John

Third time through

Revisado: 01-08-20

A friend recommended this to me a number of years ago and it changed my whole approach to work (and home too). I’ve tried to follow all the good advice and when I backslide a bit, I listen again because I’m probably not following some of the suggestions. I cannot recommend those book highly enough. It is a “game changer”!

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A comparatively limited story

Revisado: 10-19-19

Not much of a story here really IMO. It was more like a short intro to the next book (Prisoner of Limnos) which was quite good (more “on par” with most of the rest of the books in the series).

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Great Listen but better as reference material

Revisado: 09-19-19

I enjoyed listening to the book though it is slightly odd as an audio book (being that it is an A-Z index of songs). Nothing really special about the performance but the narrator does seem to capture the mood and intent of the author (I thought). I decided to also get the kindle book so I could refer to the descriptions of songs I’m interested in.

The book covers various aspects of these jazz standards that the author finds interesting. Sometimes coverage of a tune describes the progressions and changes, while other times it focuses more on the history of the song or the composer or artists who have employed the piece extensively. Often there are comparisons of different versions that have taken the song through different treatments of genre, tempo, reharmonization, or time signature.

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Pointless Flowery Nonsense

Revisado: 05-02-17

I don't get it. I might be slightly dense but I listened to the entire book and have no earthly idea what the point was. Magical prose with a historical perspective that left me wondering what happened to the several hours I spent listening to it. If I hadn't been driving, I'd have considered it a complete waste of time. I did still reach my destination each time so I guess that should count for something.

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Great story but I didn't get the ending.

Revisado: 01-01-16

The story is great and the narration / performance is suberb! Really great. I really felt that the ending was a sort of a cliffhanger (which was disappointing). Great characters, not too difficult to follow what is going on. Great concepts (the "metaverse" is sort of like "cyberspace" +/-). Very weird (gotta like weird!??!). I finished listening to the audiobook with more questions than I had before I started.

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Weird but really great

Revisado: 01-02-15

I find all three of the Kurt Vonnegut books I've read to be a little weird. I've read this one twice now and I liked it even better the second time around. The book is deeply philosophical and the writing is poetic. If you don't have a sense of humor, you will not enjoy it but if you do, and you aren't offended by humor poked at organized religion, I think you will enjoy this.

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There IS a second book

Revisado: 06-30-13

Not a review so much as a point of fact in that I clicked "view series" and only this book showed up when I KNOW there are at least two books in this series (and there should be at least one more because the second book leaves the reader hanging in suspense). This was a great pair of books. I've enjoyed them both. I hope someone fixes the link to include both books and I hope a third book by Orson Scott Card arrives very soon.

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Great Fantasy World

Revisado: 04-20-13

I enjoyed this as much if not more than the first book. Being about contemporary Norse Gods seems a little odd at first but interesting (got over that in the process of reading the first book). Danny's conflicts are fun and I felt I could relate to him in some ways (even though I'm much older now). His interacting with people in his own age group is fun. I think what I really like is the parts of the story that take place in Westil (sp ?) with characters like Wad (the gate thief ... who lived for 1,000 years inside of a tree), Anonaway (sp ?) and her children, and Queen Bexoy. There is much magic and it is set up in a way that is fairly believable and very enjoyable.

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Informative and Fun

Revisado: 12-09-12

Probably not for a well-educated adult scientist but definitely a great listen for a young person interested in science. I consider myself the former but I still enjoyed it a lot and I'm sure I learned a few things (about science and mythology) and got a good review of a few things I already knew. Not really deep but just a great broad overview of science and the process we must go through to determine what is real and what is not. The author provides a number of examples of commonly accepted ideas that have been proven wrong through science and opens the reader's mind to the vast possibilities of potential new discoveries in the future.

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Classic Sci Fi

Revisado: 12-09-12

I'm not sure I'm qualified to review this book. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would but I still enjoyed it a lot. Perhaps it didn't live up to its expectations for me since I heard so many good things about it before I downloaded it. I liked the premise of the story with a young boy having way more responsibility than someone of his age should ever have and fighting his way through battle school. Our hero (Ender) goes through lots of soul searching and has to make a lot of tough decisions. He always seems to come out on top but being at the top can have some drawbacks.

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