Stephen

Must read if you're a big Wouk Fan

Revisado: 04-03-14

What made the experience of listening to The Language God Talks: On Science and Religion the most enjoyable?

First, if you haven't read other Wouk books, you won't "get" or enjoy this. In spite of the title, this is not really a book about science or God. It's a book about Herman Wouk and his personal thought and growth. If you want to know what makes Wouk tick and what makes his characters tick, this is a great listen.I particularly enjoyed the breakdown of the War and Remembrance characters but that's because War and Remembrance is my favorite book of all time.

Would you recommend The Language God Talks: On Science and Religion to your friends? Why or why not?

Only if you're a fan of the Wouk classics such as War and Remembrance and The Caine Mutiny.

What’s the most interesting tidbit you’ve picked up from this book?

Wouk's view of how science and religion can be reconciled (or, really, how it can't be, but doesn't need to be) is interesting.

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A must-know for New Yorkers

Revisado: 03-15-12

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

If you grew up in the New York area, as I did, whether you've even heard of him or not, Robert Moses had a dramatic impact on your life. Virtually every highway in NY and Long Island is where it is because Moses said it should be and most parks are either there because of Moses or look that way they do because of him.

Moses was a controversial figure, to be sure, and Caro pulls no punches in criticizing him thoroughly and harshly in many cases (a Moses sympathizer might argue that the entire book is one long hit piece). But the book also brilliantly chronicles the story of one of the great bureaucrats in the world history; a man who simply know how to get things done and get them done his way, come Hell or high water. Elliot Spitzer once said that if a Moses biography would be written today, it would be entitled

What did you like best about this story?

The way Caro traces the development of Moses' personality from young good government idealist to power-obsessed king of his own feifdom.

Which scene was your favorite?

The confrontation with Wagner on inauguration day over the appointment to the city planning board summed up Moses in a single incident.You could hate the man and have more power than the man, but you still couldn't resist doing what he ordered you to do.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This is not really a funny or sad book, though some of the anecdotes are pretty funny.

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