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A story of man's explorations

Revisado: 07-02-23

I've read River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic by Ms Millard and her other book on Churchill's early years. This book does not quite reach the heights of the books on TR and Garfield. Nonetheless, it's worth the listen. An interesting telling of a story about the British fascination with finding the source of the Nile that not many know about.

My listening experience, however, was diminished by the narrator. The narrator is gifted at accents and vocal tones. That made it easy for him to assign each subject person a specific accent and voice. But flipping back and forth to patrician British accents, French accents, mis-pronouncing Spanish accents...it was too much...was very distracting and in some segments cartoonish. A good narrator can convey the change in person with great subtlety. Here, I fault both the actor and the director for not trusting the listener and exercising such strong and blatant acting rather than just narrating.

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A great story

Revisado: 07-02-23

The story was interesting. I recommend it. Exactly the type of human survival after disaster story I like to hear about. The historical research of the author is impressive. Plus, I've been to Patagonia, Cape Horn, Beagle Channel, Terra del Fuego, and Straits of Magellean, enabling me to more fully understand the survival challenge here. However, while I respect and appreciate the narrator as a fine actor and a prolific and talented narrator, I feel this was a mismatch of material and narrator. The performance was just too breathless and overly dramatic for me. A straightforward narration would have worked better.

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Just OK

Revisado: 11-12-22

A middling entry to the Bosch collection. There were changes to the characters that my family and I did not warm up to. Renee became too establishment. Plus too many gratuitous embellishments. So for example at the end there's a nice interaction with a bartender that was also a Vietnam Vet. A quick reference to the tunnels and that was it.

Without giving away the end, the reference to Bosch being exposed to radiation in a prior case was also a quick throwaway. And too many loose ends. So what happens with all of the killer's "souvenirs"?

Peter Giles narration was good as usual. Titus Welliver's delivery is too flat as a narrator. He's excellent portraying Bosch on the screen. Christine Lakin is above average.

We will continue to follow Bosch in any future books. This one was not memorable.

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Ended too soon.

Revisado: 10-23-22

The characters are finely drawn and consistent with what we know from prior books. The Lucas/Virgil relationship is sound. The narration by Ferrone is so good and adds dimension to the characters and story. All very satisfying. But, without giving away the ending, it was abrupt and did not fully satisfy the story line of this case. It was a disappointment. Do we have to wait a year for a sequel or completion of the story?

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better narration needed

Revisado: 10-09-22

The storyline was of interest. Fairly consistent with prior books and the character development. However the narration was a huge disappointment. If not for the desire to keep up with the character, I would not have finished. I absolutely could not stand the vocals assigned to Mr Contreras. At best it was bad stereotyping.

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Too graphic

Revisado: 08-16-21

The plot line and characters were interesting. However there was too much graphic and gratuitous sex. And too many scenes with males peeing; describing the process. I read a different book by the author that was enjoyable. So I thought I'd start this series. Phooey, I'm done.

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Narration too stereotyped

Revisado: 08-11-20

Found the narrator to be annoying in how pronounced and stereotyped he interpreted and delivered the character voices. Should have been more subtle.

One portrayal in particular was beyond, so offensive, that of "Luigi". Supposedly Puerto Rican, but spoken in the most "Speedy Gonzalez Mexican cartoon stereotype". And the vocabulary....never in my life have I ever heard a Rican speak in that phoney baloney cadence nor call anyone Cheeeko. Shame on the reader, the director and the producer.

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