Clarice H.

Funny and great story

Revisado: 11-22-24

I live everything Adrian writes because of the complexity but also possibility of the story. This story has all that plus some great humor as well. highly recommend!

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great as always

Revisado: 09-17-24

I really can't wait to see what they come up with for the next book! What a great series.

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Why he changed up the narrator I'll never under

Revisado: 03-17-22

I really enjoyed this series quite a bit, but it was almost ruined in the final book by the new narrator. Not only did she read too slowly and her different voices were insufferable but that wasn't even the worst part. The pronunciation of the names wasn't even the same! I mean come on couldn't you even have done the slightest bit of research before you started reading the book? if I had to hear her pronounce Gaston's name "GAS-TON" One more time I probably would have knocked off another star. Perhaps Sigler got a really good deal on this author or something... but man almost ruined an entire series to save a few bucks... other than that the storyline was pretty good.

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Avoid the first story

Revisado: 02-08-22

Very mixed bag of stories. Helped pass the time but not much else. You'll be frustrated after spending all the time on the first story with it's abrupt and anti-climatic ending. Other than that one the rest of the stories were decent enough to listen to.

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Trump bragging about his unethical path to riches

Revisado: 05-21-21

this book is essentially 10 hours of Trump bragging about how awesome he believes he is. I know many people see him as a successful businessman because of some of the money he's made in his career. However, I see a shady unethical character whose behavior is not necessarily to be celebrated. Owning two businesses myself I understand that it can be easier to get ahead if you put your conscience on the back burner and enact cutthroat tactics while only considering your own best interest. Though this may work to enrich certain individuals does it really make us better as a society? Is that how we want every business and business person to operate? The only reason America is as great as it is is because the majority of business owners are moral and ethical individuals and consider the entire picture not just their own selfish ends. I will agree with many of the reviewers in that you can see how Trump ran the presidency during his years in office always with his own interests in mind...

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no alien storyline in this one

Revisado: 04-16-20

The book was a decent listen, but I was really bummed out that there was basically no development of any of the alien species. it's all human conflict in this one...

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some good info and lots of justification

Revisado: 05-14-19

First off I agree with other readers the zero vs hero thing was a disaster and came off as extremely insensitive and not accounting for different circumstances. Then I thought there was some really good science behind some of the chapters and then in some chapters silly ideas grasping for justification of certain behaviors. for example the chapter when they try and justify a woman's need to shop based on their ancient "gatherer" role in early human society.... laughable. Overall....eh. If you're a self absorbed asshole that treats woman like an object, than you might gain some valuable incite. But chances are men like that aren't the ones seeking this book out to read.

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Story ok, but the monotone narration drove me craz

Revisado: 05-10-19

The story was ok, a little too much jumping around and random thought inserts (but I suppose that style has become pretty popular as of late). But the thing that stuck out the most was the author's monotone melancholy voice. I almost couldn't finish the book with how it was read. No voice fluctuations or change of pace or anything, just sad monotone all the way through. I wish I could blame this fault in the narrator, but the fact that the narrator is the author means she wanted it read in this fashion.... Poor choice. Even if I hadn't listened to the book (or if it had a different narrator) I still probably wouldn't recommend it. Not interesting enough for me, and a little too doom and gloom in style (or maybe it was just her voice that made it seem like that).

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Eh

Revisado: 10-22-18

certain scenes were drawn out waaaaaay too long. And the main character is an annoying, sarcastic, unlikeable protagonist. The Martian was much better.

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interesting story... but not super relevant for mo

Revisado: 05-17-18

the book was good with some intriguing stories and examples but I don't think many of the concepts were super relevant for many types of business. I'm an Artist selling high end fine art and I kept trying to insert many of these tactics into my typical negotiations and I just couldn't make them fit or see how they would be helpful. However, if I worked in corporate America or sold a more traditional essential item I think his techniques (and this book) would have been much more useful to me....

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