J. Hansen

Inspiring but boring

Revisado: 11-19-23

It would have ben more honest to market this as a book for writers of romance and (women’s) fiction. Not because the described principles can’t be used in other genres, but because all the fictive examples revolve around pedestrian and boring stories about perceived unfaithfulness, migraine inducing chocolate eating, and rug cleaning. Fair enough, such books get written and read by enthusiasts, but it would be fair to warn the rest of us.

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One of the narrators is annoying.

Revisado: 06-20-23

There is a lot of good stuff in this book, once you get used to the book being made up of quotations. But one of the narrators spits out the words like a grumpy man being disturbed in a pub.

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Cynical

Revisado: 05-05-23

Bond eats sensibly breakfast based on scientific research, is happy that he doesn’t have to risk getting a nose bleed by going up going up in tall buildings. A bit of political’ we all agree Urban is bad, don’t we’ have been thrown in to make this boring cocktail easier to swallow.

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No connection between theory and storytelling

Revisado: 12-15-22

A lot of philosophy and psychology, but failed to make the connection to practical storytelling, At least not clear enough for me.

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NOT a thriller

Revisado: 11-13-21

It is bordering on illegal marketing for the publishers to brand this as a thriller.
Though set in modern times, this is Folett’s usual historical fiction - lot’s of characters with the baddies making life oh so hard for the goodies.
Except, this time it is so boring and predictable that even a superb reading can’t make me finish this.

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Lovingly funny

Revisado: 03-25-14

I don't often find myself laughing out loud when I walk around with my headphones and listen to a book, but several of these stories made me do just that. And they do in a good way, showing a lot of insight into, and love of, the Conan Doyle universe.

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Good story almost drown in details

Revisado: 07-21-13

The main story is very good. The fist mystifying chapters are extremely good and I think the narrator is just right and does a superb job.

But then we get a lot of scenarios which I am sure fits into the pattern but is quite boring to listen to - esp because many of them are variations of scenarios we have already heard. Also most of the computer inaction is spelled out in detail - in a printed edition I guess you would skip or skim a lot of those, but in an audio book it becomes annoying.

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Thank You!

Revisado: 12-18-12

Thank You so much for the very nice present.

A Merry Christmas to everyone at Audible, and to my fellow listeners!

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This is (mainly) science fiction

Revisado: 10-24-12

I thought this would be a dark story about a haunted house with a looser type as main character (which is why I hesitated to buy it). But actually it is a science fiction more than anything else, and the characters resemble those from a family soap (which is not necessarily a bad thing, when it fits the story and the mood).

Personally, I thought the story ended too soon after it has begun to get really interesting - but I can't really argue more about that without spoiling the fun.

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Too complicated for me!

Revisado: 08-27-12

I must admit that I lost interest in this story some way through when the story turned from what happened here and know to long conservations about what happened in the past. All these names, of people with "old faces", who "turned" or "betrayed" or "went over" at what time is very hard, for me, to remember and, frankly, care much about. I suppose hard core fans of spy novels in the le Carré genre might like this. I am not sure how to rate an experience like this: for me personaly it was a one star, but I realize this is not for me so I give it a 3.

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