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Best Book Ever Read or Listened To

Revisado: 09-29-23

The is the best book I’ve ever read or listened to. A while back, Audible posted a question on Facebook asking people what their favorite listen was and after seeing this book mentioned repeatedly, I had to get it. I’m glad I did, otherwise, I would’ve never gotten it and that would be a shame because it it truly amazing. The narrator does a really fantastic job and the added sounds make the characters and story come to life. The only negative I have is that from here on out, nothing I read will be as good as this.

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Great Book

Revisado: 06-26-23

I’ve read many wrestling industry books and this was my favorite. I appreciate how “real and unapologetic” this felt compared to many others. I love that he read it himself and did some impressions- made it better than just reading. However, the book is all over the place and there’s no timeline or theme from chapter to chapter.

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Fantastic Female Lead

Revisado: 10-20-21

This is one of my all time favorite books. Finally, a book with a female main character that isn’t obsessed with romance or overcompensating for not being a man. It’s very difficult to find books with female leads that aren’t driven by relationships or being overtly “manly”.

Plus, the actual story is really great - lots of pirate character and lore.

I have this as a book and as an audio book because I like it that much.

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Good Narrator, Disappointing Story

Revisado: 11-03-20

The narrator was absolutely fantastic!!! The main character’s nonchalant carefree attitude towards the craziness he encounters is enjoyable and very funny at times. However the story is not good. Weird things happen just for the sake of being weird and never gets resolved. Much of story doesn’t get resolved and doesn’t have any reason to be included. It’s like multiple short stories combined into one without resolutions.

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Must Read For Top Gear Fans

Revisado: 09-14-20

As a fan of the show, I really enjoyed this book as it really went in depth on all points of the show. The narrator was also fantastic!

In my opinion, however, when the author goes into theories of why Top Gear became so popular, I disagree. It’s not a car show it’s a comedy show. The author obviously knows more about the show than I do, but I watched it not because it was about cars but because it was funny and happened to talk about cars.

Before watching the show, I knew nothing about cars, car types, engines, or anything automotive but my husband had it on TV one day and it was funny so I started watching it. We ended up watching the entire series and The Grand Tour during the COVID lockdown.

That being said, the book is a fantastic companion piece to the show and I enjoyed hearing about the innerworkings of the show.

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Short, fun, and full of interesting facts

Revisado: 11-26-19

I really enjoyed this. It went into song writing, song traditions, songs on charts and more. As a lover of holiday music, I found this book really interesting.

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Boring and bland

Revisado: 11-25-19

The story never really got going. There wasn’t really a climax and the overall story arch just fell flat. Each episode or chapter was basically an interview. I felt like the author/narrator/journalist needed to delve more into the pepper growing race instead of just interviewing the “top farmers” and mentioning conflicts. Basically, it was just boring. The audio was really good though.

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Fantastic Book & Narration

Revisado: 11-19-19

I read a lot of pirate books -nonfiction and fiction and this is my favorite. It explores women pirates that weren’t even mentioned in other books as well as how these women’s stories are perceived and were recorded. The narrator was also excellent.

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Good story but too long

Revisado: 02-15-17

I liked the combination of trail history and the authors modern trail journey. I also liked the authors narration, especially because it was his journey. However, I thought it could have used some trimming down. It's a long 15 hour audio book.

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Not good

Revisado: 11-08-16

I heard the Crichton didn't finish the book and this was only a first draft, but I enjoy pirate books so I thought I'd give it a go. It was boring. I also had trouble listening to the narrator, because his voice was so deep.

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