Martin Andraszek

Simplistic

Revisado: 09-05-19

I’m all about alternate viewpoints. This book does nothing but fantasize about “great” men in ancient history and mock current man for not behaving as did the ancients.

Meh...

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What’s the point?

Revisado: 04-19-19

This is a compelling story that literally goes nowhere. The story builds and builds to what should be an enormous reveal that simply isn’t there. I was extremely disappointed.

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Good story, narration...

Revisado: 03-26-17

This is an excellent book concerning the life and times of Muhammad. It was far more detailed than I expected, and I appreciate that.

The authorship is excellent. However, there are portions of the book that are taken word for word from Hazelton's Life After the Prophet. The re-telling of the stories are fine and stated correctly, but I would think that Hazelton could have changed some of the verbiage around the stories a little. I'm being pretty picky here.

The narration was a little off-putting. The woman performing has kind of a news reporter from the 1980s vibe about her. I'd describe it as a bit of up-talking at the end of long passages. Again, I'm being picky.

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Interesting and Educational

Revisado: 03-22-17

Islam is a topic very interesting to me. It's difficult to find any type of documentation that isn't severely biased as well. I found that this book was exceedingly well researched, organized and presented. The book was laid out in an easy to follow fashion that educated without being boring.

I would recommend this book to someone that wants to learn facts concerning Islam and the background as to why there is such strife within the Muslim community.

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Interesting at times...

Revisado: 02-09-17

The story itself is ok. It is interesting at times and at others it drones on and on. My major issue with this audiobook was the performance. The author was less-than gripping. A very monotonous voice and actually very boring. Perhaps I'm just used to actors performing the book?

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Interesting and informative

Revisado: 09-10-16

This was my first dive into Arab history beyond general knowledge. My fear was that the sheer amount of information would be overwhelming, especially for a commute book. I was very pleased with the way information was presented. The performance kept my attention well during my commute.

The actual writing was excellent. I appreciate the interconnectedness of the region in a much greater way now and I'm looking forward to more books centered on Arabs.

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What a performance!!

Revisado: 05-27-16

This is a tremendous novel. Easily the most interesting I've had the pleasure to enjoy for a very long time. However, performance by Craig Wasson was the best narration I've ever experienced. I felt as if I were watching a movie as I listened to his performance. I experienced the character's emotions as if I were in the room with them.

A tremendous book and an equally top notch performance.

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American Apathy Apparent

Revisado: 08-01-15

This is a great concept piece, showing that, with American apathy, despotism CAN happen in the United States.

The story is pretty slow in developing, but it is necessary to build the plot and characters correctly. The story could have gone in to much greater detail concerning the developments of the governmental policies. I believe very little detail was given and, compared with the detail given virtually every other portion of the novel, this area falls flat.

A very good novel to remind ourselves that anything can happen.

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