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The Narrator Makes This Book!

Revisado: 06-11-24

This is a book that simply couldn’t have been narrated by a man. Had it been narrated by most other women, I’d likely have simply rated this as “good.” However, Ms. Horn provides us the full measure of this flawed but fabulous heroine of U.S. and world history. We can experience both Barton’s greatness and her carelessness without allowing that to detract from our love of her legacy. I look forward to future books being narrated by Ms. Horne!

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Bad Editing

Revisado: 05-26-24

Ok, great book by Crichton, great reading by Lloyd. Horrible editing by Random House Audio! The stupidly long breaks between sections caused me to check my phone for loss of connection, crashed app, etc. on numerous occasions.

I am glad I listened to this to get Crichton’s words. As much as I love the movie, there are many differences, and now I know what they are.

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Where has this gem been all of my life?!

Revisado: 12-14-23

How did it take me 53 years to find this gem? As a fan of Lewis Carroll, Frank Baum, Maurice Sendak, Roald Dahl (and probably even Piers Anthony), this title has somehow escaped me until now!

Juster’s wordplay is juvenile and genius at the same time!

If you like Dwight Schrute, or if you dislike him, it won’t matter either way, because Rainn Wilson isn’t channeling him here. His voice is perfect for this amazing story. I can only imagine the laughing and tongue twisting he had to go through to get this one recorded!

Just as it feels like Juster drew inspiration from Lewis’s Narnia, I suspect this must have influenced the creation of so many other iconic children’s tales, such as “The Magic Schoolbus.”

Now to find the movie adaptation!

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Great listen, the editing could be better.

Revisado: 10-11-23

Harrison did a great job narrating this one. Very enjoyable.

My only complaint is the poor sound editing. Multiple bad cuts and repeated words in the recording. One of which was fairly long.

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Stick to Writing them Jim!

Revisado: 10-01-23

Another excellent story, but I think Jim should stick with the typewriter and leave the microphone to James!

At least now I know that Jim thinks that Harry sounds like John Wayne.

Oh, I will say, Jim makes Mab sound scarier than James does!

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Caveat Emptor! Not a Dresden Anthology!

Revisado: 06-20-22

When Audible numbers this as book 14.5 in the Dresden Files, I expect it to be a bunch of Dresden stories, or an anthology of stories from other authors about characters in the Dresden Universe. That is absolutely NOT what this is.

This is more like a misrepresented advertisement for Audible to try and introduce listeners to other authors that write similar types of books. There is only, I believe, one story in this anthology that resides in Dresden's universe. Very disappointing.

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An enjoyable listen

Revisado: 01-07-19

A pleasant, albeit predictable, listen.

The narrator was great, but the editing could use some work.

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A very enjoyable listen

Revisado: 11-29-18

A quite enjoyable listen. A fun twist to the Lovecraftian mythology.

One thought though. When writing about the weird and wonderful, you’re expecting a lot of willing suspension from your audience, especially when describing the indescribable. With that in mind, it would behoove the author to get the details of reality correct. Glocks don’t have a safety.

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Not a bad first try

Revisado: 11-21-18

An interesting listen, and an ambitious effort.

While listening, I couldn’t help but hear many lines parroted, almost verbatim, from some of my other favorite works though. It became distracting to have it happen so often.

I can’t decide if Theta is more akin to Conan, Gilgamesh, or Elric. Perhaps even Fafhrd?

The writing style, particularly the Forward, was Lovecraftian in its effort to provide a real fictional reality behind the story. I was glad to not have one of the references by the Mad Arab Alhazred!

A lot of mythology mixing here! Some will be offended by it, once they figure out what the author is doing, who Theta is, and the context of his background.

I give the story 3 stars. I’ll try book 4.

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Better Editing Would Help

Revisado: 05-09-18

Great story, and the narrator brings it to life, but the editing is atrocious!

Sentences repeated numerous times simply shouldn’t happen in a professional production like this. Pay more attention when splicing the audio together.

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