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Great Story, Excellent Narration

Revisado: 02-04-19

Just when you're sure you know what's going to happen next, it doesn't. A nice thriller with an astute scientific underpinning. If you're paranoid about what's coming for the country, this won't help you sleep at night. The narration is spot on and no stupid music or sound effects. I highly recommend you give this author a try.

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Brilliant

Revisado: 09-07-16

Read this book or meet me in Weehawken at dawn. Easy to see how it inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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I liked it.

Revisado: 05-11-15

You may too. However your mileage may vary depending on time of day, traffic conditions , accidents of birth, and of course...

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Great Story - AWFUL production.

Revisado: 12-16-14

What would have made Infected better?

Get rid of the idiotic sound effects, amateur female character vocalizations, is there anyone reading a book with such a small imagination they don't know what a door knock sounds like. There was a knock on the door (SFX door knocking sound) We don't need this distraction. These are audio books not radio versions of movies. People who listen to audio books are still readers at heart, trust your audience.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

I know this author pod casts his books and I can forgive the weird female voices but I bet he didn't add sound effects and heavy metal music to his pod casts. If he did at least you're getting them for free.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

It was a very good story with a credible SF foundation and the author structured his story very well. Read the printed version or Kindle version.

Any additional comments?

Read the printed version or Kindle version.

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Too Much Science, Not Enough Fiction

Revisado: 08-23-14

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I like when the science in a sci fi novel makes sense, even if it can only occur in a clearly defined "other world" But the long detailed scientific explanations got in the way of enjoying the story for me. Disaster occurs, well just a bit of Mr. Wizard basic science will take care of that. I can't say not to listen to this book, but make sure you want a lesson in what a physics class would sound like on Mars. I also thought the portrayal of the main character was a bit cavalier. I found myself wishing the minor characters in NASA were out a bit more stage center. I found myself longing for more from them

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The sound effects suck.

Revisado: 01-06-13

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

No stupid sound effects, there should be a warning label. Why do you need a woman to do the women's voice. I would have preferred a woman reading the entire book rather than having a women's voice pop up out of nowhere. It's not a movie or even a radio show. It's one person reading a book out loud as best they can. Made it very hard to loose myself in the story.

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Not up to usual quality

Revisado: 08-12-12

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I was only able to get through about an hour of this book. It seemed like all odd Thomas did was just speculate on the weirdness of life over and over. It just got boring. I loved all the other odd Thomas books so I'm disappointed.

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Go Fly A Kite - No Longer an Insult

Revisado: 09-15-05

Just read a bunch of the other 5 star reviews and then download. There is a good reason this is a best seller and it's not a good PR dept.

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Just Like A Virgin

Revisado: 07-22-05

This book was predictable and telegraphed from page one. The minor twist at the end is a cheap shot at the sequel that should have been part of this lame story. Also the music was QUITE annoying. Even if you love Patterson like I do - stay away from this one.

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Great Book, Great Reading Performance

Revisado: 03-16-05

Let me start by saying Dylan Baker's reading of this novel amounts to nothing less than a 31 hour 1 man Broadway show. His charactizations were brilliant, more than just sounding like the characters he added a visual dimension to their personalities, male and female that is amazing to experience.

My only problem with his reading is the tugging at the back of my brain that I wouldn't have liked this book as well or at all if I read it myself or a less talented reader was cast. I am listening to a lot of books and I am starting to get the feeling that I have about MTV. If a song becomes popular because it has a good video but would have not been noticed otherwise , is it still a good song? Who knows. But I am worried that production values will increase and things like music and sound effects and multiple readers (ultimately one for each character may be next)become more important than the words. Ala hollywood. STILL YOU WILL HEAR A BRAVURA READING ON THIS BOOK.

The story is very good, captivating all the way through. I do agree with some other reviewers, it looses a little steam in the end. I loathed some of the characters so much that I wanted to bath a little more in their undoing.

The funny thing is this could almost just as easily been about college in the 60's and in some ways I think might actually be. Loved it.

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