Mr X

Interminable

Revisado: 02-13-25

The book is simply tedious. Each action moment is interrupted for long rumination’s and all of this is read very slowly with the same cadence.

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Its over ....

Revisado: 11-12-24

I am still listening but doubt I will finish. The story is not very interesting and it just goes on and on without much drama. I assume that it will all work out in the end in typical fashion as lately the storylines have been structurally similar. The patterns were getting old in recent years but the addition of the son to the writing is not working out, from my limited point of view. Maybe it is time to end this saga before it really gets stale.

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Tedious

Revisado: 12-20-23

This one is not one I could finish. It belongs to the kind where every action is immediately interrupted for an interminable digression on past events, technology, or whatever. It may easier on the page but I found it impossible to listen to. You just lose the narrative thread and give up,

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very disappointing

Revisado: 07-09-20

I normally enjoy the author's books but found this one tedious, poorly written and incredibly repetitious. The main character is uninteresting and the secondary one, Rachel, unbelievably tedious. Did someone else write this?

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Surprisingly weak--given the reviews

Revisado: 03-31-18

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This book has an amazing number of very positive reviews, so I purchased it for mindless listening in the gym. I must say that I was very disappointed by what I heard. The story is hard to believe--it is so standard and unbelievable that it hurts, especially as it takes forever or the main character to figure out the nefarious plot that the listener has figured out way before him. To get there, you have to listen to countless screeds against everyone and everything, from clothing, architecture, food, and---time and again--against any figure in authority, be they military or civilian. This is right wing conspiracy theory on steroids, to use a cliche, since the writing here consists of a flow of banalities, it is apt. I am not objecting to the politics--one is used to this in this kind of novel--but to the simple-minded nature of the author's hatred for all government, indeed for any authority, and the simple-minded depiction of the nefarious characters that are out to get his hero at every turn. There is no subtlety here, just one-sided cartoon characters. The author and his hero need help! This is, of course, fantasy, but it is too negative, predictable and adolescent to hold attention for long, even though it is well read. I still cannot get over the positive reviews, since I am ditching it--cannot listen any more.

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Great entry in the series

Revisado: 02-23-17

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This is well plotted and less standardized than many such book series. Wonderful distraction from the vagaries of life. I have been listening to it while I work out and it is perfect--fewer long flashbacks and distractions than many such books. Different from earlier installments, but makes enough references to the earlier ones to provide a sense of continuity. The reader is quite well matched; I have one complaint. His pronunciation of Russian words is really very bad--he is not aloe in this, I recently listened to a book that had some French words completely butchered. Why cannot readers consult a native speaker for help before recording? I suppose they do not get paid well enough to prepare ....

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Extremely disappointing

Revisado: 08-14-16

Unworthy of this author. The story line is thin and uninteresting but much worse is the psychological improbability of the actions off all the characters. At the heart of it lies a simple and contrived family drama that leads to endless flashbacks and inner monologues that are dimply childish. Waste of time and money.

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An important book

Revisado: 02-19-15

What made the experience of listening to Death of a King the most enjoyable?

This is a fascinating piece of history, read with simple conviction by the author. I could not imagine a different narrator.

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A poor turn for a good series

Revisado: 02-19-15

What would have made No Tomorrow better?

Badly needs an editor. There are too many places where the narration goes on and on without any purpose but to make it longer, interrupting the story line, or whatever there is of it.

What was most disappointing about Tom Wood’s story?

The story line is weak and contrived. The biggest problem, to me, is the character of Giselle, the woman that the hero is trying to protect. Her character is so annoying and unbelievable that halfway through I simply could not care less about her survival; to the contrary, I began to wish for her end. The assassin's reaction to her silly talk is also unbelievable and out of character. The story is weak and predictable, with occasional violence for its own sake.

What does Rob Shapiro bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Shapiro is a very good narrator and he works well with this series. However, it would be good if he could get some advice on pronouncing foreign words. In a series that uses foreign locales all the time and keeps returning to Russia, it is silly that Russian and other languages are so badly mangled. Especially annoying is Daha for Datcha ...

Any additional comments?

I like the series and hope that it gets back in the saddle. I could not finish this one ...

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could not finish it

Revisado: 01-10-14

Would you ever listen to anything by Dick Wolf again?

no

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This book badly needs an editor, or a better one. The author is obsessed with describing everything around the protagonists to the point of absurdity, interrupting the flow of the story so that it is impossible to follow. He also does this in the form of digressions that make little sense. I will not give away anything if I note that close to the beginning here is a prolonged shootout, but it is interrupted by a completely superfluous memory flashback that is irritating and infuriating. Perhaps reading this one could skip easily, but that is harder to do with an audiobook. I finally became so frustrated with the pedantic descriptions and the interruptions of the narrative that i gave up.

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