T. Callahan

I liked the intrigue

Revisado: 02-22-25

It felt like the sex was gratuitous and that it made the story line a bit desperate

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Ok, not one of his best

Revisado: 01-02-25

Too many loose ends for me especially as the story gets longer and more intricate

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Like the reader

Revisado: 12-03-24

Story not that captivating . The intrigue felt lacking, characters not very likable and found it hard to care about them.

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Accurate history

Revisado: 04-29-24

Learned how far we need to go to protect voting rights for all US citizens

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Well done

Revisado: 12-15-22

Self effacing style much appreciated. A little heavy on the republicans described as the bad guys and less intelligent.

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Interesting, but biased

Revisado: 06-30-18

This story gives one insight into the complex details in running an airline. It takes tremendous commitment, energy, and intelligence to address all the aspects and pieces that ultimately provide someone to fly from point A to point B.
There is no doubt that this period of time was a major challenge for the airline industry, however Mr. Kennedy tends to portray American Airlines as always being in the victim position. Labor gets portrayed as the ignorant adversary and management as wearing the white hats just trying to salvage the company. I find gaps in the story regarding what management could have done differently or what they might have considered, or correcting errors in judgement/decisions. I find management vs. labor to be a destructive, costly way of doing business. And why didn't you file bankruptcy earlier after 9/11 like the other airlines did in order to survive? It must have been humbling to end up surviving by having a much smaller airline come in to save the day.

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Good but tedious at times

Revisado: 05-08-17

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I really am a fan of Dean Knootz and have read or listened to several of his novels. This was as always a very creative idea. It seemed to belabor the story in places and became repetitive when the point was already known. I prefer his stories that are tense and engaging without having to get too bizarre with the story about ⅞ of the way into it.

If you’ve listened to books by Dean Koontz before, how does this one compare?

Not as good as the other's I have read

What aspect of David Birney’s performance would you have changed?

The performance was fine, I had no issues with that as much as the story getting tedious or repetitive finding myself driving off.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

no

Any additional comments?

No writer can have a perfect book every time. When you read a lot of books by the same author one can almost feel when they must have struggled with certain parts. I think most authors really struggle with ending stories well and can be lazy about it or just get really bizarre with the story. This ending left me feeling like a lot questions were unanswered. Sometimes that is ok and the imagination of the reader gets to play with the possibilities, but this just left me with thinking "wait a minute Mr. Knootz, you have some explaining to do"

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ok, but...

Revisado: 08-26-16

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I like my books to not feel like a chore. This felt like it more times than not. Seemed a bit predictable and all but the twist at the end were so so.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Surprised, but felt like the author was reaching

Would you listen to another book narrated by Scott Sowers?

I guess so. It was the book not the reader I had issues with

Did Down River inspire you to do anything?

Yes, to not feel compelled to finish a book just because I paid for it when I really don't like it.

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