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Back story of Nate R.

Revisado: 10-04-24

Typically reliable story telling from CJ Box. I’ve listened to a lot of the Joe Picket books but not in order. At this point the reader’s lack of range is quite irritating. All his female characters sound the same. For the characters from the south it seems that the reader watched Gone With The Wind for inspiration. As a southerner his poor performance is like fingernails on the chalkboard. I really enjoy the Joe Picket books but I may just have to read them with my eyes.

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Primitives, savages and unfortunate.

Revisado: 09-29-24

Primitive, savages, and unfortunate are the kinder descriptions of the native Americans. I tried to listen past the at first slightly disparaging descriptions of the Indians but could not push through it. Sadly it was a 2 for 1 and I can’t return it.

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The first act was entirely missing.

Revisado: 12-21-23

I don’t know why the first act didn’t download. It was free. Does anybody else see a resemblance between Orange Jesus and his unhinged followers and JC Julius Cesar? The story passed the time while I stained a deck.

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Disappointed. So much potential

Revisado: 08-21-20

It started off sooo good then something happened. The story telling slowed down and it became unlistenable. Heed the other advice of the other reviewers. Take a pass on this one. I was kin of angry about it but then I realized it was a free book. I only lost about 6 hours of my life before I quit the book. Maybe with different narrators the book would turn out better.

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Eurocentric unapologetically racist.

Revisado: 10-04-19

Why didn’t any other reviewer mention how absurdly and subtly racist and bigoted Michener treated the Caribbean? I tried to finish the book. But finally at the end after the subtle way Michener once again denigrates Blacks and Africans I had to turn it off. And Jamaica? Dave chapelle doesn’t use the N word half as much. At least he’s funny and makes white people feel uneasy.
If you’re reading this for the history you can find better written and more entertaining historical fiction and nonfiction. Save a credit and take a hard pass on this bigotry.

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A burning pile of post modern feminist shite

Revisado: 09-11-18

Immediately after submitting this review I will be requesting my credit back. The performance is fine. The narrator’s voice is not annoying. Usually a good narrator can take a mediocre book and improve the experience. Unfortunately the greatest narrator ever could not polish this turd.
Dearborn offers very little new information on Hemingway. What she does is reinterpret what is out there in her man hating, revisionist filter. What she can’t find in actual facts she invents from Hemingway’s fiction as a psychoanalysis basis. For example, she discounts EH’s well documented PTSD by stating that he wasn’t wounded that badly, that he only spent a month in combat and that he was lazy when he returned to the states after the war. I’m not going to go on. Worst biography ever written. Hemingway was not a modern man. He was a man of his times.

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Terrific start then it just dribbles to an end

Revisado: 08-26-18

First, the not so great. Narrator. While his voice isn’t annoying his inability to nail accents, especially Spanish pronunciations grated on me. Also, it seems that he didn’t know how to breathe and read at the same time. He runs out of breath near the end of sentences then sputters out a last word or phrase disjointedly.
The good. The story seems to be well researched but necessarily abbreviated. Genghis khan gets about as much space as Alexander the Great but not as much as Dick Cheney. I was expecting more of an Asian point of view and perhaps a lot more about China but it’s pretty much the west looking east.

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Just about as good as the first

Revisado: 11-13-17

The audio performance is excellent. The plot was a little bit difficult to follow . The characters are well developed and the dialogue moves the story along. I recommend this book if you’ve read the first one. Audible 20 review sweepstakes entry.

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Similar to Iron Druid Chronicles

Revisado: 01-31-17

Both in story telling and narration Charming is as enjoyable, witty, and page turning as Iron Druid. Just when I was mourning the end of a great series I've discovered another.

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A fish called Wanda meets Forest Gump

Revisado: 09-24-16

The audio version really helped me get into this story because I could figure out the pronunciation of the names and places. I'd love to see this made into a movie or better yet an HBO type series. Quirky, delightful, and kept me listening.

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