Jeffrey F.

Garbage, misleading, and ignorant.

Revisado: 03-28-25

Terrible podcast-like audiobook. Very uninformed.
If you’re going to write and provide a narrative, educate yourself. What a waste of time and attention. Just terrible.

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Missed Opportunity

Revisado: 02-14-25

This could have been a very interesting read. However, the author’s proclivity to write this as fiction instead of true crime really destroys its potential. Way way too much time spent on speculative detail, and not nearly enough effort on the facts. This was a very disappointing waste of time.
The Irish author spends a lot of time stereotyping the individuals as midwestern rednecks, and very little time on facts.
I really wouldn’t recommend this story to anyone, unless one wants to learn how not to write non-fiction true crime.

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Incredible True Story.

Revisado: 02-10-25

This is really one of the best war stories out there, and follows the story of a man that was one of the last great heroes of the 20th century.
This is actually a second part of Marine Sniper and works just as well as a stand-a-lone title. RIP Carlos Hathcock.

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Compelling!!!

Revisado: 02-07-25

Outstanding historical record of the fall of Berlin. Cannot recommend this title enough. Scholars of WW2 history will value it.

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An Absurd Tall Tell

Revisado: 01-31-25

More fiction than fact. While some of this story may be factual, much of the story is embellished, inconsistent, and non-sensical. The military and medical references are not based in reality. For a marine corpsman, the medical references are not even close to accurate. The author seems confused about whether he’s in the marines or navy. He’s kind of an idiot.
The prison story is pure unadulterated B.S. Really can’t believe a publisher would publish this as a factual account. It’s so false, it was a challenge to get through.

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Starts Strong, Ends Abysmal.

Revisado: 01-09-25

Really the best parts of this book are like listening to an audio version of notes about nothing. However, the writer cannot wait to get to the end so she can go off the rails. She takes a good and rich story about the show and turns it into a useless political diatribe at the end. At times she mocks people who claim that entertainment has become too politically correct, and doesn’t even address public statements by Seinfeld and others that have complained publicly that they cannot entertain because the climate is too politically correct.
The narrator isn’t bad per se, although it gets irritating listening to her change her voice to sound like how she thinks an individual should sound, when it isn’t even close to the reality. Really makes you wonder if she has any idea who she is talking about.

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OMG Emm, This Title Sucks!!!

Revisado: 12-19-24

A millennial book that goes no deeper than a surface view of everything. Really, a shallow one sentence synopsis of every subject discussed. Plenty of other titles out there discuss these cases.
Really the book is a platform for Christine Scheifer to talk about her favorite subject….herself. This book is filled with what you would expect from a millennial author, hypersensitivity, narcissism, and overt political correctness. Don’t waste your time.

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Interesting Story Told in a Scatterbrained Manner.

Revisado: 12-06-24

Should be told as a book. The podcast performance is way too stream of thought.
Hearing the author repeatedly trying to use the lingo of a Jersey Shore cast member adds a bit of humor. Think Mary Poppins reading Robert Deniro’s lines in Midnight Run.

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Schecter-Creature of Habit

Revisado: 11-26-24

If you like Harold Schecter, this one is par for the course. You won’t be disappointed.
I like true crime, but Harold is mid to low range for me. He always adds little arbitrary snippets of his political leanings (we know Harold, Ted Bundy volunteered for the Republican Party). It does get a little old.

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Compelling and Objective.

Revisado: 11-23-24

Great true crime read. Really frustrating to hear how some media outlets have made the murderers victims.

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