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Excellent Description of the War'sEastern Theater

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-12-23

Excellent description of the Federal general's and the war and battles in the Eastern Theater of the U.S. Civil War. I highly recommend it for the detail and insight into the generals and the battles in such a brief book. It does a decent job describing the Confederate generals in that theater as well. However, the book is misnamed. Although it DOES give the reasons for Grant's success, the book is primarily about all the main generals that led the Army of the Potomac, its battles, and how they succeeded and how they failed. This then leads to why U.S. Grant was different, which was a relatively small percentage of the book. I found the book well worth my time, but it is not a book ON Grant, per se.

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An Investigation

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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-09-23

A very interesting investigation trying to figure out what connects a series of murders in a small town. Since the main character is an Army investigator. it must be something serious.
Note: Those reviewers who complained that the lead character was too much like John Wick, and therefore the book was no good, are way off base. At most, one-tenth of one percent of the book resembles the John Wick saga.

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Part of a Saga

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-19-23

Very well written and well read. The only downside is that it is written as a small part of a long saga, and the main plot for this book, while having a beginning, middle and end, was a little thin standing on its own. However, there was plenty of well presented material which now awaits further development in the continuation of the saga.

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Character sketches in noir style

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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-01-22

Most of these tales were short story character sketches written in a noir style. The last tale, however, was a true noir style detective short story.

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A clever short story

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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-22-22

Gets off to a bit of a slow start, but a good short story.

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Excellent, then pointless

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-21-22

This book, while in the style of the time, was very engaging as it built towards a dramatic ending that never came, making it feel like my listening time was stolen! I believe that I read in other reviews that there were several alternative endings written. Maybe one of them would have made the listening time worth it. Or maybe audible should have performed each of the already written endings for comparison. I would have given the book 5 stars if in the end it had a point (Note: There was a weak attempt at one in the last few minutes if the book).

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Interesting but repetitive

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-21-22

I realize that some people love John Le Carré. However, my feeling after reading four of his books and listening to all these dramatizations is that he has really only written two (2) books:
1. One on the methods and effects of a very high-ranking counterintelligence officer inside British Intelligence, and the severe damage he caused (based, unfortunately, on a true story); and
2. Multiple novels about synical espionage actions for ends of dubious value (again, based on real experience).
While I appreciate both of the above concerns, 2 books would have covered both subjects sufficiently well. After that it just becomes extremely repetitive.
If you have read any of the novels, you will find that the BBC dramatizations here do quite a decent job of reflecting the novels, and do quite well adapting to the medium of radio.

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Very Helpful

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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-15-22

A very good beginner Polish program, but you would need to use the accompanying .pdf to get the most out of the program if you are a true beginner.

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Interesting

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-26-21

Very interesting ideas, tone, and style. The plot narrative was sufficient to carry a good short story, but perhaps not a full novel. Overall, I enjoyed listening to the ideas that PK Dick was playing with in this book.

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Much more modern than expected

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-19-21

The first book was very entertaining. The second book was near brilliant, chock full of ideas and machines that I would have expected from Star Trek or Phillip K. Dick, not from one hundred years ago. The third book was disappointing--Our hero seemed particularly and continuously dense all of a sudden, but gets through to the end due to continuous coincidences and his fighting skill.

The commentary was interesting, and was in chapters between the books. You can easily skip these by going to the next chapter (that is, next book) if you are not interested in listening to it.

I intend to read the first and second books again in the future. I will skip the third (although you will want to read the third book in order to finish the story). :-)

Note: I found the narration quite satisfactory. The narrator's voice seemed appropriate to the nature of the book and the characters. Seeing so many versions of The Princess of Mars on audible, I am sure that there may be a more dramatic reading among them. ;-)

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