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Fascinating, Harrowing, Well Researched.

Revisado: 03-14-22

A great historical retelling of early Antarctic exploration and a truly amazing story. While not quite as gripping as the sory of Earnest Shackleton's Endurance, this book feels like a very honest depiction of the original Antarctic-voyage-gone-wrong. The Author's seemingly well researched and fair handed approach steers clear of the kind of hero worship that many other similar types of accounts can be guilty of.

The narrator is a bit over-the-top at times and it can be distracting.

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Different Pace Than Previous Books But Still Good

Revisado: 04-30-21

I see a lot of negative reviews for this book calling it the worst in the series and I don't agree.

Yes, it really should have been named 'Nemisis Games: Part II' but that doesn't make the book boring, full of filler, or inconsistent with the previous books.

Since this book focuses on a solar system wide war, there is definitely less of the high concept sci-fi and more politics and logistics so maybe that's what some readers don't like.

I thought it was a needed conclusion to the previous book and it sets up the remaining books well (I hope).

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Different than the others, but no less good.

Revisado: 04-13-21

This entry in the Expanse series takes a bit of a different structure than the previous books and it is better off for it. We get the satisfying return of several side characters from previous books as well a deeper dive into the back stories and of the 4 main crew members.

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Dan Carlin's Greatest Hits

Revisado: 12-02-19

For fans of Dan Carlin's popular podcast: Hardcore History, The End Is Always Near feels like listening to a greatest hits album put out by your favorite band.
Many of the stories, themes, and conjecture are familiar but they have been strung together in a new way. For listeners that are new to Dan Carlin's works this book will be a brief but thorough introduction to the thoughtful, empathetic and dark-yet-playful approach that makes Carlin so enthralling.

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Good, but in a Non-chronological Format.

Revisado: 05-13-19

I wanted a brief overview of the French revolution and I was not disappointed. However, early on in the book the narrator suggests referencing a timeline that is provided in the printed book, because the chapters are structured by topic rather than by chronological order. This approach works well for presenting a concise review of a complicated point in in history but it does not lend itself to the audiobook format particularly well.

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Very Well Narrated

Revisado: 05-06-19

I feel that this book provided a good review of ancient world history from a bird's eye view. the focus is largely on major world empires spending most of the time in Egypt, Persia, China, India, Greece and Rome.

While I don't have much to compare it to, I felt like the narrator did a great job with the pronunciation of the hundreds of different names and places that are in long dead languages.

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B+: Fun, Unique, but not very well written.

Revisado: 11-29-17

Overall, I liked it and found it pretty captivating. I enjoyed the unique and twisting story and would love to see a TV adaptation.The narrator is pretty good although his female characters don't sound great. The pacing isn't great - it takes quite a while to get interesting, and the dialogue rarely feels natural. That being fun it's still very fun and memorable.

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