Andrew Neveils

Excellent Storytelling

Revisado: 04-23-22

After a while, Dick Hill’s accents for each character start blending together, but the storyline, then tension, the action scenes, the detective work — it all works so well together.

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Informative but Dull

Revisado: 04-12-22

I really enjoy most of Thomas Sowell’s work. His style of writing is generally engaging and informative. I’ve had this book on my To-Read list for a while, but maybe the narrator just wasn’t cutting it for me. He was different than the narrator from the other Sowell audiobooks I’ve read and enjoyed. Michael Edwards seemed bored as the narrator even though the information was interesting to me.

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Familiar Territory

Revisado: 04-03-22

This story felt like a cousin to Stephen King’s IT. Less “coming-of-age” and more “detective noir” — which I enjoyed. Per usual, King explores many avenues and misdirections. He keeps you guessing and once it’s solved it just becomes the beginning of his horror/thriller.

I especially enjoyed Will Patton’s performance.

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Funny and Zany

Revisado: 03-22-22

The performances were just right, the storyline doesn’t need to be tight but that’s part of the fun, and the crazy characters were a hoot. The medium of a podcast series feels the biggest misfit.

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Exactly What I Expected…and A Little More

Revisado: 03-17-22

Any fan of Bob Odenkirks writing or acting will appreciate the backstories and insights he provides from throughout his career. This not familiar with his work but who love comedy, will definitely get a kick out of this memoir and even more so a deep dive on some of his work.

I can tell that Odenkirk actually wrote this because his voice, although quite literal for me in the sense that I listened to the audiobook, comes through clearly and affected as only he can.

My only issue is a point made at the very end that I sensed peppered throughout, auspiciously driven by his wife perhaps and that is a sense to address a modern “wokeness” lens to past concerns in an effort, perhaps, to avoid cancel culture. Areas where he or his project fell short by today’s standards, or to hedge a topic that his fellow liberals might find questionable. These pepperonis stood out to me as I listened and then it became obvious at the end why it was peppered in.

It’s a minor sticking point as it felt like an attempt to control things before the book and it’s content got out to all the world.

So aside from that — and it’s really not that big a deal, I just felt it unnecessary for the most part — the book was quite enjoyable and I even intend to pick up a physical copy as I’ve been a huge fan of Mr. Odenkirk for nearly two decades and look forward to his future projects.

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Satisfied a Baseball Craving During the 2022 Lockout

Revisado: 03-09-22

Some stories were better than others and some are just…odd. Several start quite promising and then fizzle out a little bit. Due to the 2022 MLB lockout, I decided to enjoy some baseball books to get my fix and this hit that, but there’s definitely better out there.

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Fair

Revisado: 02-28-22

The fair and even writing is both compelling and enlightening as some of my preconceived notions were either proven true or false. I now have a fuller picture of this complicated figure in our history. I also want to state how exceptional Jason Culp was as the narrator — well done!

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A Moving Story

Revisado: 12-11-21

Remarque has a talent for conveying a wide breadth of emotions and describing incredible scenes. I found this particular story thrilling and moving because of the troubles with war and fear and love and loss and hope and every human emotion. War is hell.

Kirby Heyborne gives an incredible performance in this reading, making the characters believable and lively.

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Different Than I Remember

Revisado: 12-02-21

I remember reading this in elementary school, at least part 1, which is fairly common it seems. I understand why it was so popular at the time it was written as I’m sure the language and satire was easier to follow and appeal to, but I felt many times that I was lost or disinterested. Other times I was guffawing because of Pierce’s reading. This book probably requires a class or group to discuss as I ended up just reading online about what some of the absurd things meant or satirized.

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Worth Remembering

Revisado: 11-16-21

James “Cool Papa” Bell’s story is amazing. I wish I could’ve watched him play, to watch him race around the bases. There are so few with the speed and intuition to run the bases like Cool Papa. I was especially moved by his humility and willingness to pass on the baton so that future players might receive the chance he never got, but so rightfully deserved.

My only issues with the book were David Sadzin’s reading (mostly fine, though the directing/editing might’ve made his pacing off a bit at times), and it felt like there was more to be told about Cool Papa. I’m sure it’s mostly due to a lack of available information, but it felt like we just plumbed the surface a bit a times.

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