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Painful to sit through

Revisado: 04-09-17

Just because it's derivative and violent doesn't mean it has to be interesting or has characters you care about.

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Sorry, it is just too dated

Revisado: 12-31-16

perhaps the original broadcast captured imagination better. But listening to these stories now is less nostalgic and more stale.

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Please make it stop!

Revisado: 11-13-16

I hoped for a tough bunch of good guys giving it to a tough bunch of bad guys. But the story makes so little sense and there are so many gigantic and annoying plot holes that I was angry to listen to it. Unfortunately, the performance wasn't enough to make up for the weaknesses of the writing.

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Too famous for its own good

Revisado: 10-19-16

Be clear on one thing this book is a bath of magical realism. if that's what you want then maybe it's for you. I got one third of the way through when I simply could not stand it anymore. it was a waste of my time and money.

The narrator is so good that he unintentionally enhances the Magical elements of the story. I don't think it helped that I had previously listened to hours and hours of writing by Ken Follett. it's the same narrator. As a result it was very difficult for me to get the Ken Follett stories out of my mind.

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Essential and exceptional document

Revisado: 09-29-16

this should be required listening for anyone in America. the book documents the first hand account of Daniel Ellsberg. the book is an account of his actions regarding the Pentagon papers. as the only person who single-handedly stopped a war, he gives a sometimes chilling account of his actions and the reactions of a vindictive president.

The Pentagon papers were themselves a secret report the history of the war in Vietnam. it seemed to drag on for years with various presidents escalating the war without disclosing any of their plans to the American people. During these years Ellsberg was one of the few people who would actually speak truth to power. this caused a vicious reaction on the part of the government. The book documents how a president misused his power again and again. there were illegal wiretap and illegal break-in and illegal manipulation of the CIA and the FBI.

this book is an essential record and warning about the essential regulation of power. just because the President says it does not make it so. all citizens must be very skeptical about the easy ability to call documents classified. there just isn't any justification for a lot of government secrecy.

The book is read extremely well and it is written in a fast-paced and interesting way. Ellsberg himself read several chapters. every American should know this.

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Science is strong, philosophy is dull.

Revisado: 09-25-16

First 2/3 of the book is compelling and fascinating. Gopnik reviews some great science from experiments on children. Some were done by her and some by others. All are amazing and interesting. Gradually, this transitions to her thoughts on philosophy. It's agonizing to get through, leads nowhere, and left me disliking the listening experience. Nothing is helped by a narrator who seems to try to add gravity by lingering on every 's' like a hissing radiator. It got really tiresome.

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not up to his usual standard

Revisado: 08-10-16

Wild it's reasonable to expect some variability in quality , this book seems to have been edited by a dozen different people. As a result there are parts that just don't seem to make sense. loose ends are never tied up.

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A tedious repetitive book

Revisado: 07-12-16

Based on no data beyond her own projections onto her child, the author seems to become increasingly drunk on the fact that she and she alone can speak for every woman ever born. This solipsistic ego-orgy is worth paying money to avoid.

The book is the very definition of Country Club feminism. She hates that children are drawn to the toys they find fun. yet she offers no working alternatives.

Sadly, I agree with most of her complaints. There are biases in media and toys and in the roles girls are expected to play. But she offers no insight or plan. Avoid this book at all costs.

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bad writing and no story

Revisado: 07-03-16

I kept waiting for the author to tell me why he was interested in this. He never did. I kept waiting for the other to discover something new about this mysterious incident. He never did. I kept waiting for some mystery to unfold. it never did. What a waste of my time and my money.

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Worthless Useless and Malicious

Revisado: 07-01-16

It's a shame this quack is apparently able to perform malpractice on patients in pain. The information is wrong regularly. Not randomly, but manipulatively always supporting the author's conclusions. No other researchers can duplicate or verify his results.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR YOUR TIME.

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