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I loved this book

Revisado: 11-13-24

One of the best books I have ever read. They story was engrossing and the details about the characters Paris, Italy and Marseille were excellent. I live in Paris and loved stopping by the addresses of the story just to see the neighborhoods. I alsot made a trip to Marseille and visited the Chateau d'If and it really brought alive Dumas' description. A must for all Monte Cristo fans. After all these years, the story has aged incredibly well.

The language was beautiful and I actually learned some new vocabulary to boot; I never knew the use of the word "countenance" to mean face.

One little nit was that the accents of the bad guys all seemed to be cockney, not French. I realize the narrator was English and there were so many characters, but the bad guys with English accents? Amusing.

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Love Meltzer but not this one

Revisado: 04-23-23

Really dragged. Could not wait till it ended. I almost gave up on several times; even with one hour to go.

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Great topic, weak ending

Revisado: 03-24-19

I was really into this book and loved the insights of the author. I felt that he got away from the topic with the details of tornadoes and other topics, but that was ok; I still learned a lot. What really bothered me though was that the book seemed to end in the middle of him making a great point about NOAA being headed up by the owner of AccuWeather. There was no summary, conclusion or closing comments that link together the premise of the book. The authors take on the Trump administration in light of the stories he told about the 3 agencies would have been great to hear. In fact I seriously thought that perhaps the last chapter did not download until I heard the closing "Audible hopes you enjoyed this book."

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Lots of interesting information

Revisado: 12-28-18

I was fascinated by this topic and really wanted to love the book. I did enjoy it but have a few comments:
Trump is the main reason for reading this and there was too much time spent on the deep background of the other characters. I would have appreciated more on Trump's interaction with these people.

The book's last 3 hours were the best and detailed the Steele Dossier, Mueller and other important events. However the book just seemed to end. It provided a great deal of information and seemed to leave it up the the reader to connect the dots. I would have liked some sort of concluding chapter. The author clearly had done his homework and I would have welcomed more of his opinion on Trump and Russia.

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Audio version much better than written version

Revisado: 01-19-16

This was an exceptionally detailed and fascinating history of the English language. Since much of the subject was about pronunciation it was quite helpful to listen to it rather than read it. The narrator did an incredible job pronouncing words that are either foreign or have not been spoken for centuries. He actually sounded like Bryson!

I noted that it was actually written in 1990 and with the development of the internet I wondered if Mr. Byrson would give us an updated version. So much has changed in the past 25 years.

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Good stories but reader was a distraction

Revisado: 11-18-15

I liked the inside story on the golfers and the events. However the readers pronunciation of some of the names was so bad or inconsistent that it really was a distraction. Is it Rory or Roy? Ma-deen-uh or Ma-die-na? Whatever you choose, at least be consistent.

After so much insight about the players, I was hoping for some analysis or synthesis about what makes golfers they way they are. The author must have some opinions of his own but he stopped short. It would have been good to hear them.

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Just like old Clancy.

Revisado: 02-12-15

I was concerned that Mark Greaney would not measure up to Clancy's standards but I really liked it. With two Ryans in the mix it is very exciting.

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Wonderful deep dive into life in the early 60s

Revisado: 12-14-11

I thouroughly enjoyed this book. It was my first Stephen King and I just loved the quality of the writing, the narration (great diversity in accents and voices) and the story. I was taken in from the first page and was really sorry to see it end. I was touched by some of the memories from the period that this book triggered, from the details of the hair tonic to the twist-o-flex watch. I had them both!
The approach to time travel was very clever and I particularly enjoyed the way it was used to achieve a "do overr" when plans did not go right the first time. I heard that it is being made into a movie and can't wait to see it. No doubt they are aiming for the 50th anniversay of the assination.

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Great background to the history of St. Peters

Revisado: 09-01-11

I agree with the other reviewers, a great story with wonderful insight. Well researched. The reader's poor pronunciation of so many words was such a distraction. She had a very pleasant voice but no concept how to pronounce so many Italian names, not to mention several English words too.

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They do not come any better

Revisado: 05-27-11

I could not put this one down. I could not wait for Louis to get off that raft only to find out how much worse things could get. What an amazing story. I am sorry it had to end.

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