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Revisado: 09-25-17

While interesting at first, I found her segment on khat highly exaggerated. Not only pronouncing it wrong, her chapter regarding this was clearly based off internet scare stories. Having tried khat many many times on my visits to Ethiopia- I can assure you it's noting more extreme than a cup of strong coffee paired with a cigarette. To suggest khat was even partly to blame for the death of US Soldiers in Mogadishu is highly laughable. Its consumed in Ethiopia and they have a quite peaceful society. It's only illegal because of wacko theories like this - all exaggerated the equivalent of the film Reefer Madness.
The book moves along quickly sometimes to quickly. There is an occasional example of how the particular plant has harmed someone but not enough in my preference.
Overall interesting but the khat chapter told me that some of this might be a bit exaggerated.

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Fantastic.

Revisado: 09-25-17

One of the best most comprehensive WW2 audiobooks out there. History with plenty of firsthand accounts, memoir inclusions and some moving stories.

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Filler

Revisado: 12-21-16

I have always been a big fan of Stephen King. There are few of his books that I do not enjoy. And while this one started off beautifully, I found it was about 10 hours too long. It's full of clutter -which you don't realize until about 3/4 of the way through. I felt myself drifting off consistently during the last quarter. The story makes sense and has some cool moments and then it gets into the territory of utter nonsense. It seems as if each author was trying to outdo each other with craziness and the editor was afraid to remove anything. The last quarter had the resemblance of my 10-year-old nephew telling me one of his dreams or story ideas. It was just too ridiculous.

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Excessive Rambling

Revisado: 11-18-16

Takes excessive time for what can be summed up within 10 minutes. Rambled on with few points made.

I was not much for the narrator, which also contributed to my dislike of the book. However, that is just my personal preference and you may enjoy the narration.

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Necessary

Revisado: 11-10-16

All people of this world should be educated in World War 2 and the realities of battle. This is a fantastic book and I will even say, required reading for anyone who wishes to learn the realities of armed conflict. This is raw, real and emotionally driven. A fantastic and well done book. It started off slow but within an hour it was action packed. Excellent narrator.

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Now I want some cocaine.....

Revisado: 07-08-16

The author -clearly against the drug war -and I assume most readers like myself are against the drug war- takes it a step further and goes to great lengths to detail that Coke is not bad, rarely addictive and actually can be beneficial. While the first part of the book is informative and well researched, The last couple hours seem more like a paid advertisement for the positives of cocaine use. Through numerous examples and statistics The author summarizes how cocaine is rarely addictive and one can casually use when in need of a good time. It seems like someone is trying to justify their own cocaine use.

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Wrote well and voiced well

Revisado: 07-01-16

First off, I love the narrators voice. He sounds a bit like Anthony Bourdain, which to me is a pleasant voice to hear for 8 hours.

The story itself is well wrote. Most hardcore Metallica fans won't learn to much, but it does go far more into detail than a TV documentary would. The only downside is the authors likes and dislikes are apparent and that includes with other bands. But a good enough story, well wrote and brutally honest at times (it's not all Metallica ass-kissing!). I won't be purchasing the second one when it debuts. For the simple fact that this book only confirmed my opinion of Metallica I've had for years- I'm a fan of the first 4 albums and after that- they've only disappointed.

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My newfound appreciation for Mr. Harris.

Revisado: 03-23-16

"Dan Harris? Isn't he that news guy? Yeah who cares. Not me."
That was my conversation I had mentally when viewing the details of this book. Though I did cave in and purchase it - only because it was on sale for a very good price. And it managed to sit in the inbox for many weeks. But out of boredom, I gave it a chance.....and ended up finishing it the next afternoon.
Dan has a pleasant speaking voice. His writing is fantastic, humorous and he tells a good story. Then there is the self help (I would prefer to call it "good advice" instead) part. And after reading to many new age books and to many drawn out hypocritical self improvement books- I found great comfort in his findings. Nothing groundbreaking. Just the basics. But he tells his tale and tells it well. A good listen and lots of fun. Hope he does another book. He is a fantastic writer.

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One Sided

Revisado: 03-07-16

Well wrote and well composed. The stories presented within were great. However, the material is painfully one sided- and I am a firm believer that one should present the entire scope of viewpoints and experiences. Instead the story quickly focused on the support of total legalization (as do I but there were many missed viewpoints and experiences). I recommend American Pain and Dream Land for more insight. The narrator was excellent.

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