Mark Andreadis

So Good!

Revisado: 07-20-21

My favorite fantasy novel. I just read it for the 3rd time in the last decade. Every time I get something new from it.

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ONE OF HIS BEST

Revisado: 07-18-21

Grisham returns to what he does best—a legal thriller and a story of redemption. I enjoyed it immensely.

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A bit corny

Revisado: 04-10-21

Not so much “It’s a Wonderful Life” as a Hallmark Channel made for TV movie. It had its moments and occasional insights, but overall it was a little trite.

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Interesting but frustrating

Revisado: 08-29-20

The information the author uncovered is fascinating and definitely worth reading. However, the book is written from the perspective of the author as the information is collected. From the beginning the author lets you know that he doesn’t feel he has reached a definitive conclusion about what occurred, and emphasizes that he has spent 20 years investigating the material in the book. Throughout the book these two points are made over and over again. We here about him unable to finish the article for the magazine that first employed him to write this. The magazine goes out of business long before he actually commits anything to paper. He agonizes continually about what should be the focus of the book, extensions on deadlines, loans to keep him afloat while he continues. At first it’s a bore, then I started to think the guy really does have a procrastination problem. By the end of the book The whole thing made me want to scream, He is pathologically indecisive. He acts like he hasn’t got enough information to draw any conclusions, but actually, he is just pathologically Indecisive. Not only does all this angst about what to write and how difficult it is for him become annoying and deadly boring, but it interferes with the understanding of the incredible information he unmasks. We lose the relevance of the information because he himself is incapable of tying them together. He’s afraid that someone. somewhere will say it’s not enough so he hems and haws (sp?) endlessly. He’s evidently a good investigator, but the book winds up as an information dump. His constant questioning about whether the whole thing was worth 20 years if his time, leads the reader to question whether the whole thing was worth 8 hours of their time. There are interesting stories and significant conclusions to be made, but in the end the author doesn’t have the courage to commit to any.

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Disappointng

Revisado: 12-29-17

If you could sum up The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump in three words, what would they be?

The authors argue that the standard ethical restraint against diagnosing political figures with whom they have no clinical relationship, should not apply in the case of Donald Trump becausehe presents a unique danger and therefore, they have a countervailing obligation to the public to inform and warn, . That makes sense to me and I gave no doubt that Trump qualifies for some abnormal psych diagnoses, but many if the essays lapse into partisan diatribes that give lie to the premise. I think Trump's an ass, but in the end, many of these essays are just cheap shots, cloaked in the gravitas of expertise.

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A Great Listen!

Revisado: 12-29-17

What did you love best about The Plot to Scapegoat Russia?

An excellent analysis of “Russiagate” from a sadly underrepresented perspective. Kovalik looks the history of U.S. Russian relations from the Cold War to the present and how they have led to our current self destructive policies. His knowledge of the subject matter is extensive, but the book is written in an engaging conversational style that is never dry or dull. Probably my favorite book of 2017. Highly recommended!

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Get it. You won't regret it!

Revisado: 09-03-16

Good fun. Thoroughly entertaining fantasy. You don't need any familiarity with Sullivan's other books, but if
you enjoyed the Riyrah books, you'll like this as well.

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Get it. You won't regret it!

Revisado: 09-03-16

Good fun. Thoroughly entertaining fantasy. You don't need any familiarity with Sullivan's other books, but if
you enjoyed the Riyrah books, you'll like this as well.

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The First Piece of a Book

Revisado: 05-06-16

It's one thing to have sequels or trilogies with the same characters and some continuing threads, and it's another thing to sell one book in 3 or four pieces. This is a piece of a book. The beginning of a tale. It ends arbitrarily. As if a certain number of pages were agreed to in advance and the author hit that mark. There is no resolution whatsoever, and by the time the book two, or rather piece two comes along I will most likely have forgotten these characters as they aren't that memorable. I would recommend waiting until the author actually writes the whole book and then buying all the pieces together. Maybe it will be a good book when it's finished. So many books like this now. It's quite obviously driven by market rather than literary concerns.

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A Fun Story

Revisado: 09-09-15

Another light hearted adventure with the addicting duo. Tim Reynolds narration was amazing, as always.

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