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Could have been better…

Revisado: 06-19-21

This would have been a better story if the 3 men who’s story the book follows all met up at the end in the big shootout of Soapy Smith. Instead, the stories barely intertwined! And there were so many crazier than fiction stories that happened in the Klondike, I don’t know why making up a fake Treadwell theft and vaguely connecting it to Carmack was necessary.
I only kept listening because I’m familiar with the places so it was entertaining, but if I didn’t know the area well, I would not have kept listening.

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Sad to finish this book

Revisado: 04-17-21

I loved this book as much as all of Penman’s books, however it was a bit hard to follow with so many people having similar/the same names and just SO MANY characters. But none of that is the author’s fault.

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Alaska with humor and realism

Revisado: 02-26-21

Adams did a great job narrating his book. I’m always skeptical of authors not from Alaska trying to present a version of it, but Adams really did his research, and presented an impressively realistic version of Alaska with humor, while impressing upon the reader the issues Alaska faces with climate change. I love that Adams didn’t downplay the decrepit look of places and strange characters. He got those spot on. But also showed despite the bizarreness, Alaskans know how to live in and around nature and survive, despite whatever the elected leaders are doing.

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Interesting history of Myanmar

Revisado: 10-01-19

This book was interesting, horrifying, and entertaining. I hope my own trip to Myanmar won’t be like this one.

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My favorite book!

Revisado: 04-26-19

I love everything about this book and all the books that follow it! I hope the narrator will continue to narrate the rest of the books in this series!!

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Review by an ex librarian

Revisado: 02-07-19

This book had a lot of interesting facts. I would have organized the book more chronologically. The jumping around annoyed me.
I found the history of the head librarians interesting.
As a librarian, I was a bit bored by the parts about internal workings of the library.
I think the author should have mentioned her personal connection to libraries at the beginning but not 2-3 more times after that.

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Get the book in print

Revisado: 06-16-18

This book is full of good tips and websites to refer back to. I’ll want the print version to do that.

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Kind of boring...

Revisado: 02-23-18

I liked the way the book is set up as snippets of characters along Cannery Row, but I found the last half kind of boring.

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Humorous and horrifying

Revisado: 02-23-18

At age 30 this book inspired me to travel and yet is making me question life as unwed and childless as of yet. The book is funny, not for a young audience, and hearing it from the author made it much better than reading it to myself.

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Not for the car

Revisado: 01-10-18

I listened to this while driving and I had a hard time following all the intricate intrigue details and all the players when half my brain was distracted driving. I think it also might have been better in print so I could go back and reference who people were. Otherwise great book and good narrator.

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