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terrible narration

Revisado: 05-01-24

I wanted to listen to this book but could not finish it because the narration was so bad that it became a distraction.

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A bit dry

Revisado: 09-29-21

I found this a bit dry but well researched. Bummer bc there's a lot of potential.

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Well written

Revisado: 08-24-21

The narrator does a terrible Chicago accent. It sounds east coast. 6 million people in the metro area and they can't get a narrator that can do a proper Chicago accent. Or just don't do an accent. He also said "Des Plaines" wrong approximately 200 times. Not a big deal but it was annoying. He did a good job otherwise and I recommend.

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Waste of time

Revisado: 06-18-21

This book was terrible. I kept listening because I thought something would better tie it to The Girl With All the Gifts or that something interesting would happen. Nope. The only interesting part was the epilogue. The rest had no character development besides one character. I could hardly distinguish between all the other characters but it didn't seem to matter. It sort of goes for a commentary on human society but barely does that. It's like the author got an advance on this book with no plans on what to write and threw together this end product.

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I learned a ton

Revisado: 08-30-20

I was a poor student of history. But as we know, proper context isn't taught in schools anyway. So I learned a ton. I suppose there could be some criticisms of the authors biases but my biggest takeaway was that he hated the war and disliked most of the politicians he wrote about except Bobby Kennedy and Gene McCarthy. That isn't going to detract from what I learned and how the information was presented. I see some reviews criticizing reference to Donald Trump but you k kw what? HE'S NOT WRONG and those references were correct so how unfortunate for all of us that this is the case. I thought the author's narration was excellent.

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frustrating

Revisado: 05-11-20

I thought the first half of this book was wonderful. I have such a hard time finding a good book. This one started so well and went SO downhill during the 2nd half. This is well written but I'm so frustrated with the author. This should have been edited down to be shorter. So much tragedy happens to the main character. I can stomach the tough stuff. I'm fine with it if it adds to the story. Without spoiling, the last two tragedies that happen to the main character I thought were just way too over the top and completely unnecessary. Unfortunately the final tragedy contributes to the ending. It was like the author just feasted on tragedy and piled it on because why not? I found it to be way too excessive. If I could do it over, I would not listen to this book.

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absolutely terrible.

Revisado: 12-27-19

I wish I didn't waste my time finishing this. I figured ar the very least there was a worthwhile twist at the end. no it's all terrible and the main character is insufferable. do not waste your time it's so so bad.

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Wonderful but too long

Revisado: 12-15-19

I find most popular fiction boring and poorly written. I loved this book. The only negative is the editor did Donna Tartt dirty by not editing out 1hr or more of this book. Not sure how many pages that equates to. It was too long and could have stood to have some entire sections edited out. I still loved it and it stands out as one of my all time favorite fiction listens.

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sobbing

Revisado: 12-03-19

favorite book of the year. I laughed and cried. I laughed while crying. it reminded me of my grandma. the narrator was excellent but his volume changes quite a bit so you need to have the volume up practically all the way. it's true, if you loved A Man Called Ove, you'll love this. I will listen to this again. I rarely do that. I can't say enough good things. I want everyone to read this.

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dry but interesting

Revisado: 08-07-19

I generally enjoy nonfiction and loved Devil in the White City but I found this pretty dry until the torpedo hit the ship. Still interesting.

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