Gerald McKay

His voice begins to drag after a while

Revisado: 05-07-25

The stories are medium, and the authors voice becomes tiring after a while.
The book itself is kind of paint by the numbers.
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Update.
Given recent revelations, Mr. Gaiman's voice isn't tiring it's like nails on a chalkboard. I'm going to wipe this out of my library and never buy anything else by him again.

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The mental smirk got annoying

Revisado: 03-09-25

A drinking game you can play while listening to the audiobook is taking a drink every time the author uses the words "patriarchy" or "patriarchal".
Liking history and alcohol, I purchased this on sale.
The author has a bad case of chronological snobbery and never considers drink as anything other than an unalloyed blessing.
She does read her work well.
Tom Standages book A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 6 GLASSES is a better overview of the topic.

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So much fun

Revisado: 01-10-25

The amount of talent poured into this show was astonishing. They hold up really well.

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Too many political asides.

Revisado: 12-06-24

The writing was good but not great.
The love letter to the show and cast was nice but not amazing.
The periodic sniping at Republicans was annoying and the tonal shift it brought was jarring. If Chris Pratt had not shown himself to be kind and pleasant fellow to Mr. O'Heir and the rest of the cast before refusing to endorse politicians, I have a feeling Mr. O'Heir would not have handled it well.
The story about William Shatner being cold and uncomfortable about dealing with Mr. O'Heir while he was in drag for a dramatic role really didn't need to be told.
I loved the show but should have left it at watching the cast interact on panels and talk shows.

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One of the best

Revisado: 10-21-24

One of the best of a really fun series.
The reading was excellent as a bonus.

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Not great Not awful

Revisado: 10-09-24

The series was sold as being for Pratchett fans because of the humor. The humor is a lot broader than Pratchett, and I didn't really enjoy it.

The writing and plotting were done with skill.

The narration was subpar but not bad enough to be really bad.

This is a lesson not to buy the second book in a series before completing the first.

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Good performances

Revisado: 10-05-24

The reading and acting were good.

The Shadow just seems along for the ride some of the time.

Czarists being shown as the villains at a time when Stalin was murdering people in the millions is a little hard to take.

I realize the New York Times was busy getting all its information about the regime from a paid Soviet agent (Walter Duranty. Google it.), and everyone else was following its editorial line at the time. It's not fair to be annoyed with the author for things unknown by most people.

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Too long Bad reading

Revisado: 04-01-24

This would have been better with a third less text.
The reader switched to a bad American accent when reading quotes from Americans.

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A mixed bag.

Revisado: 03-10-24

I got this out of an interest in ASL. It was interesting to see it from the inside looking out. (I could have lived without the descriptions of how loud his mother farted and masturbated.)
His descriptions of the ultra-Orthodox world were also interesting.
He's an interesting and smart fellow generally, but he did feel the need to snipe at anyone right of center too often.

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Peter Grant remains hugely likable

Revisado: 11-14-23

However, he has certainly become domesticated.
There were not nearly as many Python references as advertised.
The reader remains excellent.
The setup has run out of interest for me, and the remake of it at the end is not something I want to follow.

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