"christianemden"

Idiotic (spoiler heavy review)

Revisado: 03-17-25

This is one of the most idiotic stories I have ever read. Matt Drake is an incredibly tough guy, making the protagonist of the Doc Savage novel I recently read look like a whimp. With 3 of his 4 limbs debilitatingly injured Drake still attempts the infiltration of an enemy strong hold all by himself.

The book is full of a patriotic fervor and military prowess, to make Tom Clancy blush. To be honest I prefer reading the worst Clancy over another book of Mr. Bentley.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

This is a high octane thriller from the world of formula 1

Revisado: 03-09-25

This isn’t the first time I read/listen to this story, likely not even only the tenth time. I love the book for its unique setting. The glamorous racing world of when F1 was still both exciting and dangerous.
So when this new audiobook was announced I preordered it instantly. The reading is quite good, but I wonder if the reader has ever heard if Italian as foreign language, the way he butchers Cagliari or other italian Names is a beauty to behold

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

The last of clavells novels for me to discover.

Revisado: 02-20-25

It’s almost ironic, that the last of James Clavell’s novels I “read” is actually the first one he wrote. And to be honest I’m flabbergasted, I never thought there would be another of his novels equaling Noble House, Tai Pan is just coming close. ButKing Rat is impressive, perhaps his very best writing.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

That Tim Gerard Reynolds reading stopped me from throwing this audiobook on the trash heap before finishing.

Revisado: 02-12-25

The main character was hard to like in the first novel, now he doubled down on stupidity and sanctimonious righteousness. All while being a Mary Sue of the first order.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Still my favorite

Revisado: 11-24-24

This is an incredibly biased review, Goodbye California was the first novel of MacLean’s that I read almost 40 years ago, making him my all time favorite author, an opinion still unchanged today. Objectively looking at the story of nuclear blackmail and earthquakes is not the best this master of suspense ever wrote, but to this day it’s thrilling and entertaining. So when this book became available for preorder, I didn’t even listen first the sample but smashed the buy button as hard as I could.

The reading performance is perfectly adequate, and more fluent Than Jonathon Oliver. Some of the voices are a bit to hard to distinguish from each other. And there is on duplicate recording in the last quarter aside from that a very good audio book.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

A waste of time

Revisado: 08-04-24

The blandness of the story and attempt to just link science fiction supers structures with info dumps makes it hard to believe this is an established author with many more books to his name.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

This was too long and convoluted

Revisado: 03-12-23

I would have never finished finished this book if it hadn’t been an audiobook. I do not finish books that don’t even begin to interrest me in the first 100 pages.
This book seems to have no idea what the actual story is supposed to be. The parts about number theory and cryptology were moderately interesting, the obsession of all protagonists with sex annoying. The whole story elements dealing with Bobby Shafto entirely pointless.

In the second half the book began to be a bit more interesting, but to little and to late.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

superb

Revisado: 12-31-20

As a long time fan of Agatha Christie's writing i decided on a whim to buy the mysterious Mr. Quin without reading the the synopsis or even listening to the sample, after all this was read by Hugh Fraser, a man of reading the phone book making it sound appropriate.


The Stories were absolutely stunning, seeing the events appear through the eyes of Mr. Satterswaite a culmination of every literary sidekick ever put to paper. He is much more a man of action than he is even admitting to himself, the eponymous Mr Quin, is actually only appearing in very few lines of the book, but his impact is marvelously felt on every page. I don't want to spoil anybodies enjoyment by spoiling details about the plot, but Agatha Christie does what she always does best, dazzle you with surprises that had been laid out very clearly from the beginning.


I'm not a fan of Miss Marple, but I love Hercule Poirot, but even the great detective is only second Fiddle in comparison to the mysterious Mr. Quin.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Buy both peace talks and battle ground

Revisado: 10-31-20

While I think that it’s unlikely that anybody would start their experience with the Dresden files with this book, I still feel compelled to warn that this is onlyhalf the story explored in peace talks and battle ground. By itself it feels lacking but as the double feature it’s an amazing story and a thrill to experience.
The only negative thing I can say is that marsters has changed his voice for Mab. I liked the previous way better.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Sounded like a tv documentary

Revisado: 10-11-20

I’m very interested in the topic and found the historical descriptions fascinating, but in part this sounded like it was just the sound part of a tv documentary, with the pictures sorely missed.
Kate Mulgrew is a Good actress, but as narrator for this program she felt lacking.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña