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What Happened to John Corey

Revisado: 02-10-25

The John Corey in this book is an unrecognizable hack. The story is both plodding and ridiculous. I kept listening in disbelief, thinking there would be some redeeming surprise at the end. Nope. Terrible.

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From a Chicagoan

Revisado: 06-04-19

My heart is broken by the stories in this incredible book. It will haunt me.

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WASTE of money

Revisado: 07-15-05

What a waste! First of all, the first 45 minutes of this 3 1/2 hr audio book is spent talking about how great the program works without providing any details. I know all self-help books have some upfront portion of selling, but the percentage of this book devoted to the pre-sell is ridiculous. The nutrition guidelines are fine, but they're nothing special and nothing you haven't heard from any responsible nutritionist or Oprah for God's sake. The biggest flaw in the book is the exercise portion of the program. Lebrada's approach to exercise is founded on weight training, with 30 mins cardio thrown in every third day. With so much focus on weight training, you'd think the audio book would describe actual exercises. No. This abridged version abridged out every single description of the actual exercises. Instead, he refers to the supplemental materials, where the reader can learn about what actual exercises (that he's been touting for almost 3 hours at that point) to do. Such a waste of time. To top it all off, the book ends with an exortation to become a Lean Body Promise "evangelist," recruiting your fat friends and relatives to join up. Give me a break. And give me my money back.

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Pfft

Revisado: 07-01-05

The story of Nick's (or DR Nick as he absurdly refers to himself at restaurants and on his t-shirts - big deal, he's a doctor) liquid diet weight loss was interesting. The majority of the book is filled with bland and not that motivational advice for losing weight. Nick is obviously a bit of a narcissist. I lost count of the number of times he talked about how media and fat people everywhere are interested in interviewing/emailing with/being inspired by him. At one point, he asked whether he might be addicted to the attention. You think? His advice is often overly simple and not particularly useful. To the question of how can you afford to work out 1-2 hours, 7 days a week, he offers "How can you not afford to do it?" To the question of how one can decide not to leave your job and focus on weight loss, he offers, again, "How can you not afford to do it?" His more specific advice isn't very new or innovative: cut down calories, limit carbs, work out, etc. In the end, this book is about Dr. Nick, and the advice part is really just window dressing.

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Hypertechnical

Revisado: 03-22-04

If you are obsessed with poker and know all the lingo, this might be interesting. It's not enough to know what a full house is versus a flush. This book talks in a vocabulary where most card combos have their own name and the author does not explain.

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Near Miss

Revisado: 03-13-04

This book contains a lot of very interesting ideas, but they are not woven together into a compelling story line. The end in particular left me feeling annoyed at having spent hours waiting for the book to develop on its early promise. With a good editor, this book could have been exceptional.

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Not worth the time.

Revisado: 12-28-03

Eh - not horrible, but I wouldn't recommend anyone invest the time. A whole lot of navel-gazing without much insight. Or, more accurately, without insight beyond alternating self-flagellation and criticism of his father. And Nuland violates the rule that no book should use "sui generis" and "hegemony" more than three times each.

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Narration is torture

Revisado: 12-21-03

I started reading this book and thought it was beautifully written. When I bought the audio version, I was looking forward to finishing the story. But 3 minutes into listening, I was clawing at my headphones to stop the terrible narration from scarring my brain. Just thinking about it now causes physical discomfort. Trust me, even if you think the short sample clip is bearable, hours of it is FAR worse. What a waste.

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Tedious, Obvious, Trite, Boring

Revisado: 12-12-03

This book is mildly interesting at best, painfully tedious at its worst. Any half-perceptive reader will see the twists coming from miles away, and believe me, there are MILES to travel. At severl points, I startled my dog by saying "Come on! It's so obvious! Figure it out so we can move on!" out loud. And for some reaon, the narrator seems to think that all Spaniards have debilitating lisps. I honestly cannot remember a less suspenseful suspense novel.

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Lots of filler

Revisado: 10-26-03

This program contains some good ideas, but much of the 3 hours is spent on filler. For example, there is more talk about how the program will fix your life than there is talk about what you should actually do to change your life. In addition, this audio program contains only the first 4 days of a 30-day program. The remaining days are not available on audio.

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