Chester Chellman

Lot of family. Little of terrible crime

Revisado: 05-06-25

Family memoir not really true crime. The actual crime was despicable. Why do we need more words.

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The writing and performance are the best

Revisado: 09-07-21

This story is troubling in more ways than a review can (or should) relate.
However, the writing, research and then the delivery by Mr. Eiden are- there is only one word: superlative.

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Not as titled- and not what you might expect

Revisado: 11-26-18

First, the good: the narrator did a superb job with this book. While I feel the author is much too strident, the narrator conveyed his intent I believe as best as possible.

I have the author's other books and this one does not at all rise to the same level. Most unfortunately, there is NOTHING substantive about the most compelling JFK investigation. Dorothy may indeed have had compelling information, and she may have been killed for that information, but what she may have had is unfortunately purest conjecture- there is nothing in the book except the previously disclosed facts that whatever she had was either taken by the FBI or destroyed by others.

The book is over-filled with conjecture, and even some of the claimed facts cited to foster some of that conjecture do not logically connect. As one example, Jack Ruby being overhead to say he would be there is then inflated by the author to mean-and only to mean- Ruby's intent to be at Oswald's transfer. It could have meant that- or it could just as easily have meant that Ruby was meeting someone for lunch.

I do not buy the patently absurd President's (aka Warren) Commission's report-and I have actually read it. I am a forensic and technical person, so I am likely much more detailed in my review of things. Here, again, Mr. Shaw does himself and Dorothy no great service with his repeated hyperbole, and use of terms like shocked when they are not needed and actually are misleading and not helpful. It is with some of this hyperbole that the narrator may get criticized as he conveys that shock and other exaggeration quite well.

Note that Audible's comments do not allow quotation marks, so I had to remove those above.

It is all too easy to see why the NYC DA's office did not pursue this matter. Politics are, of course, always a part, but when a non-investigator is effectively shouting conclusions, law enforcement folks tend to shut down.

Shaw is a good writer; this is far from his best work. I feel he is playing to a hoped-for television audience where facts may not matter as much if at all.

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one of the very best

Revisado: 09-25-18

I have listened to hundreds of audible books, and this is without question one of the best.
Halberstam's writing, coupled with Dean's reading is sublime perfection-if you will excuse my redundancy.

At 34 hours it may seem daunting to begin, but I was longing for more at its end.

A hearty Bravo to both for this gem.

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Offit is a master of his craft

Revisado: 08-08-18

All of his books are informative-even if you "already know" the content. But they are also amusing in both light and sometimes dark ways. My only complaint: a little too short!

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entertaining, educational and well-told

Revisado: 08-05-18

the headline says it all- do I really need to say more audible? Audible's minimum review is itself an annoyance.

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amazing

Revisado: 08-05-18

the only negative may be that this is a long tale, but then there is a lot to be told and the author and narrator do a great job.

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needs to be known- audio not good

Revisado: 08-05-18

the story is well-told, and should be required knowledge in today's world. The narrator is good, but the audio sounds like the microphone was at the bottom of a bucket- if you can get through that annoyance, it's good history.

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Not up to Ehrman's other work- disappointing

Revisado: 02-16-18

I have enjoyed Bart’s other works- they are well done and required reading for the informed and open-minded.
This book, however, is another matter altogether. There is nothing new and especially given his other works, entirely too much reliance on much later scripture- at times this is his only citation and “ source” of an element of his argument. His attempts at "math" also show his expertise lies elsewhere.
His argument, however, ultimately fails, and he does not make even a decent case for the premise of the title of the book.

This is perhaps 101-level for believers and certainly less than that for others.

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Compelling story about Tomomi, too much personal

Revisado: 02-02-18

The author and reader are great at telling Tomomi's at once heartbreaking and compelling story; she was an amazing young lady.
Unfortunately, the author adds to this book another story- that of her own childhood trauma- and how Tomomi's story led her into treatment of that trauma. This second tale is likely one that needed to be told and others can learn from it, but I felt it took too much away from the main story about Tomomi.

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