learning about the great players and teams of the past, but it’s not really a book about Scotty. In truth, it’s a retrospective on great NHL teams through the lens of Bowman’s own recollections. Readers looking for a book about Bowman may be quite disappointed. But readers who like in-depth analysis on great teams of the past will be in heaven.

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A masterpiece narrated by the master

Revisado: 06-09-24

This book isn’t just narrated, it is the channeling of the soul of one of the world’s greatest actors. I only wish that he might have explored more serious acting after Seinfeld ended because he is clearly a serious man with a serious talent that should have extended beyond comedy. This book is a marvelous telling of a heartfelt story of a complex man searching to make sense and use of his complexity. And as weighty of a journey as it sometimes was, it was from the depth of his unique complexity that he blessed us all with one of the greatest characters in television history. This is a man to be treasured, and this book explains why.

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A Very Disappointing Bait-and-Switch

Revisado: 11-26-23

This book is not what it claims to be. The first part focuses on what you would expect, which is the killing of witches in Salem, Massachusetts. But then, more than half the book wanders into an undisciplined journey into American revolutionary history that is not only boring and irrelevant to the book's title, but seems like it should be its own book. O'Reilly and Dugard have unintentionally disgraced the memories of the Salem Witch Trial victims by abandoning the witch-trial story so early to make the leap into the revolutionary war. I really expect much more of O'Reilly because he is so attuned to his audience and readers. But in this instance, he dropped the ball in a big way. Very disappointing book that fails to meet the standards of the other Killing series installments.

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Very helpful, and somewhat annoying

Revisado: 10-05-23

This book has one of the most annoying, lengthy disclaimers that I've ever heard in an audiobook. Then, throughout the book, the author seems intent on telling us "name changed" every time a person's name is mentioned. Overall, the books is informative and insightful.

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Very well written, very informative!

Revisado: 09-07-23

After a debilitating mold, exposure this book, help me understand the risk that I was exposed to without knowing it. Really good specific strategies and solutions are included to help people prevent mold, exposure, and to recover their health after an exposure occurs.

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An insightful read

Revisado: 06-07-23

My hat’s off to Matty for telling his story and for surviving to tell it. Circumstances outside of his full control tried like hell to prevent this book from being written

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This isn’t a book

Revisado: 05-03-23

When I purchase an audiobook, I do so because I believe it’s an actual book from which I hope to gain insights that can only be formulated by an author who has developed and refined those insights through the process of writing. DON’T BITE THE HOOK is just a recorded interview, which lacks depth and nuance. At times it is thought-provoking but, overall, is very disappointing.

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Typical refusal to explain how to do TM

Revisado: 12-07-22

Really disappointed. Not sure why this book was even written. It’s laughable that these TM experts refuse to come out and explain, within reason, how to do TM. You have to pay your 500 to 1000 dollars to work with a certified teacher.

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Insightful but not helpful

Revisado: 10-02-22

This book does an excellent job of helping readers appreciate the seriousness of stress illness but doesn’t really help teach readers how to identify their stress types. The narrator is annoying and should know that the G is silent in words ending in -ing. Words like “raining” sound like “rainink”. I think this is a good book and worth the read, but I found it annoying and not as prescriptive as I hoped it would be.

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It’s more than about climate; it’s about the integrity of science

Revisado: 10-30-21

One of the best, most well-researched book I’ve ever read. The alarm we should feel is not about the climate, but about the pervasive, irresponsible manipulation of scientific data to score ideological points.

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