Margaret C. Bessette

No lessons, just notes from meetings

Revisado: 11-11-24

I purchased this book thinking it would provide lessons from Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger. Instead, this book only provided a summary of Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meetings from 1985-2017 based on the author's notes. There no synthesis or analysis. I did find the history of Buffet's involvement with Berkshire Hathaway interesting, but I could have gotten that information in a 10-minute internet article, instead of of 12+ hour audio book.

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Fascinating read

Revisado: 12-24-23

Interesting story. Told and narrated well. Inspired me to look for other art fraud and heist books.

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Good story, but poor narration

Revisado: 09-11-23

This was a good story but as have others have commented, the narration makes it very difficult to listen to. I did find that speeding the play to 1.5x made it bearable (and the narrator no longer sounded under the influence.)

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Twisty and fun! I couldn't stop listening.

Revisado: 07-18-23

I had just finished a couple of non-fiction titles and needed a mental escape. This was the perfect fiction listening choice. I was captivated from the start--continually guessing as the plot twisted and new perspectives revealed. I really enjoyed the multiple narrators. I will look for more by this author.

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Troubling but important

Revisado: 04-24-22

Lots of info from this investigative reporter. Unfortunately doesn’t speak well to the US as a nation dealing with a pandemic. Hopefully we can learn from our many mistakes to do better when we face the next crisis.

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Music is terrible and distracting

Revisado: 05-21-19

I was very excited about this free download. Unfortunately, I couldn't get beyond the terrible, distracting music in the first session. If I had paid anything for it, I would have returned it. I have a couple more of these from the Aaptiv. Not sure I will even try them. Quite a disappointment.

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Music is terrible and distracting

Revisado: 05-21-19

I was very excited about this free download. Unfortunately, I couldn't get beyond the terrible, distracting music in the first session. If I had paid anything for it, I would have returned it. I have a couple more of these from the Aaptiv. Not sure I will even try them. Quite a disappointment.

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I listened to the whole book, so you don't have to

Revisado: 02-11-19

I read a number of negative reviews before I purchased this book. Most folks hadn't been able to get through the whole book. I thought it was unfair to pan the book without reading the whole thing and thought surely, there'd be some thing redeeming in it so I listened to the end. I found nothing--just a waste of an Audible credit and 10+ hours of my life. Cliff Sims is every bit the viper of the book's title. Even worse, I learned at the end of the book that he wrote it to build his new consulting business (and likely become the ultimate DC swamp dweller!) Despite what he went through, Sims remains a Trump devotee, never recognizing or admitting that the White House which he describes as the most toxic place he's ever worked is that way it because that's the environment Donald Trump has created. If you do decide to listen to this book, do so on at least 1.25x speed. It'll get you through it faster and the strange cadence the narrator uses for Trump quotes won't be so painful.

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About 1/2 Duplicates "A Coming Storm"

Revisado: 10-08-18

I'm a big Michael Lewis fan, so I didn't read the reviews. I should have, as other reviewers have made clear that "The Fifth Risk" duplicates much of the free Audible title, "A Coming Storm". Good material and excellent narration, but those who have already listened to "A Coming Storm" will be disappointed at the repeat of material. I'm not sure why Audible did this, as I feel like I paid a full credit for part of a book. However, if you haven't read "A Coming Storm", I recommend this audio book.

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A great, fun, rollicking romp of a story!

Revisado: 09-19-16

This was such a fun novel by Ms. Taylor and the performance by Ms Romm was exceptional. I love history, I love the absurd, and putting them together made this book perfect for me.

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