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Fantastic book accompanied by flawed narration.

Revisado: 02-15-25

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Although I am by no means a Civil War expert, I found the biography not just a vivid history of the man, but also a brilliant account of the war and circumstances that he lived in. As many biographies do, it makes many attempts to exonerate him from blame, but I found them to be fair, honest, and not far from the real truth that the fog of war often obscures. The narration was overall competently executed. however sometimes the narrator mispronounced words that should have been corrected in production, but it did not overshadow the brilliant book.

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Great book, decent performance, bad accent.

Revisado: 07-05-19

The material was great, but the narrator's attempt at a southern accent was cringeworthy. If you are able to ignore that, you will thoroughly enjoy this vivid telling of Nick Saban's journey of becoming the greatest head coach in modern college football history.

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I just cannot finish it.

Revisado: 04-03-19

The narration is so monotone it is difficult to focus on the material being read.

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Fantastic work despite a slightly annoying flaw.

Revisado: 04-20-18

The book does a marvellous job with diving into the "why" and "how" the catastrophic end to the war in the European Theater came about. How despite the ever increasing lunacy of Hitler's war strategy and growing desperation at the front, that so many brilliant and accomplished generals remained staunchly loyal to the Fuhrer, willing to carry out his orders against their better judgement. And why the crippled nation was able to maintain its defenses against near infinitely superior opposition, and even more miraculously how the regime was able to function until the very end. This book delves into the unimaginable horror of the war's most destructive phase as the Third Reich crumbled around a leader determined to totally destroy the very nation he claimed to have loved once defeat became imminent.

No work will ever be able to fully do justice to what transpired in those final months, but The End comes about as close as one could get. The only flaw that keeps this book from getting a perfect five stars in my opinion, is the repeating of phrases like, "Very few letters written by German soldiers were openly critical of Hitler and the regime because if something was found by the censors then it would have dire consequences for their families." The listener will hear sentences such as that repeated several times throughout the book, to the point of minor annoyance. Aside from the small blemish the book is stellar and a must read/listen for all who have an interest in World War II and the fall of the Third Reich.

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Fantastic story, solid but flawed narration.

Revisado: 08-20-17

The story was magnificent, the narration solid, but too many mispronounced/overpronounced names that occasionally broke the immersion of the book.

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