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Started Okay but Swirled Out of Control

Revisado: 07-29-22

Everyone enjoys a surprise or two in reading a thriller but this story lost control of itself. It slid into silliness where nothing was as it seemed and then the author needs to spend the last thirty minutes explaining all the craziness to the reader/listener. Yes, it reminded me of the those crazy Scooby-Doo cartoons where nothing was as it appeared because old Farmer Brown was really wearing a mask posing as a ghost to scare those darn teenagers off the farm.

Dick Hill did an excellent job of narration as usual only mixing up accents a couple times.

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Boring.

Revisado: 06-01-22

Tired of the author constantly admitting that the content was boring and promising it would get better.

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Sterile Interpretation

Revisado: 05-16-22

I was very surprised to find such a sterile reading of the founding documents of our country.

Neither heart nor passion are to be found in Adler's exposition. The man who knows so well the great books shows little appreciation for nor historical context of these obvious thunderbolts of democracy.

Instead he offers logical and philosophical criticisms and corrections.

I cannot help but muse that the author was battling a bad case of digestive distress that doomed this dispepsic discourse.

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Endless Rambling

Revisado: 05-16-22

The first book in this series was excellent. This audiobook, the second in the series, is a stinker! I tried for five hours, but the story dragged on and on, while going nowhere.

I abandoned it at that point.

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American Hero: Booker T. Washington

Revisado: 12-12-20

Booker T. Washington is a remarkable American hero that transitioned from being born into slavery to being an inspirational leader and first principal of the Tuskegee Institute (Now know as Tuskegee University.).

The generation of brave men and woman who lived through this time have a lot to say and Booker Taliaferro Washington does it well. He is upbeat and encouraging. Full of the vision of what is possible and never short on ideas on how to accomplish it.

This book is well worth a listen.

The narration is best described as clear, but brisk.

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Comedy for the Whole Family

Revisado: 11-11-20

A fun comedy performance for all to enjoy. Covers a variety of topics.

The sound quality is unusually good compared to a normal audiobook.

https://thebillykellyshow.com/

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The Real Conan Doyle

Revisado: 10-18-20

A delightful survey and review of the life and writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being greatly enriched by family interviews and anecdotes.

The presentation was pleasantly accompanied by musical flourishes and transitions.

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Preposterous Story & Terrible Narration

Revisado: 09-20-20

This is a review of the audio-book presentation of Memory Man by acclaimed author David Baldacci. This is volume one in a multi-volume series.

Suspension of disbelief is often par for the course in a detective novel and gifting the main character Amos Decker hyperthymesia could be a useful trait for a detective. Without giving up any spoilers, let's just say that the rest of the story was not well grounded it was in fact preposterous. Having allowed Baldacci the right to use hyperthymesia for Decker, the rest of the story ought to be set on sturdy feet, but it is not. I found the entire story line more that just unbelievable, it was preposterous.

The delivery of the story was also wearisome and relied on endless explanations by monotonous Amos Decker monologues. I prefer more action in a story and better use of conversation to convey information and story-line progress. It seemed to me that Balducci took the lazy way out and simply provided massive information dumps via Decker's speeches.

The narration of the first half of this audio-book was torture. The narrator stopped and started dozens of times with each re-start changing the volume or tone or inflection enough that I often wondered if it was a different narrator. Shame on the publishers for allowing this sloppiness.

In summary, this first volume is a hard pass.

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Wow! Bosch TV Series

Revisado: 09-19-20

An outstanding presentation of the origins and development of the Bosch TV Series.

This was released just before season one went live. Hosted by Tom Bernardo and joined by Michael Connelly and others, this excellent podcast was fun to listen to. The passion and energy bringing this series to TV and staying true to the original books and their settings was amazing.

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Fun Listen

Revisado: 09-12-20

Fun listen about a topic of which I knew nothing.

Ken Albala is a scholar and fine narrator. He struck a good balance between history and facts and interpretation and held my interest the whole time.

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