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Perry is great. Narrator is awful,

Revisado: 04-09-25

Thomas Perry is great, the best writer working in this genre by far, This book proves that he is still at the top of his game.

But I desperately hope he chooses a different narrator for his next book. This narrator cannot do a woman's voice, So instead he gives the women's parts a weird intonation, often completely unsuitable to the context and mood of the scene. By the end, it almost ruined the book for me.

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Very disappointing. Skip this.

Revisado: 09-11-24

A cell has DNA.A discussion of what evolution is. Homo sapiens originated in Africa. If you know absolutely nothing about anything this book may be informative. But if you are really interested in recent advancements in genetics for example, there are much, much better books.

And the author seems to think his "colorful" expressions, his anecdotes about his career and the scientists he knows make the book interesting, His writing style is insipid and distracting.

A total waste of time. Hoping I can return this.

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A great work of historial literature,

Revisado: 09-03-24

This book and the first volume will probably be read for many decades if not centuries as a remarkable account of one of the great wars of human history. I have listened to hundreds of audio books, and have never heard a performance better than that of the narrator of this book.

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Ridiculous

Revisado: 10-02-23

A cliche gone bad. A private detective ex-cop becomes embroiled in a mess of nonsense and unlikable characters, Skip this one.

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Even Better than the1st in the Series

Revisado: 10-01-23

Really top-drawer adventure. The author really knows how to tell a story. This is becoming one of my favorite series of historical novels about the age of sail. Great stuff!!!

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Believe the bad reviews.

Revisado: 03-11-23

I wish I had read the reviews before wasting a credit on this awful book. I have read every book by John Conroe including the Zone War series. But I will never buy another book with the name "John Conroe" on the cover.

It started subpar and just got worse and worse until I finally quit reading. I can't believe that this book was written by the same person as the others. I would call this book boring trash, but it's actually worse than that.

Narrator does a great job, as usual.

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First Rate Legal/MysteryThriller

Revisado: 11-05-22

This writer knows how to make characters real and sympathetic. A quality novel. Well written, compelling, and the narrator is one of the best in the business.

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Breathtaking Adventure!

Revisado: 08-28-21

What an imagination! I love this guy's books and this series might be his best. God bless you, Mark Goodwin!

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Great narration of great literature.

Revisado: 01-03-15

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I already gave this audio book to my sister as a gift. Why? It was Christmas! And she was, like me, an English major, and is, like me, a Simon Vance fan.

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Christmas Carol?

When Scrooge wakes up and realizes that only a night has passed, and it is Christmas Day, and he is re-born.

What does Simon Vance bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He is the best narrator that I have ever heard. He reads books better out loud than I can hear them in my mind when I read them.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When the spirit throws back at Scrooge his words about 'decreasing the surplus population'. I frequently read comments on places like Huffpost and Yahoo by people who believe in the 'population explosion' and population control and who think we have too many children and that more should not be born and many of those living should die. They do not even know that heartless, ignorant people were saying the same things 150 years ago when the world's population was a small fraction of today's.

Any additional comments?

Any person who thinks they know the real story of Ebenezer Scrooge because they have seen one or more of the many cinematic versions should, nay MUST!, hear the real story of Scrooge as read in this audio book.

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Just another brilliant Aubrey/Maturin story

Revisado: 02-25-13

Would you listen to The Fortune of War again? Why?

I will probably listen to the whole series again someday, starting again with the first one. O'Brien is a brilliant novelist by any measure and any standards, taking the sub-genre invented by CS Forrester to another level.

Have you listened to any of Simon Vance’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Simon Vance is as good as it gets for the narration of novels. There may be a few who are sometimes as good, but nobody I have heard is better. You quickly forget that he is 'just' a narrator, and you hear the voices of the different characters in 'their' voices. Amazing really.

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