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less interesting than expected

Revisado: 11-23-24

Honestly, I couldn't finish it. After reading more scholarly historical accounts of more substantial historical figures, this seemed gossipy. I was 15 when DK died and remembered her from TV. The more I read here, the less I liked her. She may well have been murdered, but by the end of the first half of the book, I didn't care. She was talented and successful, but I didn't see so much integrity as self- promotion. I admire her as a woman in a male-dominated field. I believe she may have been out of her depth when she got involved with her Cuban sources. But the overall celebrity culture is tawdry and petty when you get too close. Maybe I'm the wrong consumer for this book.

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Amusing and weird

Revisado: 10-27-24

I am not really a Simpsons fan but have seen it a few times and always thought the writing was good. I wanted something light and distracting. I was relaxing with my eyes closed when I heard Cartwright list inspirational figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and L. Ron Hubbard? My eyes literally flew open. Cartwright is talented, pleasant and generous with praise. She doesn't push on her Scientology beliefs much but just enough to creep me out a little. It's a nice little book by a pleasant person whom I would never want to meet.

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fun but...

Revisado: 10-13-24

The narrator was a perfect match for the material. His dramatic skills made the stories clear despite the archaic writing style in some cases. I only wish they had changed the sequence of stories. The final story is the darkest in terms of the ending. The book left me with a bit of pessimism. The story is a classic but should not have been the final selection.

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fascinating and disturbing

Revisado: 10-06-24

This book was distressing in many ways but difficult to put down. I know Opus Dei has officially denounced it which makes me think it exposes more than a little truth. The narrative certainly dovetails perfectly with what we know about The Federalist Society, Project 2025 and the extremism of the current US supreme Court.

The sad truth is that this is likely to ignite anti-Catholic sentiment in the same way that Netanyahu ignites anti-Semitism. We all suffer when extremists hi-jack cultures.

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Nice tribute

Revisado: 05-19-24

This made for nice, light entertainment. I especially liked the stories about the women writers. I was baffled by the fact that the author reverted to referring to those writers and the the women in the cast as "girls". As someone who was already a feminist before that show aired, it was pretty demoralizing. The narrator loses points for butchering the line "shot down over Ecuador Junior". That was a clever little note in the show and her reading killed the humor. Other than that, a nice way to revisit an old classic.

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held my interest

Revisado: 05-11-24

interesting story and well presented. I wasn't familiar with this story and while tragic, there were some unusual features that made it a good listen.

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bad narrator

Revisado: 05-11-24

this narrator is so distracting that I find myself fast forwarding through the episode.wish these episodes could be replaced with a different narrator.

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bad narration

Revisado: 04-15-24

Another case of poor narration style. So distracting I could not even finish the podcast.

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Bad narration, good story

Revisado: 04-14-24

I generally like Dateline stories. But I am so tired of the stylized pattern of intonation that seems to be the trend among professional narrators. Almost every sentence has the same inflexion pattern. It is lazy and for me detracts from the words. I tried for a while to ignore it but it now drives me away from the shows I used to enjoy.

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