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Hopeful, But Doesn't Gloss Over Truth and Hard Issues

Revisado: 11-08-24

Possibly one of the best memoirs and Audible productions I've ever heard. Read by the author. Amazing ability to recall details and feelings of his youth. I recognize the accuracy of his descriptions.

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Spaghetti of Plots and Charaters - Meandering

Revisado: 10-31-24

Liked 1-3. Random animal characters began to become overused in 4 with the otters. I tuned out with the latest random reptile direction in this one. Bobs becoming too numerous to track. What was once reasonable hard sci fi is drifting now toward fantasy genre. I will probably pass on 6, since this one was truly painful to finish. Its like the author is tired and just needed a payment from publisher, so just pulled some random storyline notes together to get this one out the door. Narration is good.

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No More After Book 2

Revisado: 02-10-23

Enjoyed Book 1 well enough. I only gave this a 2 overall because i was able to force myself to finish it. I would have returned it but thought I'd gone too far along to do that by the time I realized I was in a hole. It must get better, I thought. Wrong. Un hindsight, this was downhill from Chapter 1. Characters made of cardboard, with storyline to match. This needed more rewrites, an editor, and some peer review. This read like a different author compared to Book 1.

Performers had a knack for what sounded like intentional mocking of American accents. Intentional? Or, maybe just ignorant.

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Very Enjoyable

Revisado: 03-02-22

I wish Simon Vance had also performed the others in this series. I'm going to try the next one. If I can't get into it as well with a less dynamic reader, I'll likely just return the audible and get an e-copy. TBD

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Returned

Revisado: 02-08-22

Could not get past the reader's voice being so completely inconsistent with the characters. A story about young midshipman, but the voice was that of an elderly gentleman. Might try OBrian audio again at some point, but not this title. Might be okay as a read, instead of Audible.

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Incredible Book and Outstanding Performance

Revisado: 01-18-22

Dickens works remain wonderful even 170+ years removed from the time of publishing. What amazes me so much about this is that he captures truth in human thoughts/interactions that are as relevant now as when written - easily recognizable. Even when the details of an era differ, he still captured something basic in human interactions/personal thoughts that transcends time. I know that sounds corny, but I really saw that in this - so much so that I found myself laughing out loud at David's various experiences and descriptions.

"Richard Armitage's Performance Broke the Scale!" was to have been my original title. I now need more than 5 stars to rate Audible works properly. The Story, itself, and the Performance taken together yield a score greater than the sum. Copperfield has many characters, and Armitage masterfully captured them all. I highly recommend this Audible title. I do think it is the best I have experienced so far - edging out some others that are beyond great, too.

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Too Much Fa Left Political Ranting

Revisado: 11-10-21

I was encouraged at the beginning of the work - actually seemed to have been a work of historical fiction at first. However, beyond the initial framing, the story quickly built from an initial anti-middle-class indictment (complete with close-minded ("un-woke"), abusive Caucasian parents), into a crescendo of anti-male, anti-capitalist, anti-you-name-it topics of the far Left - unhinged Leftist rage. The characters seemed a bit flat and became easily predictable after the reader becomes aware that they are only tools to blather tenets of the communist manifesto and various modern day woke-isms.

Whelan was okay as a narrator. A bit overly-dramatic at times, but she was just interpreting the glurge of the storyline, I suppose.

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One of the Best Sequels I've Experienced

Revisado: 10-20-21

Wonderfully done. True to the original - virtually seamless. Thankfully completed prior to fascist wokeness, which would have destroyed the necessary mid-19th century setting.

Yes, the narrator had an older voice; however, she performed the character/actor inflections, nuances, etc. very well. She had great range for all the characters in the story, across all ages.

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Least Favorite of the Heinlein Books

Revisado: 08-04-21

I was probably somewhere around half way through the book when I realized that there was practically no story involved. It just kind of meandered through different episodes associated with a rather unexciting main character. Perhaps the reader put much thought about the presentation and selected a monotone delivery as being most appropriate to the character; yet, I found that almost unbearable as a listener. About 11 hours into this I found myself wishing it would end. I actually would tune the words of the reader out and try to hum (yes "hum") the constant monotone note she read in. It was always in tune which confirmed my assertion that she would keep the same note while reading. Think Buddhist chant for 13 hours.

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Great Hard Sci Fi Title

Revisado: 06-29-21

Highly recommend. Really enjoyed this unique twist on first contact. The narrative addressed physics and general engineering approaches quite accurately, which was refreshing. So many authors ignore this and the stories suffer because of the lack of scientific context. Andy Weir does an excellent job of building a believable scenario with good underpinning of the science involved. Ray Porter was excellent and a good fit for this project. This book goes into my top 10 list of best of its type .

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