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Good story, poor Bosch voice

Revisado: 09-10-20

I have been on a roll going through all Bosch's books so it was difficult to hear the performance of his voice from this narrator. He does not even try to emulate the previous narrators' voices of him and has him sounding like a craggy, much older guy than he is this audible version. If you can get around that the story is good as with all of Connelly's books. He does know how to spin a fun and complicated tale!

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Amazing author and narrator in combination!

Revisado: 07-01-20

The author and the narrator are astoundingly good. I have been through all of Winslow's books and the man can write. This book is not for the weak of heart since there are many incidents involving man's/woman's poor treatment of man/woman but it provides an excellent portraits of the possible realities around the Mexican drug trade and their collusion with the people in power and leadership in the United States. I hope this is not actual profile but I fear it may be.

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Sadly Downhill

Revisado: 07-01-20

I have listened to all the books in this series but the last two have been weak. Not enough new ideas It was good while it lasted.

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Good monsters, absurd tale.

Revisado: 06-06-20

Millionaires set forth on a tour of a tropical rain forest park where they have no body guards, they are allowed no weapons, and there is no security force to provide backup protection. What could go wrong? Good creatures, absurd story.

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Not just another Jaws

Revisado: 05-03-20

When reading of the theme of this book I thought that it would be just another Jaws but figured I would give it a try anyway. I was a positively surprised that the story was a nice variation on the Jaws theme. The character development was excellent and the narrator was very good. This was a fun and exciting story and another one great for a summer beach read.

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Early Novel?

Revisado: 05-03-20

After having listened to his book Thresher by this author which was excellent, I thought I would give one a try. This one is quite a mess. He seems to be trying to push two story lines together (crime and monster) and neither gets resolved well. It seems that this may have been an early novel by the author before her learned to write a good one. The narrator's voices are generally good except that he gives the most evil of the bad guys a voice like the cartoon version of Cactus Jack which makes him sound more funny than scary. And don't get me started on how bad and lazy the ending is.

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Adventures in welding on the moon.

Revisado: 01-18-18

I loved Weir's book The Martian because I cared for the character and enjoyed the science included. In this story the heroine sounds to be an airhead Millennial with no depth or obvious redeeming qualities on a mission it is hard to care about. The science Weir presents here includes too much minutiae on welding on the moon. Ms. Dawson is good at the reading and is likely hoping for the movie contract but the story is just awful. It's as if Weir pulled this out of a college project from a past writing class......and he may have gotten a C there. Get the Martian and pass on Artemis.

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Not enough meat!

Revisado: 09-30-17

I have listened to all of Beck's book at this point and this one does not match up. There is too much minor action and not enough of the meaty stuff that he had in his other books. I have loved his stuff and would suggest you go to his other books instead. On the other hand Mangan's performance is as good as ever.

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Quality writing but slow reading.

Revisado: 05-18-16

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Boredom

Any additional comments?

Worth a read of if you appreciate discription of human interactions but a long slog if you are looking for more rapid foward momenetum.

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A history professor's dream!

Revisado: 07-15-14

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This book was a challenge to get through due to the excessive detail. Only a college history professor could rave about it. Previous reviewers have suggested other books on Lawrence and the possible creators of the Mideast mess that might do you better.

Would you be willing to try another book from Scott Anderson? Why or why not?

No. Too academic ..........and I have a Ph.D.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner?

Hillgartner was fine.

Was Lawrence in Arabia worth the listening time?

No.

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