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Great story and narrator; bad voice cast

Revisado: 02-03-21

Brian Jacques' stories deserve great audiobooks. Red wall gets about half of one with a great narrator. The voice cast is amateurish at best and unlistenable at worst.

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Not a "great course" for sci-fi fans

Revisado: 09-08-20

I've seen other reviews here categorize this as "bare bones" and "primer" material, and I'd have to agree. There are a lot of passing reference to science fiction titles, and no more science than you'd get from an average NOVA episode - actually, probably a lot less. At no point did I feel was listening to an academic lecture or even more-than-casual interest rundown of some tech used in some well-known sci-fi plots.

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Great listen

Revisado: 09-08-20

I'd listen to Stephen King read a phone book, let alone one of his own novels. The only disappointment in Desperation is there are no great Old Mainer characters for him to drawl his way through. Great recording of a fantastic book.

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Over the top and fantastic

Revisado: 09-08-20

Normally, I'm one of the minority who doesn't always enjoy a Frank Muller performance - but he was tailor-made to read the zany, horrifying, utterly crazy story of The Regulators. Serves as a perfect counterpoint to King's own narration of the companion novel, Desperation.

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Captures detached insanity like none other

Revisado: 09-08-20

The book American Psycho and the character of Patrick Bateman capture the crazed consumerism of the 80s and the detached insanity of a serial killer bred by that environment like none other. Pablo Schreiber does a great job of building his own version of Bateman.

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Light on story, big on insights

Revisado: 09-08-20

As a live performance or reading "Stories of a Lifetime" can't by definition go too in-depth with most of the stories mentioned. In fact, Rather doesn't spend a lot of time on any one particular part of his life or major news story that he covered, so don't expect any deep dives on any topic. Instead, Rather has a few brief anecdotes and comments about his perspective of modern day America along the way. Worthwhile for listening to a legend of broadcast journalism, but it does make you wish for an autiobiography instead.

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Meticulously recreated crime

Revisado: 07-03-20

Using four years of meticulous research, Houlahan retells the Norco robbery from the initial plan and background of the major players through their ultimate fates. The story is retold as if the reader is there, which is a unique approach to true crime and one I found refreshing. Barrett does a great job of narration.

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Great cast

Revisado: 04-17-20

This was a great read of the book by a great cast. For some reason Vanguard tacked on an interview with Ellis which is interesting but he only talks about Less Than Zero and American Psycho...not sure why it wasn't included with one of those books instead.

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Average Audible true crime

Revisado: 03-24-20

Blood Territory is exactly like any other short true crime audio fiction being produced these days and it will sound very familiar to those who have heard other Audible Originals. If you like the writer/narrator constantly interjecting with his own thoughts and experiences instead of laying out a story for you, then this is right up your alley. Being part narration, part actual field interviews and part reenactments with actors made it especially confusing.

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One of the best news/true crime experiences

Revisado: 03-11-20

Jake Adelstein's Tokyo Vice is one of the best non-fiction pieces on the life of a foreign reporter working the Tokyo crime beat in the 1990s-2000s. As a bonus, he also happens to be a great narrator, delivering the book in a conversational tone that makes it easy to follow and comprehend Japanese vocabulary. For fans of "People Who Eat Darkness" this offers another perspective on the Lucy Blackmon case from someone who was on the ground covering it when it happened. A fascinating journey. Hopefully, Adelstein will do more narration.

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