Kristin

It’s just so well done.

Revisado: 09-27-24

A great series. As a stand-alone story, it’s a thorough exploration of the universe in which it takes place. I appreciate the variety of non-human entities and their abilities. Give it a listen, it really is worth the time.. then prepare yourself to seek out more by this author!

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How has Peter Jackson managed to avoid this story?

Revisado: 03-06-22

Magnificent! It’s not all that often that the narrator and narrative fill me with such anxiety over the situational happenings of a fictional construct that I find myself physically responding to their suffering or elation without noticing that I am doing so. This beautiful bit of work does that for me. I’m writing this following a first listen and I’m going to have to give it a second run just to pick up on details which I’m certain to have missed while allowing my internal watchers voice to ramble on about what possibly could be done to assuage the coming danger.. effectively allowing my mind to become the guy who won’t shut up at the movie about what the character should or shouldn’t do next..
I will just warn the new listener regarding chapter 6, The Eaters. Don’t be eating anything or preparing to do so when this chapter comes up.. just steel yourselves and prepare to face the yuck.
Great writing, masterful performance, expansive and beautiful, also, grubby and disturbing, a very accurate display of what humanity is capable of at its best and worst.

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What a great voyage, and now the challenge of waiting for more work from the author.

Revisado: 07-01-21

As others have mentioned, at the start it was an effort to appreciate the protagonist and his decisions, however as the story became less a narrative and more a series of shared (if only vicariously) experiences we come to accept Evans choices as inevitabilities in his progression from wandering wonderer to decision maker with the full knowledge of his most extreme options serving as his occasionally obscured guide lamp. It’s not easy to review this work while leaving the mysteries intact and discoverable by the next reader/listener, but I will try to avoid blowing any of the many surprises that await the new discoverer of this book. If you can allow yourself to exist in this reality for the hours it takes to listen through, you will surely be rewarded with an appreciation of the characters and their various choices and coping mechanisms. Please be patient as you stumble into lives that have gone on for far longer than one would anticipate and are so much more complicated because of that fact. I would like to point out that there is a film out there which is **extremely loosely** based on this book, but which utterly fails to convey the depth of experience and complexity of relationships which the author has put down so well in the book and which translates very well by the voice actors (for the most part, his cockney is fairly rough, but the intent was there even if it fell a bit short of the mark). Overall a great bit of conceptual writing, very much looking forward to another installation of this storyline.

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Highly readable and recommended

Revisado: 02-25-21

I think I’ve listened to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing six times so far, and look forward to each new start. Well written, entertaining, though provoking and full of heart. April May is totally relatable, utterly flawed and full of potential. Hank Green has created a thoroughly quotable book.

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Enjoyable story and performance

Revisado: 02-19-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

A delightful story about self confidence and the importance of friends and family. The performance perfectly captures the character voices and whisks one away to a land of talking birds and imagination. Overall a lovely read for younger consumers.

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A Fun Ride

Revisado: 10-11-20

A fun and entertaining look at the world post heavenly war. The twists are just twisted enough to be both sad and laugh out loud funny. The narrator does an excellent job of capturing the characters and East Coast voices with angelic and demonic flavorings. Well done!

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A wonderful message

Revisado: 01-03-19

I have so much appreciation for this story, its message and the way that message is delivered. Well done, Mr. Bundo, and Ms. Twiss. And thank you to the LWTWJO team for making this happen.

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Excellent performance in almost every way!

Revisado: 07-04-17

Jules Verne really should be required reading/listening for today's scientifically minded youth. The opportunity to compare and contrast scientific theories which were prevalent at the beginning of the last century is a such a gift.
I appreciate the performance greatly, Mr. Clark does quite a job of bringing the individuals to life and providing depth to their characters. I have only one (literally) issue. That being the nautical term "Lead Line". It is a length of pliable hemp or cotton rope with a cyli

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Once you get past the narrator...

Revisado: 08-31-14

What did you love best about The Nephilim Chronicles: Fallen Angels in the Ohio Valley?

The content of the story is excellently researched and has some valuable insights but it takes getting past the voice of the narrator who sometimes tries too hard to sound as if she were masculine or reading through a masculine voice. It is likely the unfortunate result of most of the news stories quoted being voiced and penned by men, during a time when women had little voice of their own.

Who was your favorite character and why?

There are no characters as this is a collection of reports of the skeletons of Giants found in the Ohio River Valley and other locations in the US. Many of the historical accounts are fascinating, especially those of Native inhabitants who had passed down stories generationally before Europeans arrived.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Cynthia Wallace?

I think that Simon Vance would have been nice but maybe that is because I enjoy his performances and his voice. I think that Cynthia is perfectly suited for other kinds of narration but was not well suited to this book in particular.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

When Giants Ruled the Ohio River Valley...

Any additional comments?

I think that saying this book is nothing more than reading news articles and clippings is unfair. The author had spent much time in his research of the material and hearing many of the news articles in their entirety was fascinating and enjoyable and gave a peek into the the lives of our recent ancestral past and how we treated archaeological finds like the skeletons of giants and the opportunity we wasted in collecting them for future study. The author also spent time in considering the religious aspects as well as purely historical data that allows the reader to draw their own conclusions about the origins of these bands of giants who no longer walk among us.

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