Steve Wis

BORING! BORING! BORING!

Revisado: 06-08-21

Boring! Bunch of words Pretending to be a story. Author was also the Reader -- terrible, pedantic, often conceited with tones of indignation. Seems like purpose of this "piece" is to "vindicate" himself from his college professor's criticism that the author can't write creatively, let alone anything interesting. The author includes his father's efforts to prove the professor wrong, despite the health risks to his father. Bunch of bragging & self-pity martydom (eg., I've published numerous books & worked for the New Yorker "when it was good", . . . therefore I 'must' be a 'good writer').

The professor was right! Pass on this, unless you want to fall asleep . . .

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What a WASTE, of time, money.

Revisado: 06-03-21

Spoiler alert: both parts/stories deal with death. Didn't get the point of either story. I Don't understand how this got any positive reviews. Not thought-provoking. Just a feeble attempt to be dramatic -- I get the feeling they wanted to approach death in an "artsy" way. Lots of pauses, scene switching, "you fill in the gaps of what horrific emotions these poor characters had to go through". The "writing" is much worse than the acting, but the acting gets poor grades for being an accomplice to this terrible story-line. Just so angry to have wasted an hour of my life on this garbage. I wish I had used the precious hour of my life on something more creative & interesting. These "writers" names are going on my "Never Again" list.

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interesting enough but not great

Revisado: 06-03-21

was average. perhaps my expectations were too high & was mildly disappointed when the story didn't deliver as much "thriller/suspense" as I had, for some reason, anticipated.

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Bryson delivers, as usual

Revisado: 05-30-21

Bryson is one of my favorite authors. He provides interesting information, usually with a mix of humor and, at times, a self-deprecating manner. Thoroughly enjoyable & informative.

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Enjoyable, some slow parts but good overall

Revisado: 11-12-20

Good detective story overall, set in modern times (England). Some slow parts here and there. Perhaps a few "that would never happen in real-life" moments near the end, but not so bad to ruin the overall story. Most of the time I looked forward to hearing more.

The narrator was excellent. Did all sorts of different voices and I was not confused as to who was "speaking".

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Very Entertaining Suspense Story

Revisado: 10-25-20

Short story of suspense. No gore, no horror -- I wouldn't even call it terror -- just good old-fashioned suspense. Perhaps the mind is playing tricks? Alone with your own-thoughts and your imagination, creates enough suspense to make you feel afraid. Entertaining and short -- provides a satisfying "quick fix" if you desire a good ghost story.

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Elderly Woman rambles about death Husband/Child

Revisado: 10-25-20

If you're in the mood for taking a trip down the "Memory Lane" of an elderly woman as she ponders the respective illnesses & deaths of her husband and adult daughter, then this book is for you. I'm in my 50s and am trying to hold onto my own memories, so I don't have the mental storage space to ponder her personal memories of her experience. The book is not terrible, and I'm empathetic to her experience, but frankly, there's nothing really unique to her story, and nothing the reader actually can learn from her story. It's just a description of what she experienced without any really incite.

I wouldn't have bothered with this book if I knew then what I know now about it. Ms. Redgrave gave a good reading of what amounted to a bland story. I don't think I would have finished this short book otherwise.

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Supposed to be funny But NOT

Revisado: 10-12-20

Obviously there was an expectation that there'd be profanity in this "story" -- but it's basically the SAME Refrain Over & OVER, Again & AGAIN in every sentence -- got it, got it. I thought this would be amusing with profanity interspersed with anecdotes about a child resisting sleep at bedtime. Instead the author used the SAME PROFANE PHRASE in the misguided belief that it's repetitious use is somehow funny in and of itself -- It's Not, IT'S NOT. Profanity by itself is not funny -- Profanity in and of itself is Not a Subsitute for Humor, NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMOR . . . if you find the repetition in this review annoying, Don't Get This Book -- because that's all this book is, repetition . . . Repetition of the Same Profrane Phrase (spoiler alert: the Phrase is in the Title -- Yes, THE TITLE).

If the sale proceeds were going to some charitable cause, I wouldn't mind so much. But if they're going to the author and/or performer as compensation, then said compensation is un-deserved . . . correct, they Don't Deserve to be Compensated for such trash, garbage . . . cr*p -- SH*T.

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M Glad Proceeds Go to Hurricane Relief Fund

Revisado: 10-12-20

I was expecting this to be Funny. The concept is funny but the actual results were a let-down. Probably less than 1 min. of the actual comments (which are not in DT's voice, probably for legal reasons) and the comments show DT is clueless and completely lacking in empathy, but remainder of the 5 mins. is music, sound-effects and credits.

Only a Dollar or so, but am glad to hear that 100% of sale proceeds are going to hurricane relief -- otherwise not worth even the dollar.

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No point -- good for insomnia

Revisado: 10-11-20

The reviewers who said this was perfect for inducing sleep were correct. I love math and history, so something about the history of math seems like it would be a good fit. But this was really pointless. Too short to talk about the history of math. I think there was a moment that I said, "Oh, that's kind of interesting, I didn't know that" but it was irrelevant trivia that I've already forgotten.

But not a total loser -- I recall fighting off a strong desire to fall asleep during the "listen". Once it finished, I promptly laid down and fell asleep!

So if you want help falling asleep, I highly recommend it. But if you want an interesting story about the history of math, pass on it.

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