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Disney of the Flies

Revisado: 09-07-20

If you have lived in FL and experienced hurricanes, if you have been to Disney World more than a 1000 times, if you enjoyed rereading classics you had to read in high school, then you will relate to this book. The character voices we're awesome to top it off.

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Unexpected awesomeness

Revisado: 05-31-14

From the first minute to the eighth hour I was totally engrossed in this book. The book's format was original and refreshing. Pete is in the top five best narrator category. I pretty much laughed throughout the entire book. Excellent twists and turns. I'm glad I took a chance on this author.

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Consistently hit my funny bone

Revisado: 04-03-14

Oliver Wyman is excellent - as usual. This listen ranks right up with the better Dorsey books. Glaring error alert: If Serge is such an expert on Florida and all things Floridian, then how in the world did he not know what cooter was at the restaurant? .

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Even if you're a car guy - skip it

Revisado: 06-04-12

I like automobiles. I was surprised when I listened to this book, thought back to the glowing reviews and surmised there must be a disconnect somewhere. While the book was interesting for the most part to listen to, it rambled on about barely Yugo related subjects like Yugoslavian politics. Yes, some political facts are necessary to present a full picture, but to blither on about country politics, for me, just didn’t add anything to the book. If one removes all of the excess detail that was provided about the people and places that Yugo touched, the book would be reduced by half and probably be a more interesting listen. Luckily, I have long drives with the patience to get through it all.

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Kept me thinking

Revisado: 01-26-12

This is an excellent book if you enjoy it when the protagonist seems to sink deeper into situations that seem impossible to get out of. Listening to this book had me on the edge of my driver’s seat most of the time. Very suspenseful and kept me wondering how the story would conclude from the first twenty minutes.

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Skip it!

Revisado: 01-18-12

So the author has an unusual view of marriage with and equally peculiar story to go with it - one perspective in a billion. I listened to it, but thankfully it was free. I can’t imagine paying to listen to anything Ann would have to say about relationships, marriage or love.

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My Career by Rob Lowe

Revisado: 01-18-12

While this book kept my interest, I really wouldn’t call it Rob’s “inner circle stories” as the title might suggest. It was more like a sanitized collection of events from his life as he remembered it and nothing more. It was cool that he read it himself.

I was never a Rob fan and really couldn’t relate to all of his career events he participated in - I barely remembered he was in an Austin Powers movie. He really glossed over the “rough” times in his life and really only gave a name dropping career synopsis. Unless this book is cheap, free or you’re a rabid fan… skip it.

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Mind wanders

Revisado: 11-08-11

I enjoy Dorsey's and Hiaasen’s FL themed books with all of the craziness that goes with the territory. For the first time ever, I had trouble concentrating on this book and found my mind wandering. Take this as a clue. Tim’s storytelling seemed to be all over the place and the overall flow just isn’t there like in his other books. One annoying factor is how he resurrected Coleman doing it through narration which offers an odd taste from the appetizer tray of story events.

I usually don’t comment of the technical aspects of an audio book, but the editing between chapters is terrible. Hardly a millisecond goes by when George finishes the last sentence of a chapter and he’s announcing the next one – very odd and abrupt especially for a listening audience.

If you have listened to any of Tim Dorsey’s books, you might as well listen to this one if for nothing else than to have another notch on your Dorsey belt.

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Good, but not one of his best

Revisado: 11-08-11

I had read this before on paper, tried it again in audio and I can say that while it’s a good listen, it’s not Carl’s best work. It’s interesting to know Chemo’s background and how he gets his hand ripped off as he later appears in “Star Island.” This book is worth listening to if you enjoy Mr. Hiaasen’s entertaining warped sense of humor.

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Skip it for free

Revisado: 11-07-11

Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t find this a very good use of 42 minutes. The story didn’t really go anywhere. I’m a big mystery reader and while I thought this short story might have a satisfying ending, it left me hanging and not in a good way like a cliff-hanger. I’ve read amateur short stories that were better than this one. Even with the free sticker price, it’s not worth it.

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