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Fascinating and informative

Revisado: 01-13-25

Loved this book! It gave me a much better understanding of cryptocurrency.

Great reader— very pleasant to listen to.

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Deep Dive into Serial Killers

Revisado: 08-23-24

If you have just wandered into the dark alleys of true crime, this book may not be for you. It very graphically describes the violent acts of serial killers.

I am no stranger to true crime, and I found this book to be generally interesting, but tedious. It tended to be repetitive, right down to whole phrases and sentences. It read more like someone’s PhD thesis.

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An unusual art thief

Revisado: 07-19-24

An interesting book about a man who steals art because he doesn’t think anyone else understands the beauty of it except him.

While his theft was a crime, the real crime was committed by his mother for destroying so much art to hide her son’s crimes. I was enraged she didn’t get punished more.

The reader is outstanding. Had such a nice voice that I kept falling asleep and having to run the book back. lol

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Well-researched, fascinating true crime

Revisado: 07-02-24

A fascinating dive into the dark web. One of my takeaways from this was how much faster DPR would have been caught if all the law enforcement agencies could have just played nice and shared information with each other. Also, not surprised that corrupt agents put their hands in the cookie jar and thankfully are also caught.

I amazed out how well-researched this book was, and I liked how at the end the author was explained where they got all their information.

Fantastic reader

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Fascinating story

Revisado: 06-19-24

I learned a lot about how the stock market works and financial crime. Was worth it just for that.

Excellent reader!

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Kind of tedious

Revisado: 03-26-24

I really wanted to like this book.

I follow the author on social media and have read her blog. I pre-ordered and was very excited. But listening to her go on and on for this many hours grew quite tiresome.

Around Chapter 11 I realized that I didn’t want to listen to her anymore, nor did I care about anything she was sharing. I was determined to finish it. But every time I started listening, it became a chore. Her voice didn’t start out sounding whiney to me, but by the end, I couldn’t stand hearing her anymore. There’s very few authors who I could listen to reading their own work until the end of time (Neil Gaiman comes to mind; his voice is like silk), and so when an author reads their own book, I hesitate (not everyone sounds like Neil Gaiman, after all). Her reading her own book was a bad idea.

I generally enjoy reading her writing, but all of this at once, it made it clear to me that she’s a mediocre writer. I hate having to say that, but this book was just ok. I really wanted to like this, but I couldn’t.

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Ashley Madison hack

Revisado: 03-12-24

This was an interesting overview of the Ashley Madison hack and infidelity. I generally liked it, but the woman who narrated sounded like she was 16 years old and it was super distracting and weird. Her delivery was poor and it gave the vibe of someone presenting a high school research project. Best part of this was the tech journalist they consulted.

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Interesting Biography of an Infamous Killer

Revisado: 03-11-24

This was a surprisingly good book. I expected the typical true crime over-focus on forensics and minutiae of the criminal acts, but it turned out to be more of an examination of Ed Gein’s life and how his crimes affected the town he lived in. Very well-written and researched.

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A fun listen

Revisado: 12-06-23

A great book written by an affable guy. Love hearing the story of how Chris met Natsuke.

Chris Broad has a very pleasant voice to listen to.

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Interesting until the last hour

Revisado: 10-26-23

This was a mostly interesting story that was made better by the performance. Without the good reader, this could have been agonizingly dull.

Definitely lost me in the last hour when he starts going on about his conversion to Christianity. The last 20 minutes were eyeroll inducing proselytizing so I marked it as finished and didn’t even listen.

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