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Engaging and Funny

Revisado: 03-26-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

Honestly this book did not look like it would be appealing to me but on a recommendation, I gave it a chance. I'm glad I did- it was very engaging and I actually found myself caring about the characters and what would become of them. It was light (though some dark themes) and humorous. The narrator was strong (although there are some technical hiccups in the preface- Don't give up-its well done after that) and smoothly related the tale and all the characters had distinctive voices. I would recommend.

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Sound quality issues

Revisado: 07-05-20

Difficult to listen to even with headphones and I think I have fairly good ones. Lots of background noise and distortion as part of the effects. Also accents seemed a bit thick to my American ears. Made it hard to follow the story.

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Too much of a polemic

Revisado: 07-23-15

A few interesting (and somewhat over-specific) ideas on how to spur certain types of economic development advances but over-all far too conclusory. Just throws some of his basic assumptions out there as unassailable truths and expects the reader to agree. Slightly refreshing that he is not 100% righty or lefty (though you could find examples of both) but he still states his considered approaches as the only way.

He might be more interesting to hear on a panel featuring a wide range of views to understand how different tendencies approach different problems

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History surrounded by bad sex scenes

Revisado: 06-06-15

Then writing about world events is interesting, The various repetitive couplings, not so much

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Great but a pdf map would help

Revisado: 02-06-15

This "historical" summary of Martin's world is exactly what you would expect. As written by an opinionated Maester adds some spice. That being said, it can sometimes be difficult to follow in the audio format. Some basic background in a pdf like other audiobooks offer would be a great aid

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Teasers

Revisado: 09-10-14

This book felt like a compilation of first chapters of books done by several different authors. None of the first three stories felt like a completed whole.

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Not Deep But Funny Enough

Revisado: 04-09-14

This is a People Magazine E! channel-type book. Not really for thinkers but kinda fun anyway. The language is often too over the top, but what do expect? I do like the few occasions when the author attempts to delve a little deeper to show, in his opinion, why something was an incredibly bad idea and had no hope for success (the Newton- which I always just thought of as an early-for-its-time pioneer). I

Its worth the 99 cents you pay for it but not really a penny more

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Poor sound quality

Revisado: 09-27-13

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No -very muddled recording with needless background noise

Any additional comments?

Introduction and better sound quality would have helped

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Good and Serviceable

Revisado: 09-11-13

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This one is more of a page turner and clear storytelling and apart from the opening scenes in Cornwall about halfway through the book and less like some of the more indirect and streamy style for which his earlier classic novels are celebrated.

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More history than story

Revisado: 11-16-11

This book is not terribly chock a block with action (though there some battle scenes) but the overall sense of it I got was that the author was really trying to describe more details and smaller parts of the world he has created. The overall story is advanced is advanced...somewhat. I found the description of the ins and outs of the new society to be interesting and will definitely read more but this book may not be the best thing for those who care more about "what happens next" and plotty aspects.

Personally, these books now to me are more about exploring the new created environment than the whole tried and true good v. evil storyline. Although I would like to know more about the world of those folks in Nantucket stuck in 1200 BC and how it will all tie together.

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