Tom Hager

Shallow, facile, unconvincing

Revisado: 10-24-17

Harari's a good writer buI had to stop listening, the science was so sketchy, the conclusions so overstated. Sad!

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Gawdawful

Revisado: 06-20-17

I had to stop listening after about half the book. Part of the blame is the author's -- this is the most cliched, flabby, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink writing I've ever read from King. He needed an editor who would stand up to him. And part goes to the narrator -- Muller's annoyingly breathless, "every sentence is a climax" reading is just unbearable. Oh yeah, and then there's King's borderline racist depiction of a black character, complete with "Dat's da truf, you mutha!" level dialogue. Just awful.

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As like....

Revisado: 08-07-15

As like being cornered by an over caffeinated undergrad compsci major/religious studies minor who just HAS to braindump everything he wikied that day and how it's all, like, part of a pattern.....

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A tedious ramble

Revisado: 01-30-15

Disjointed and shallow. It's as if your well-meaning grandmother developed a late-life enthusiasm for sustainability, and excitedly told you about every article she runs across. The science is superficial, and at least some of the ideas she presents have been proven impractical. Worse, Ackerman never uses one word where ten will do. Her plummy style -- every noun modified, preferably at length, often by a sometimes-beautiful, sometimes strained simile or metaphor -- became so irritating I couldn't finish the book. For beginners in the field only.

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Great Book, Great Readers

Revisado: 08-16-13

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Will Patton is the perfect reader for Eli McCullough. He is the highlight among a very strong cast for this book -- my favorite audiobook of all time.

Any additional comments?

I have listened to it twice, which I have never done for any other audiobook.

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Bad Arte

Revisado: 07-05-13

Would you try another book from Carl Hiaasen and/or Arte Johnson?

Amusing book, horrible reading.

Would you be willing to try another one of Arte Johnson’s performances?

The problem is not with Hiasson's lightweight comedy, but with Arte Johnsons fingernails - on - the - blackboard - bad reading. I finally decided to be amused rather than annoyed by his attempts (and non–attempts) at accents and his weird rhythms, and so was able to listen to the end. But I'll avoid any Arte in the future.

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Good story, wrong reader

Revisado: 05-12-12

What didn’t you like about Phil Gigante’s performance?

Phil Gigante was a bad choice for narrating this multi-character story set in North Carolina. His rural southern accents were often caricatures, but the major problem was his voicing for women. Serena sounded like a drag queen imitating an evil aristocrat, and Rachel -- a very strong female character -- sounded developmentally disabled. For me, the reading almost ruined a good book.

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