Shane
The story is well done, moves along, interesting characters and kept my interest. The problems I have are: 1. audiobook is read like reading an instruction manual. dry, matter of fact, unemotional. The book is written that way but it may come out more in the audio. 2. I know the character is a navy seal and highly trained soldier trained to avoid emotion and get their mission done. However, that lack of emotion makes all attempts at him adding emotion about his family, friends seem just a distraction and doesn't come off sincere. 3. This is the most annoying. The author in preface talks about how cool of a soldier he was with top secret missions and the book had to be reviewed by DOD. Well then in the book there are hundreds of “REDACTED” inserted into the middle of the reading. This is STUPID and ruins the flow. If the DOD said a place/person was to be “REDACTED” then just make up a fake name or generic location. e.g. “.... there were 2 dead. Steve and REDACTED trainer. The REDACTED trainer did not deserve this as the REDACTED was a black site that...”
I got an early release for an honest review. I still love this series and I am glad the whole gang is back together. The story moves along. The author once again takes you to mythological characters and places you may not be familiar with. This is an aspect that I love of this series. It always expands my knowledge of other religious beliefs in a fun and interesting way. This book definitely went a different direction than I thought it would. That is a good thing.
I was really interested in the story line of this book but the execution was painful. This book is SO SO slow. I listened to the 12.5 hr audio book. I bet 2 hours could have been cut to tighten it up. I finished it because I did want to find out the ending but I almost stopped several times. Cannot recommend.
This book is great. It states what parts of the H.H. Holmes story are documented vs those embellished over time. It is a very detailed and long dry read. I was most interested in the castle history and that most of the stories about it are not true.
These were fascinating stories from the German soldiers experience. They express the horrors of war and death. I found the perspective that many of the soldiers said. They said the the American's and British were attacking them but “they” were just defending a “unified europe”.
graphic audio version at 1.25x speed is ok with the actors and sound effects but actually reading this would be hard to do. Glad its only 1.5 hrs long.
Some very interesting situations and commentary on the deceased and the amazing people that have to deal with it. Glad this book is short as a full length book on this topic would have been way to much to deal this. Worth a listen but not around dinner time.
Interesting story but being only 48 hours and <3hr audiobook, there seems to be a lack of depth.
Having lived through the Voyager missions and witnessing the encounters, I have always been fascinated by these travelers. I learned many “behind the scenes” happenings and how the missions were planned and changed over time. I would also highly recommend the documentary “The Farthest” that includes interviews the author and many of the people from the mission.
This 1977 book was a very through telling of the whole adventure from the French failure, the sea-level vs lock debates, the health issues including malaria, yellow-fever science and treatment to the race issues. This all in addition to the construction/engineering details.
There is just something that rubbed me wrong with the writing. Something in the level of description maybe. Felt like it was over descriptive.
These were fascinating stories from the German soldiers experience. They express the horrors of war and death. I found the perspective that many of the soldiers said. They said the the American's and British were attacking them but “they” were just defending a “unified europe”.
The first 2/3 of this book is mostly the Alex Cross work life balance crisis. It gets very irritating. The book is uneven and I really don't care about the Alex “Whoa is me, I have to work but don't want to leave my family because they give me crap about it” saga. There are long sections about his custody fight intermixed with quick visits to crime scenes. I think the writers realized they were about out of pages so they crammed the killer search into the last 1/3 of the book.
Another good “fuckin Flowers” story. Bonus points for counting number of references to “pot pies”
Got this book for an honest review. I listened on a road trip. It was very entertaining, original and very good. It seemed like a straight forward story but it was not predictable. Every one should do the audiobook. Several of the characters actions and the sarcasm really come through in the audiobook.
Really enjoying this series. This one was a little more predictable but that may be because it's the third book and I am beginning to think like Satan.
Well Minion is back! Another fun adventure through the levels of Hell with all our old friends Steve, Flo, Beezy, BOOH, Otis, Orson, Edison, Peter and Satan. This is a great addition to the series that just continues with creative, humorous ways to tick off Satan. Fans of the series will enjoy this new phase in Steve Minon's afterlife. If you have not read this series, what's stopping you? Get on it.