Pauly Morefuss

Written by a computer, for other computers?

Revisado: 09-02-24

I’ve read numerous books, and a wide range of books. I can usually find at least a few appealing things in any book. Nothing in this story was able to interest, inspire, or intrigue me. The characters, writing style, settings, pacing, everything was dull and flat.

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Unusual Biography

Revisado: 10-07-21

The first one fourth of this book, which dealt with his life up to and during WWII, was 5 stars. However, I had to stop listening in the middle of the book. The story, after he arrived in America, became too dark and upsetting for me. I’ve never had this reaction to a biography. I purchased this selection after seeing an advertisement in The New Yorker magazine.

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Highly Recommend

Revisado: 10-07-21

Excellent economics instruction tied to our nation’s history and current events. Provides important economic comparisons with other countries. I’ve listened to this three times and it continues to help me understand our global and national concerns. Recommend reading Paul Krugman’s editorials in the New York Times. Excellent narration by Rob Shapiro.

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Just What Was Needed

Revisado: 08-02-20

Thank you, Mary, for writing this book.

Shame on us for allowing Donald Trump to become our president. I hope to see another book soon that will help us learn to nurture and support qualified leaders.

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A Worthwhile “What If” Story

Revisado: 06-15-20

The narrator was exceptional. So many audiobooks can lose my interest just for this.

“What If” stories are always a favorite of mine. I admire the creativity. This story covers a long span of time in the subject’s life.

I noticed the Trolls have already started to try to ruin the ratings of this book. They’re easy to spot. Ignore them.

I hope you also enjoy this worthwhile well written book, so creatively imagined; a great listen about Rodham.

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Magnificent

Revisado: 06-20-14

For me, this is a truly beautiful book. It is a surprising blend of being well-researched, historic, and heart-warming. I am in awe of her accomplishments, intelligence, and patriotic service to our country.

The length of the book was a concern only at first. When I began listening to the equally talented narration, I was transfixed and didn't want the book to end! I plan on buying a copy of the book to enjoy again.

As I listened, I was reminded of others who face these kinds of incredible responsibilities and whose outstanding and inspirational books I would also recommend to add to your library*.

"Madame Secretary: A Memoir" by Madeline Albright
"A Fighting Chance" by Elizabeth Warren
"Back to Work" by Bill Clinton
"My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor
"Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean
"Swim Against the Current" by Jim Hightower

*They are all available from Audible and your favorite bookstore.

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Brilliant

Revisado: 06-20-14

This new classic belongs in every household and on every listening device. Erudite, unpretentious. Refreshing writing style. Continually fascinating.

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Smart, Compassionate, Inspirational

Revisado: 04-26-14

This is one of the few books I've ever listened to several times in a row, She makes me believe we have "a fighting chance". I'm going to purchase her other books!

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Good Information

Revisado: 02-26-14

Learned a great deal and the lecturer had a pleasant, easy to listen to, speaking voice.

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Rating the Rating System

Revisado: 04-02-13

For quite some time, I've desired a consistent, somewhat objective rating system for the audiobooks so that customers don't have to do so much gambling with our time and hard-earned money to have an enjoyable or satisfying listening/reading experience.

Currently, for the listening customer, Audible categorizes the books, and customers rate the books on a one to five scale, and they can write a review. I think there are more ways to rate the audiobooks that would be helpful.

Perhaps we could also consider....

Use the ratings we have for movies, podcasts, music, video games.

For example, this book would seem to be rated: R-17, for Graphic Violence, Torture, Explicit Sex, Drug Use.

This type of rating could be one of my first steps or filters in making a decision.

I think the five star ratings of story, performance, overall, try to cover areas too broad to be effective. We could use a number or star rating system to rate by characteristics. We would have a Story Score, Performance Score, and a Listener Satisfaction Score.

The rating scale could be used to rate the story by: characters, setting, plot, dialogue, conclusion. Performance could be rated by several characteristics of voice quality, pronunciation, ability to create voices for characters (if fiction).

Listeners could also give a rating from their personal reactions. These could be believability, held my interest, thought provoking, satisfying, no fluff, compelling characters, good dialogue, liked the ending.

Finally, there would still be the written reviews for people to express their personal thoughts and feelings about the books for others to read.

Personally, I do not care for the orange words at the end of a review where people can click on, "# of People Who Found This Review Helpful. YES NO" I think that's too judgmental and has a potential for being misused. I want to encourage people to write about a book and not be worried about how they'll be judged.

To summarize, I've suggested adding the use of a movie rating to books. I'd also recommend using of a "click it" rating system to create a Story Score, Performance Score, and a Reader Satisfaction Score. Finally, continue using written reviews without being told if you're opinion is "helpful" (a vague and misleading term).

So, what did I think of Altered Carbon? I really wanted to like it more than I did. I liked the creativity of some of the ideas about the future. As I was listening to it, I thought if they made this into a movie, it would require a lot of editing to make it something that would appeal to a wider audience.

I hope we never actually have a future that bleak. I would like to think we could evolve and improve so that we do not have such divisions of wealth and poverty. I don't want a future world that is so violent, dark, and has so much suffering. I would like to think our future could be better than this.

I found if hard to finish. It didn't "flow" easily for me. I had to listen again to several chapters. The characters were not as well-developed as I would have preferred. I had to fast forward through some of the events in the book that were too uncomfortable for me to listen to.

I would have preferred an abridged version. I felt sleepy a lot while listening. The author's voice was trying to have that "noir" sound which puts me to sleep when I watch the old detective movies. The story also got too wrapped up in what I thought were unnecessary details which made me lose my concentration. Instead of so many details, I'd hoped it would be a more thoughtful book.

Everyone has something different they want from a book. I really appreciated reading all the reviews for this book that have been submitted. I read all the reviews for this book on Audible. I read a lot of the reviews and ratings from "goodreads", Amazon, Barnes & Noble, New York Review of Books, and others.

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