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Excellent as usual from Susanna Clarke

Revisado: 07-24-24

"Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell", a previous work from this author is one of my favorite books of all time so I reached for Piranesi without hesitation. After listening to it I have to say that, although it lacks the scope of Jonathan Strange, it is a thing of beauty. If you love Borges, you will adore Piranesi. Delivery is excellent.

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What a book

Revisado: 12-16-20

Loved it, narration is spotless and the book itself is a beautiful work of art.

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Incredible book. Educating and inspired

Revisado: 02-18-19

This book absolutely stands out. It's just extremely well written. Some other books on nature are either utterly dry (mind of the raven) or diverge too much from the topic at hand (story of cod). Other books in this genre are milestones of literature (gathering moss, hidden life of trees). The seabird's cry is easily a milestone. Never again will you look at a seabird as before reading/listening to this book. Just a big wow for me.

As for the narrator, he was quite good, although during couple of chapters in the middle, there are some sentences where he starts on a high note and finishes on a low. It turns into a slightly annoying pattern for a while, but then subsides. It isn't a deal breaker though, you should absolutely buy this book if you were considering it.

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Gripping

Revisado: 02-01-19

Are you a fan of books on alpinism? Here's one for you, as good as they get - interesting factual and action packed. It provides an overview of expeditions on K2 and their participants. No bs, just good stuff.

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Mostly history of New Foundland

Revisado: 01-26-19

With regret I can only give it 3 stars. Narration is spot on, but the story could be more gripping. Author has chosen New Foundland fishing industry as a pivot. I couldn't have cared less about it. I'd love to hear more about Iceland, Greenland, Norway, UK and Spain. Some information is not completely accurate. I actually know most of the details of wars for fisheries between Iceland and UK and was surprised to hear this super interesting chapter in history has gotten superficial treatment. It has been mentioned in the book, that there were no casualties in that, but there have been on both sides - notably an old Icelandic engineer, that died after one of the rammings. Nothing has been said about how Iceland used it's leverage in NATO over UK to win all of those conflicts (with some help from US). But what I hasn't been highlighted enough was cod itself. there was some information about the fish, but not very detailed. Apart from that the book is well put together. If you're interested in New Foundland, plenty of recipes (which you're probably not going to use) and some international context then absolutely go for it.

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Mostly history of New Foundland

Revisado: 01-26-19

With regret I can only give it 3 stars. Narration is spot on, but the story could be more gripping. Author has chosen New Foundland fishing industry as a pivot. I couldn't have cared less about it. I'd love to hear more about Iceland, Greenland, Norway, UK and Spain. Some information is not completely accurate. I actually know most of the details of wars for fisheries between Iceland and UK and was surprised to hear this super interesting chapter in history has gotten superficial treatment. It has been mentioned in the book, that there were no casualties in that, but there have been on both sides - notably an old Icelandic engineer, that died after one of the rammings. Nothing has been said about how Iceland used it's leverage in NATO over UK to win all of those conflicts (with some help from US). But what I hasn't been highlighted enough was cod itself. there was some information about the fish, but not very detailed. Apart from that the book is well put together. If you're interested in New Foundland, plenty of recipes (which you're probably not going to use) and some international context then absolutely go for it.

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wow

Revisado: 01-05-19

Poetic, precise, informative and just one of a kind. I'd love to thank the author personally. Leaving a 5 star review is the least I can do.

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A recount of someone's anxieties

Revisado: 10-27-18

This is a very uneven book. It's consistently well put, well edited and recorded well. There's a problem here though : in case you wanna hear a good story, be prepared to untangle it from a whole lot of unnecessary details. At least 50% is the author pondering on his anxieties, shortcomings, depressive episodes and marriage. Hidden in there somewhere are good climbing episodes and a very exhilarating chapter on being kidnapped. Author's inner life could be interesting if it was served in reasonable amounts. Here though it almost dominates the wordscape and it can make your day gloomier. I can only recommend it to someone who can plow through other people's self-therapy sessions in search for some cool adventure pieces.

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