Paris P. Pickard

Difficult Narrator

Revisado: 01-12-25

I liked this story but the narrator almost turned me away from it. His voice is very affected and hard to get used to. Sounds like a bad David Sedaris impression with a head cold. I thought at first he was voicing a very old character but the guys was 28. It’s hard to distinguish between the 2 characters because his voice barely changes.

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Fascinating and eye opening

Revisado: 07-23-20

This books was so compelling and such an eye opener for me as to the conditions faced by citizens in North Korea. I was aware of problems but to hear it as a first hand account was game changing. I highly recommend this book even though at times I found the narrator a little tough to listen to.

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Very Slow

Revisado: 06-18-20

I appreciated the closeness to the character that the reader had but it made the story drag. It was poetic but at times I felt like I was waiting for my grandmother to finish a long story.

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Engaging and fun

Revisado: 05-17-18

I'm not a video game fan but I loved hearing this book. So many great pop culture references and flashbacks to my childhood. Can't wait to see the film now.

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Ridiculous

Revisado: 06-30-17

From the beginning this book was full of nothing. The author droned on about how perfect he was to write travel stories for nearly the first 3rd. The narrator felt like a hokey tour guide at a petting zoo. All seemingly harmless until I realized I was listening to people recount stories they had heard about women being sold into white slavery for an hour. No facts, no first hand accounts just heresy. I'm planning a trip to Morocco and was looking for at min some cultural info or tips and this felt like an old racist man trying to scare women into not traveling. Dated, nonsensical, poorly executed garbage. The author being a psychologist only concerns me more. The fact that he also wrote about called "women traveling alone" a further clue into some sort of fetish for the author. A BIG THUMBS DOWN.

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Basic

Revisado: 05-06-15

This novel felt pretty basic and forced. You could tell it was a first novel. It felt like a supplement to a middle school history class. As it's set in modern day a fair portion is spent recounting the past and that made everything feel like exposition.

There was a lot of repetition and dictionary style definitions of events and terms. The narrator was cheesy and had some trouble with the accents and gender changes.

The story was endearing but wasn't as good as others in this genre.

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Not a self help book but helpful

Revisado: 01-10-15

This book was entertaining and told a great story about Harris's journey. It wasn't so much a self help book as a self help odyssey but his humor and writing style are great.

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