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Genius

Revisado: 07-06-23

There’s no one like David Rakoff. An original genius who died too young. And so grateful that his voice lives on as he narrates his own work.

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Great book, wrong reader

Revisado: 06-19-23

It's so hard for me to understand how this reader was selected for this book. Like Michelle Obama, and many other people apparently, this reader pronounces the consonant combination "str" as "shtr." This problem should have been apparent from the audition--if there was one--or from the moment the reader read the title. When he said "shtrong towns" the director (or whoever was in charge) should have said "Shtop right there!" And since the book is about streets and stroads and strong towns, the mispronunciation shows up in almost every third sentence.

I feel bad for the author, who wrote a fabulous book and deserved better.

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Disappointing compared to his other books

Revisado: 08-15-22

I love Daniel Mendelsohn's books, but this one made little sense to me. Whenever he talked about his own life, it was clear and moving. But when he shifted to the historical figures he focused on in this book--the majority of this book--I couldn't understand where he was going or why.

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The title is false advertising

Revisado: 05-09-22

I love many of Dyer's books, and enjoyed an essay he wrote years ago about tennis. So I was disappointed when I listened to this book expecting it to be about Roger Federer. It's only marginally about tennis. What it is is Dyer's musings on "endings" in life and art. Those are often fascinating, but I wish he'd been more honest in titling and introducing the book. Call it "Endings" and explain at the start that it's really a random collection of thoughts on that theme. This would have made me more accepting of its lack of organization and direction, instead of feeling slightly cheated. That said, I still listened with interest to the whole book.

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Interesting stories, but the title is misleading

Revisado: 07-20-20

This is really a book of stories mainly about how some people--like spies--can intentionally manipulate and deceive others. Gladwell tries hard to make them fit some kind of overarching narrative, but it's a force fit. And if you're actually looking for advice on how to talk to strangers, you'll need to look elsewhere.

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Good book poorly read

Revisado: 10-01-19

I enjoyed the content of this book, but I've rarely heard an Audible title read so poorly. The reader has a pleasing voice, so I can see why he's found work. But his reading style is mechanical, and he misses many nuances in the writing. And in many ways, he sounds like a computer tasked with reading the book, with no feel for the English language. For example, he pronounces almost every "the" as "thee" when a normal English speaker would usually say "thuh," and he pronounces almost every "a" as "ay" when it would usually be "uh." He also doesn't seem to know that "estimate" ends in "mate" when it's a verb and "mutt" when it's a noun. Is English his second language? It's puzzling to me that no director or editor was involved to correct these failings. And I feel bad for the author, who wrote a first-rate book but got a second-rate reading.

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Too bad it's padded

Revisado: 10-23-15

David Foster Wallace is my favorite writer. But in this recording, the producers decided to pad it with vocabulary. This is done by having the female narrator read words that were in Wallace's notebook, along with their definitions from the dictionary (not ever Wallace's own definitions). And these vocabulary sections precede each actual essay by Wallace, so there is no easy way to skip them. And finally, the voice of the female reader is annoying in the extreme--completely unlike the voice of Wallace himself, which you can hear (and I strongly recommend that you hear) in his collection "Consider the Lobster." What a shame that the producers felt this padding was necessary.

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Froze my iPod

Revisado: 08-24-15

I like this writer, and was excited to hear this book. But it froze my iPod at 13 minutes into part 1. Audible couldn't find anything wrong on their end, but the problem never got solved.

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Has anyone else experienced a technical problem?

Revisado: 07-29-15

My download stops cold exactly 13 minutes into part 1 and freezes my iPod mini. Has anyone else experienced that problem? The backend team at Audible can't find anything wrong with the file.

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A guide to living a fulfilling life

Revisado: 05-17-14

This book is rich and dense in a good way, and stands up to repeated listenings. Korn weaves together his own life story, a history of the craft movement (the only part of the book where the momentum sags a bit), and a philosophy for living a meaningful and fulfilling life. If you're anyone trying to create something--whether writer, artist, musician, craftsperson, whatever--I haven't found a deeper guide to that journey anywhere. Inspiring!

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