Dennis W Barrett II

Worst choice I've ever made in an audiobook!

Revisado: 01-15-17

This was a grind to get through. It wasn't enjoyable at all, although I generally enjoy history. If return it, but that policy requires to the return within 365 days of purchase, and I didn't know about it in time. Instead I'm just going to delete it, because it pains me whenever I run across it in my library. I gave it one star in each category to ensure the ratings registered; I'd have put zero stars if I thought it would count.

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Great insight into the lives of normal Muslims

Revisado: 10-07-16

In the West, we almost always hear of extremist Islam and tend to associate that religion with international terrorism. In this book, which preserves the history of a remote valley in Pakistan from the perspective of an exceptional young lady who, along with two of her classmates, survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, Malala provides an inside view of the religion, showing us that there is also a human side to the religion, too, although in recent years the populace, which still has a conscience, has been violently suppressed by hypocrites that do not, yet claim to speak in its name.

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At times dry; unparalleled information

Revisado: 09-28-16

This is a remarkable book for insight and information on the Islamic view of the West, and includes a lot of very engaging information, but it is a bit dry in places; strongly recommended for anyone with enough interest in the Middle East of or Muslims to weather the dry parts.

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Well told, but with very inaccurate details

Revisado: 06-07-16

While this history is told in a very engaging manner, the matters of American History with which I am most familiar were told in a biased manner, apparently founded more on historic propoganda material than actual eyewitness accounts, with significant discrepancies in chronology and details from actual events.

The history of emancipation and suffrage are both highlighted, the early contributions of early marginalized groups were often overlooked entirely, let alone those positions' contribution to that marginalization.

I may not be an expert in American History, but when this history presents as fact such erroneous details as "John Brown's Body was set to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic" (it was the other way around: Battle Hymn of the Republic was inspired by John Brown's Body, which was in turn inspired by the revivalist hymn Say, Brothers) and Joseph Smith was lynched (he was shot, and that's just one of several inaccuracies in the brief overview of Mormonism), it's really hard to trust any other details presented.

Overall, I'm sure the narrative is fairly accurate, but this work is certainly not of sufficient scholastic merit to serve as an authoritative textbook on this subject. That being said, I suppose recognized inaccuracies can serve a purpose as well: I feel, after listening to this book, that I need to make a more in-depth study of American History in order to correct any other erroneous biases to which this story may have inadvertently introduced me.

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Not what I expected

Revisado: 05-29-16

It was hard to get going in this book, because it wasn't what I expected, but I feel like I've come away with a much better understanding of what language is. Performance I marked down a bit, probably more due to app issues: it was common for the audio to cut out and return after a brief pause, probably a buffering issue.

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War Sci-Fi, written by a male...

Revisado: 07-28-15

I really enjoyed this Audiobook, but I am an avid, male, enlisted Sci-Fi fan. It contains more profanity than I tolerated before joining the service, and sexual encounters were alluded to in a distinctly male manner. Most male gamers will probably love it.

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Comprehensive Historical Fiction

Revisado: 07-06-15

Weaves a thorough tapestry of historic life in Scotland, illustrating various ways of life, social interactions, sexual encounters, violence, politics, and realities of life in an engaging and manageable manner.

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Insightful conclusion

Revisado: 07-03-15

Anthony takes on some hard topics in this book, and does a good job with them. I can't say that I agree with all his conclusions, but there is a lot of food for thought, and I don't read fiction for an accurate view of reality anyway, so it was quite entertaining.

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Excellently instructive

Revisado: 07-01-15

Provides a good theoretical background for understanding many technologies we overlook and take for granted in our everyday lives sufficiently that it could be reinvented more easily by experimentation were it to be lost, presented in order of necessity/utility to a recovering civilization, but also quite relevant to better understanding and appreciating our society's technological infrastructure.

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Explicitly accurate

Revisado: 07-01-15

A thorough overview of the life of Ghengas Khan and those close to him, often including explicit violence and sexual content. As historically accurate and credible as any work so extensive and detailed about such political events a millennium ago could possibly be expected to be.

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