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Another rock-solid Connelly effort

Revisado: 05-13-20

Connelly has mastered the art of taking a spare-but-effective story, and letting it reveal itself over the course of 10 audible hours. This selection gives us the best of all three of his main characters, Mickey Haller, Harry Bosch, and the city of L.A. itself. This is the work of a consummate professional.

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Another great Connelly novel

Revisado: 04-29-19

Michael Connelly writes spare, laconic literature disguised as procedural cop thrillers. Bosch and Ballard are naturals together. There are about three narrative threads in this one, plus a few side trips, making it a fun listen and with a satisfying ending.

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Good, but as advertised: a reading of a screenplay

Revisado: 03-21-19

This is a cool little dramatized historical document. It is, in fact, a direct reading of a screenplay, including the director's cues, etc. I did not know much of the historical context of Martin Luther, and this was a quick, entertaining primer.

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Ludlum in his classic period

Revisado: 08-07-18

This is Robert Ludlum at his best. Great locales, global larger-than-life conspiracies, a strong male lead, a cheesy (but enjoyable) none-too-expressive female lead, and non-stop action. But this one has a great twist at the end, as the distinction between villain and savior becomes quite blurry. A long, at times silly, but always enjoyable listen, narrated expertly by Mr. Brick. Recommended.

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Unbelievable. Connelly just keeps getting better.

Revisado: 09-19-15

I grabbed the first Lincoln Lawyer from Audible on a $4.95 sale and immediately liked it a lot. Since then, I have worked my way through all of the Mickey Haller novels, and have been amazed at how they have continued to get better: more intriguing, better character development, more intricate storylines, and Connelly never "cheaps out" by leaving a bunch of loose ends. This one ties together in a very satisfying way, and once again, left me wanting another book to read with the same characters. Connelly is seriously blurring the line between high-quality escapist fiction and legit literature. Looking forward to the next one coming out in November 2015.

Of note: this narrator is not my favorite; he occasionally has the emphasis on the wrong word, and his middle-aged, established police officers often sound more like angry street punks, but he is not the worst by any stretch. I think he does the main character's voice very well, and does not have the annoying habit of making female voices sound like prepubescent boys.

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Basic but great common-sense advice

Revisado: 06-07-15

Love his WSJ columns? This is the distillation of those principles in a brief audiobook. Good summaries for each chapter.

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Basic, but great info, with a broad view

Revisado: 05-05-15

This course covers the basics of personal finance—all aspects from saving and investing to buying insurance. Really well-presented and useful, a good initial course for the beginner and a good refresher for the rest.

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Cut 250 pages and it's perfect!

Revisado: 03-23-14

As with just about all Stephen King novels, this one has a great story, well–researched, with a few twists and turns that actually make sense, and a very satisfying ending. However, two issues; one with the book itself, and one with the audio presentation.

First: Stephen King is justly praised for his attention to detail; however, in this book (as in a few others) the details bog down the middle. There is a love interest in this book which is nicely done, but takes far too long to develop and come to its eventual conclusion. Cut 250 pages out of the middle third of this book, and I think you have a five-star novel here. (Also, King portrays most of the Texas conservatives in his book as hate-filled loons, but that political slant will not surprise his regular readers much.)

Second: The narrator makes this a 30 hour-plus book when it really should have been about 25 hours given the length of the material. He is a bit over-emphatic, and takes his time, sometimes to a ridiculous extent, voicing elements of the plot, and some of the dialogue. The sample above will give you a sense of this. I found myself irritated at times as he plodded along during even some of the more thrilling parts of the novel.

Overall, a solid read, and I greatly applaud King's research into 1960s Dallas and the assassination itself.

FACTOID: In the very interesting afterword, Stephen King offers his own conclusion as to the JFK assassination: "98% chance that Oswald acted alone."

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An Unfairly-Overlooked Classic

Revisado: 07-24-12

Jack Finney was one of the great popular writers of the 50s through 70s, with a couple of his books rising above their sci-fi/horror genres. "The Body Snatchers" (its original published name) and "Time and Again" are both mini-classics. This one is very different from most of the 5 (!) movies based upon it, with a breezy, swingin' 50s feel to the narrative in spite of the horrifying subject manner. The story is superb (sure, it couldn't REALLY have happened this way from a scientific standpoint, but who cares?), the writing simple and direct, and the main character flawed-but-heroic, just as we like 'em. George Wilson's performance hits that perfect cheesy 50s vibe. Listened to this during a cross country trip with my 18 year-old daughter, and we both were hooked by the second chapter.

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