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Good character development -fun read

Revisado: 11-01-24

I liked the mysteries and enjoyed the characters. The narration was pretty good, good differentiation of voices for each character. Also enjoyed the descriptions of the English countryside.

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Couldn’t stop listening! Gripping and twisty

Revisado: 10-22-24

I enjoyed the plot, the football references, and the suspense. Also the San Francisco setting. The narrator was very good, too.

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The drama of competition and the perseverance of the American spirit

Revisado: 06-24-24

I never cared at all about rowing as a competitive sport, but after listening to Edward Hermann read this book, I will definitely pay more attention to it. The best part of the book is the author’s vivid descriptions of characters, time, place, and circumstances surrounding the American rowing team who prevailed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It was an emotional experience that made me feel as if I was there as an observer of all that happened. Inspirational, and a fantastic read/listen.

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I loved the snippets of Barbra’s music that went along with the text

Revisado: 06-17-24

I’m so glad I got the audio version of this book. Barbra’s story is inspiring and mirrors much of my own struggles as a woman in a male-dominated profession. Kudos to Barbra for persevering and preserving so many aspects of her interesting life.

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Loved Titus Welliver’s interpretation

Revisado: 12-16-22

I love and have read every one of Michael Connelly’s books and watched the Amazon and IMDB series multiple times. Listening to the audiobook and the interviews of Connelly and Welliver in the epilogue was another layer of pleasure, like revisiting an old friend. I highly recommend it.

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Good story, not so good narration, too much religion

Revisado: 04-16-22

The story was a good depiction of life in Paris during WWII, the characters were interesting and compelling. However there was a heavy overtone of religion (I’m Christian, but this story was constantly overbearing on the subject, to the point of annoyance) that I could have done without. Also, the narration was distracting in that the voices of the characters were too similar, and the narrator has an extremely poor French accent. It seems she never actually studied how certain names and words are pronounced. Grated on my nerves.

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Suspenseful

Revisado: 05-11-21

I really enjoyed the reader—authentic Irish accent and good voice portrayal. The characters were well-developed and relatable. If I could change one thing, it would be that there were a few loose ends hanging. I am looking forward to listening to the next book in the series.

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A fascinating view of the Okie migration and the Dust Bowl

Revisado: 04-14-21

The author does a wonderful job of providing a woman’s perspective that is seldom seen in literature describing the Great Depression. Her characters are real and believable, and she provides a boots-on-the-ground narrative about what it was like to be starving and poor in America. My parents were both children of the Great Depression and this book helped to make their own stories of hardship more real to me. The narration was excellent, and really gave life to all of the characters. I highly recommend this book, especially to students of women’s history and political science.

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The shame of Florida

Revisado: 02-05-21

Though certainly aware of the abuses of Black people in the Jim Crow south, this book provides an in depth factual account of the deeply rooted racism in Florida, the cruelty of law enforcement, and the too-blind eyes of Justice that led to mass executions of Black people in that state. The reader was awesome and did a good job with dialects and voice impressions of the individuals involved. The intelligence, courage and tenacity of Thurgood Marshall cannot be doubted and played a huge role in bringing the disgrace of racism to public scrutiny. Though his personal failings in his marriage do not escape depiction in the story, it lends a neutrality to the story that makes the goings on in the “justice system” all the more real.

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Sad story

Revisado: 12-23-20

As an attorney, the events described in this book are a sad tale of big money and political corruption in the Mississippi judicial system. An otherwise good lawyer being brought down by unadulterated greed, and professional jealousy.

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