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A good glimpse in to 'ordinary' sailors

Revisado: 04-15-23

A good glimpse in to 'ordinary' sailors during extraordinary times. I found the audio version incredibly difficult to follow because of the many names and the inconsistent coverage of each sailor. I think there were two Kens and that made things even harder to follow which was which. A good story, there was an excellent chapter towards the end, but apart from that, it felt mundane at times, though I think the author did justice to the story by writing the whole of the story of the Plunkett rather than just the exciting parts. My great uncle also died in WWII so I share that search for the whole story as the author evidently did.

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not similar to his other works

Revisado: 02-17-23

I am a big fan of William Shirer, however, this book made me slightly less of a fan. It certainly is an honest telling of his thoughts and actions, but sometimes the honesty was either not worth needing a mention, or simply not objective. Overall not wildly exciting or much new that I cared to know about the man.

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Excellent topic/subject matter but lacks something

Revisado: 09-08-21

I'm a huge fan of this author and his other works. However, something about this book had me wanting something more. It didn't flow well, it took me a while to get through it. By the time the 442nd reached the mountain, the book was nearly over. The actual battle portion of the book was much less than other books that aren't even devoted to the 442nd. Important subject matter, handled in a disjointed way unfortunately.

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A few issues

Revisado: 06-08-21

I have a few issues with what I thought was an obvious bias of the historical record. Turns out my assumptions were true based on the author's other books. I have a big problem when authors add their political ideology on to the historical record. It muddies history, and in this case, makes it worth and recognizably stinks. I wouldn't recommend this author, regardless your political leanings.

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It's a history that should be told - bad narration

Revisado: 05-30-21

It's an important story in history. However, the narration is awful. I normally preview a books narration before I start a book, but I jumped into this one because I wanted the subject matter. Unfortunately, the narration is unlistenable. 1/5. Would not recommend. Book version would probably be good, narrated is not good.

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terrible narration

Revisado: 03-29-21

as expected, the content is pretty brief. not much substance there. I believe they gave too much credence to JFK conspiracy theories, wasn't keen on that.

the narration was real bad. mispronouncing several times ie 'dez Moinez'

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I've never wanted coffee more...

Revisado: 12-07-20

I'm sure the authors intent was to educate the reader on the pros and cons of coffee. I found myself craving after a delicious brew of hot black coffee more than ever after reading this book.

Like most of the Audible Originals that I've listened to, I'm routinely left with asking the question, why? What was the purpose/intent/argument of that book. I'm more and more starting to come to the conclusion that audible originals are the 'clickbait' of my library.

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A little hoaky

Revisado: 10-07-20

A little hoaky. Started incredibly odd, hard to get into. The middle of the book (dealing with the space program) was phenomenal. However, this is unfortunately bookended by an odd start and ending.

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Excellent book, gripping story

Revisado: 08-07-20

Excellent book, the author does a great job giving credit to those responsible for their actions in avenging the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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pretty good

Revisado: 05-05-20

had a cool 1940s feel to it, though at times it got distracting. My opinion is is that the author took too many liberties in writing his thoughts rather than facts. I have difficulty believing an author when they claim 'Stewart was thinking...', not sure how the author could know (unless he used a diary as a resource) what the subject was thinking. This certainly adds drama, but from a historical perspective it lends to be more historic fiction rather than a true factual description of events.

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