P Carnell

Technical problems

Revisado: 02-28-23

Another terrific performance from O'Brian and Tull but this one badly and repeatedly marred by careless repetition of blocks of narration and in at least one instance of narration cut-off.

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Not good

Revisado: 05-23-19

This book really isn't worth a review, but I am writing one because the only other review was so misleading. Sheriff in small American town has complicated and unlikely past. The local bar is staffed with females drawn to 14-yr-old boy fantasy standards. Bad mob guys come to town and threaten the females. Cynical sheriff knows law enforcement will not result in justice for these guys, so he makes it happen. Graphic sex and violence. Think Charles Bronson movie without the depth or pathos.

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A Human Hero

Revisado: 05-16-16

He is a certified flight instructor with little money, an ex-wife, a landlady, and skills from a past career in U.S. government cloak-and-dagger. The bones of the story is how he becomes progressively involved with a murder investigation and then the target of violence. Nothing new there. But the touch is lighter, more literate, and at times, wickedly funny. Ray Porter performed it perfectly, making each of the many voices immediately recognizable.

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A Human Hero

Revisado: 05-16-16

He is a certified flight instructor with little money, an ex-wife, a landlady, and skills from a past career in U.S. government cloak-and-dagger. The bones of the story is how he becomes progressively involved with a murder investigation and then the target of violence. Nothing new there. But the touch is lighter, more literate, and at times, wickedly funny. Ray Porter performed it perfectly, making each of the many voices immediately recognizable.

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Could be the work of a precocious 10-year old

Revisado: 08-08-15

After having read the glowing reviews of my fellow listeners, I was sorely disappointed with this production. Given the witless dialogue and inane action in the prose, I understand why the performer read it as fast as he could. There is an interesting plot that kept enough interest to finish listening. The plot does not fully resolve at the end of this book, apparently to be continued in a later work. I will never know.

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Tedious

Revisado: 03-02-15

There are several detectives, each with their own stories, working on this multiple-murders-at-different-times-with-the-same-weapon case. Good news is you don't have to listen too carefully because the information will be repeated to you, often. Bad news is there is a lot of wholly unnecessary detail about what the detectives are wearing, eating, feeling. Unfortunately, it is not the kind of detail that adds to atmosphere or emotional depth. I found the repetition and the fluff very wearing. The case itself and the resolution are interesting.

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Well thought out

Revisado: 01-16-15

There are no evil doers, no cross-purposes. Our hero is stranded on Mars and has to survive until he can be rescued. There is a lot of easy to listen to chemistry, physics, botany, and more. There is humor and drama and it is all very entertaining. The narrative is logical and well paced.

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Must be the choreography

Revisado: 12-16-14

Why this predictably plotted story of a one-dimensional antihero working against a world of really flat bad guys keeps anyone's interest is the real mystery here. On the other hand, the not too gory fight and flight scenes are cinematic and there are plenty of them. The performer is top notch. Maybe if you aren't expecting great literature, you will find it as entertaining as I did.

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Very entertaining

Revisado: 11-14-14

Give yourself a lot of time to enjoy this one. Mr.Auberjonois's performance is spot on as usual. Pendergast has met his match and only the devotion of his friends can rescue him from the diabolical clutches of his enemies.

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It's not good

Revisado: 09-25-14

A cautionary tale about allowing foreign nations to finance western government deficit spending. Oh, and there's a brief history of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr woven as background. There isn't enough story to call it a novel. The narration sounded as if English was not native to the performer. The rhythm is choppy and the melody of sentences is wrong. The words were pronounced correctly, but the overall effect was unpleasant. If this had been the first audio book I had listened to, it would have been my last.

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