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All hat, no cattle

Revisado: 10-26-19

Brokhausen is quite confused about what constitutes a suicide mission. This book is 99% hootch bragging. The remaining 1% are
a few accounts of nothing more than regular infantry NVA encounters. The author has an inflated view of himself. Sees himself as a real maverick....stealing Jeeps, beer, insulting superiors etc...

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Nothing new and too long

Revisado: 08-24-19

Audible has many books that are about an hour long. That should have been the destiny of this book. There is not a single new thought. It is endlessly repetitive. The author seems convinced that he doesn’t need an editor. Many of his “jokes” are tasteless and border on vulgar. Why do so many professors believe they are witty? Most are not. Certainly not Mr. Hall. At the end the author concludes with, “eat carbohydrates, and picture your goals.”
That is a bumper sticker that he tortured until it became a book. You will never regret skipping this rehash of 1,000 other books.

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A meaningless blur

Revisado: 08-08-19

Mr. wolfson speaks in a ceaselessly frenetic fashion that is tedious and ultimately unlistenable. This is a Great Course, but the lecturer is an utter disappointment. Wolfson over explains everything until you no longer care and want to scream. Wolfson has done something that is hard to do....he has taken the beauty and elegance of Einstein and made it boring. The popular science area is filled with these Carl Sagan wannabees. Without question, this is the worst popular science book I have EVER listened to.

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Weak

Revisado: 07-01-19

The book has some interesting points, however the literature citations supporting his views are not the consensus with professionals in this field. Some of the “science” he offers is fringe.
Small sample sizes, no control groups, non replicated, and extrapolations that are not reasonable.

Also, the author’s relentless use of German phrases is pretentious, distracting, and truly tedious.

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Terminally self absorbed

Revisado: 06-24-19

The author left her toddler “for a few minutes”
(her version) in a Target parking lot while she ran in to make a purchase. She was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She then dedicates every hour of the book to excusing her “momentary lapse of judgment” (her words) by blaming it on misogyny, patriarchy, law enforcement, the concerned citizens who reported her, poverty,
wealth, education, conservatives, white privilege, district attorneys, Trump, the legal system, judges, societal norms, immigration policy, and nosey neighbors. Wow. She left one person conveniently off the list. The author believes that a parent should be able to be the judge of what constitutes “putting your child at risk.” Which in her self absorbed world includes leaving a toddler alone in a vehicle in a parking lot.

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Nothing New

Revisado: 06-21-19

The author is convinced that the utterly first world problems of girls from wealthy Cleveland
families attending a private expensive prep school are soooo important. “Dr. Damour, I didn’t get into Stanford...Wah!....I’m having a panic attack...can you help me with my yoga breaths and mindfulness!” Really. Additionally, the author is phobic about acknowledging any female trait that does not comport with shop worn (and increasingly uncompelling) notions of militant feminism. When any of her high school patients says that they are “trying to please” parents, teachers, friends...the author clutches her pearls and gets the vapors. This book would probably make a girl more stressful. How bout we just lighten up and just let these kids grow up without analyzing every minute of their lives.

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Too silly

Revisado: 05-22-19

The author has some good advice.
But his non-stop use of the “zombie”
metaphor is so tedious, I had to stop reading.
It is a very odd, almost goofy way of attempting to discuss a serious subject. Lastly, his ceaseless comparison of adolescents to grotesque half-dead creatures is truly disrespectful. Teenagers need the help of compassionate adults who see them as worthy souls and developing adults. The author comes across as judgmental, and heartless.

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Childish

Revisado: 02-01-19

Two people telling the same story is one too many. This husband and wife author team are truly insufferable. They treat a serious subject with disrespect by constantly...and I mean constantly trying to be funny. Their jokes are juvenile and cringe worthy. Without question, the most witless attempt at humor I have ever witnessed. This authors appear to have only one goal...to hear themselves talk. A pathetic example of 2 adults who have refused to grow up.

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Too much advertising

Revisado: 12-11-18

There is some useful information in the beginning, but then the book really slows down with details that are of little utility. Most annoyingly, the author is constantly interjecting his website to offer supplemental materials, the book reads like an infomercial.

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Disrespectful

Revisado: 10-23-18

The author declares that she is agnostic. Fair enough. I am not troubled in the least by her personal philosophies. But, why does she feel free to use the “GD” exclamation? Dr. Barrett surely knows that is highly offensive to Christians (and probably non Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus etc...)
I am not all that religious, and really I have not gone to church in years....but her disrespect really turned me off. I stopped listening.

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