Travis M. Erickson

Brilliant Conclusion to a Brilliant Book Series

Revisado: 08-01-22

If you've gotten this far, know you won't be disappointed. Without giving anything away, this final book in the series wraps up all loose ends to this point. You will not feel short-changed.

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Brilliant Story and Narration

Revisado: 04-20-22

High Fidelity is a rare example of a book and film which are equally entertaining and poignant. Men of a certain age will likely be the ones who find it most compelling, but I think there might be something there for everyone.

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Another victim of COVID-19

Revisado: 10-27-20

As the author relates at the beginning of this book, he sets out to write a book about why modern-day liberals are nuts. Being a "classic" liberal himself, Mr. Morgan seems to be a good voice for this. The elements of the book where he attacks the hypocrisy of what we, in America, call the progressive movement, are particularly enjoying as he makes good historical arguments why their positions are completely illogical.

The book, however, was written during the time of the pandemic and the author couldn't choose to ignore this. But by doing so, he falls victim to his own arguments against progressives: he actually describes Dr. Fauci as "a brilliant scientist" which is a position I don't think democrats or republicans would be likely to take. He also completely trashes any benefit of the controversial drug, hydroxychloroquine, at a time when it's use is still being debated. Most importantly, being a liberal, he completely buys into the idea of lockdowns being the single-greatest solution to fighting the pandemic, which seems at odds to someone who wants to be able to live his own life as he sees fit. He doesn't get into censorship on social media platforms and seems to live and die by his own likes on Twitter. As someone who avoids social media like the plague, this brought the book down for me.

Ultimately, I couldn't finish the book. With about 2 hours to go, I had to put it down as I couldn't bear to listen to him rant on and on and on about these things. He also has an odd fixation with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle which, I suppose, mostly has to do with him being British. As an American, I could scarcely care less.

Maybe in these final two hours I'd be able to hear Mr. Morgan's take on the BLM movement or maybe hear him come around on lockdowns, etc., but I fear I'll never know. I enjoyed his reading of his own book, so the performance was good, but the content and delivery (reading, I'm sure, curated and probably modified entries from his diary) was underwhelming.

It's a shame that the pandemic occurred for many reasons. This book is certainly a victim of it.

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Great Story -- Weak Performance

Revisado: 08-29-19

I've listened to all books in this series at least once and believe Stefan Rudnicki is a great voice for Mr. Matthew Helm; however, this particular performance was not his best. I can only imagine there was a significant gap between performances as his voices slip in a number of places, particularly Mack. It detracts slightly from the excellent story since his usual reliable characterizations help distinguish characters better than in this effort.

Don't let that dissuade you since this is a really, really good story. As good of a mystery as these thrillers/adventure yarns provide. It's a story in which Matt has to figure out what his actual assignment is as he's given few details, and what he deduces causes him to distrust what he's been told. The setting returns to Norway (there was a previous book set in a similar area) and some good historical elements relating to World War II.

Overall a great story marred by an inconsistent performance. I hope the next installment will return Mr. Rudnicki back to form.

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Depressing, perhaps, but excellent nonetheless

Revisado: 03-31-10

I must first state that the narrator for this novel was superb -- I can honestly state that I would not have enjoyed this novel as much if I would have read it. Additionally, I have never seen the movie based upon this book.
The story is unusual in that there are no chapters, no names given to the two main characters, and there is no explanation for the disaster that befell the U.S. -- nor is a date given for when the story has taken place. The lack of detail in this regard may bother some people who want to know 'everything.' You simply will have to fill in many of the details yourself.
I think this story will be most enjoyable to those who have sons, or sons who have fathers, as ultimately, that is what this story is about -- the relationship between a man and his boy in brutally hard conditions. The story is bleak, but it kept me reading because I wanted to find out what happens to the man and his boy. I did not feel that the ending disappointed me in any way.
A final note: for those that may be scared off because it may seem like science-fiction because it is a post-apocalyptic story -- don't be. There nothing about this story that delves into anything fantastical -- it's merely the setting for the story.

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Great performance; great book

Revisado: 03-25-10

I had seen the movie a long time ago and didn't remember most of it, so listening to the book was a great treat. The narration and sound quality are quite good -- the copyright for the audio is in the mid-80's so it's not quite as crisp and clean as some newer audiobooks, but this did not detract from the story or narration for me.
This IS a multi-narrated story, but this worked fine for me. I recommend this story highly.

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