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great narrator but very little story

Revisado: 09-18-24

I completely recommend this one over the new version because this narrator is great and a lot more humor comes through. however, they're just isn't much to the story. you have to get past the halfway point before things start getting a little interesting but then it just sort of fizzles out. there are some interesting ideas presented in here, some different takes on war and gender equality since the premise is that The protagonist is a woman who enlists in the army and pretends to be a man. But after the story begins and she joins, there isn't a whole lot that happens and you can't really see what's at stake or where things are going until after the halfway point and even then it's sort of bland. this is probably my least favorite discworld book. I would listen while driving, and then my mind would start wandering, and then I'd come back to listening again and not feel like I missed anything important so why wouldn't even bother rewinding.

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Fry is the gold standard

Revisado: 12-03-20

Mythos was great, this is better, I can't wait for Troy to be released on Audible!

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A book for fans, wrong narrator

Revisado: 01-12-20

Christopher Lee is awesome, but not right for this book. He reads it like a noble lord recounting a tale of heroism, which gets old and dry. There's really no emotion in the telling and the characters mostly come across with the same personalities. The story itself... there's some great moments, parts stay very interesting, but overall, not captivating like the Hobbit or LOTR. In the end, I wouldn't have regretted skipping this one.

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It's just a story about a boy who collects poo.

Revisado: 12-23-19

There are some clever bits in the beginning, some nice observations about the excrements from all of us, but once the story gets going there's really not much story. It really is just about a boy going around collecting poo and meeting people involved in related industries. But it's short and pleasant.

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Enjoyable

Revisado: 08-02-19

The premise is what's so awesome. I chuckled a handful of times. But I'll stop with this one.

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Meh. Simple, anticlimactic. Good performance.

Revisado: 05-02-19

Story had some pieces that could have built an interesting world but it never got there. At half the length it would have been a fun simple kids book.

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Enjoyable enough to finish, but movie wins

Revisado: 03-31-19

The movie (13th Warrior) was the concise version that this should have been. It's a good book, but long for what it was. The movie really is the book, same story, events, drama, but less wordy. Interesting experiment in treating this as an academic analysis of a first hand account from long ago, but it just didn't work for me and often distracted from the pace of the story.

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Stolen from LibriVox

Revisado: 08-06-18

This company just downloaded Mark F. Smith's free reading from LibriVox and uploaded it to Audible. This is missing, at least, one chapter and there's even a moment later in the book that they didn't edit out the LibriVox announcement.

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Shocking, intriguing, thrilling, and interesting

Revisado: 08-06-18

When I first began listening, I thought I may want to try freediving - then he described a competition he attended and the blackouts, noses/mouths gushing blood, and occasional deaths. The book alternates between what freediving is and the science it can support. Some research, whale and dolphin expeditions he joins, for example, can only be done by freedivers without noisy/clunky SCUBA equipment. I learned a lot about ocean life, science, biology, and the culture of freediving from pearl divers to competitions.

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1st half story, 2nd half useful

Revisado: 08-06-18

It's a good book. I found his story of confronting rejection fairly interesting, though a bit long. The real value of the book lies in the last half where he explains what he's learned. You'll find some great insight on interacting with people, taking chances, making sales, negotiating and life in general.

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