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Great narration for a great book

Revisado: 01-04-25

Wonderful production. Elijah Wood’s narration brings the character and story of Huckleberry Finn to life.

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Annoying music

Revisado: 05-09-20

The music is really annoying. I’d rather have silence or just really low volume relative to instruction.

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Poor format for an audiobook—pick up a print copy instead

Revisado: 01-19-20

The book is a collection of short thought provoking “bits”— paragraphs or sentences. It’s really not a great format for an audiobook because it is too choppy and it doesn’t allow you to reflect on the wisdom of the words.

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Never engaged enough to finish

Revisado: 01-18-20

The premise sounded fun and the narration was good, but something with the story just didn’t engage me and I easily set it aside.

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Very limited appeal

Revisado: 01-16-20

First, this is truly a "course" not a listen. Most chapters have a substantial amount of time devoted to an exercise -- which often involves closing your eyes, so it's not well suited for listening while driving.

As someone relatively familiar with the idea of self-compassion, there wasn't a lot of new ground covered or original thought. It's a re-hash of excellent work by Kristen Neff and Thich Nhat Hanh. Also, the pacing was so SSLLOOWW that listening at 1.5x made the narration seem normal to me.

BUT if the author's example of a difficult life situation resonates with you (she couldn't get on a plane for a long awaited family trip because of her extensive previous international travel but she pulled through and showed resiliency by hanging out at a friend's beach house), then this might just be the perfect simplistic summary for you. But most people will probably just be irritated.

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Hard to follow

Revisado: 10-18-19

The story addresses an important and brutal topic: the murders of women and the brutality in Juarez. Reality isn't always pretty. But, the way the story is told and narrated is very confusing. I didn't get much out of the story other than the descriptions of the brutalized victims and snippets of the fear of the women who live there. There were confusing time switches (or maybe location switches? I'm not sure); a narrator who emotes well but I wasn't certain whether or when she spoke as a man or a woman. Also, a lot of Spanish, which I am conversant in, but would be even more confusing for a listener who isn't.

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Learned a lot

Revisado: 05-02-19

I have a good familiarity with conflict management and resolution as a trained mediator and thought this really enhanced my knowledge/skill set. I enjoyed learning a little of the history of negotiation/conflict management as I had heard of many of the concepts, but had never thought of the timeline or evolution of the subject. Best of all was that the lecture was very clear and often had enumerated checklists which were easy to follow. I debated about giving the performance only four stars-- after all, it's just a lecture!- but then decided on five because it's about as good as a lecture can get :)

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Not bad, but not great

Revisado: 11-02-18

The book has a lot of individually interesting studies, but the information is not tied together that well. I didn't leave with definite clear action points for me. Also, the book is not about "moments" but more about experiences, rituals, goal setting and high points. Putting so many things under a title of "moments" seemed like grasping to extend content and cash in on the current trendiness of mindfulness and present moment awareness.

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Classic Sedaris

Revisado: 11-02-18

I've enjoyed many of Sedaris' other audiobooks and readings. Calypso is Sedaris at his best: funny, insightful, painfully & hilariously truthful. Calypso presents (understandably) an older Sedaris who is now in his 50s; as I've also aged over the years, it was like re-visiting an old friend.

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Best for die-hard Tolle fans

Revisado: 10-25-18

I am a die-hard Tolle fan, so I enjoyed this lecture and have listened to it multiple times, but I would not consider it one of his best. It’s taped from a live lecture in which he seemingly did a bit of mugging for the audience, who greatly appreciated it (lots of laughter) but the facial expressions are lost on the Audible audience.

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