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Shades of Black

The Life and Death of George Weeks

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Shades of Black

De: Debbie Manber Kupfer
Narrado por: Paul Winter
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In 1952, London experienced the Great Smog. Around 4,000 people died and 100,000 became sick. It was this event that led Parliament to pass the Clean Air Act of 1956, which paved the way to cleaner air and was an important milestone in the protection of the environment.

But what if the act was never passed? What if a young and unscrupulous politician and businessman had blocked its passing?

Meet George Weeks.

A cautionary tale of the world that might have been.

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This is the ninth book I have read/listened to by this author and I would listen to another. This was a different book as most of the others have been in the P.A.W.S. universe. It is short but poignant. It is unfortunate we truly have people in this world with George Week’s attitude. ——-

This is the first book I have listened to by this narrator ( Paul Winter ) and I would listen to another, however, the audio quality is very poor. It sounds like he’s in a tin can and lots of white noise competing for the narration volume. This is unfortunate because his narration style is quite good. I enjoyed his character voices and cadence. ——-

There are no explicit sex scenes, excessive violence, there is the occasional swearing. ——-

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
Please feel free to comment on whether you found my review helpful.

Story 4/5
Narration 3/5

Good story & narration, poor audio quality

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This is an awesome short story. Engaging and thoroughly enjoyable.
I only wish it was longer.
I will be looking for more from this author.
I received a free copy of this audio book at my own request and voluntarily left this honest review..

Shades of Black

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A short cautionary tale of how things could have been if the Clean Air Act of 1956 had never been passed in London. Quite an interesting what if.

This story was well written by Debbie Manber Kupfer. I do enjoy her writing style.

I was not a fan of the narration. The audio quality wasn’t very clean... however this may have been done intentionally to fit in with the theme of the story. Paul Winter’s character portrayal was spot on.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

What if...

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love it, awesome narrative easy tone to keep your attention and follow story line, thanks.love it,

love it,

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Overall:
Okay.

A quick, interesting read that does a good job of showing how things ‘could’ve’ gone, I think.

3 stars.

🎧Audio:
The audio was absolutely atrocious, and despite finding the content itself mildly interesting, I”m not sure I’d be open to listening to anything else from this author. As, if they approved something of this quality, they must have no standards.

The narrator did fine and their voice was fine, however the production itself has terrible sound quality. If it wasn’t such a short listen I wouldn't have gotten through it. 0 stars on this end.

Interesting content, awful sound quality

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...when they're lucrative, that is."

This is a very short story of how the greed of one man could destroy the world. Poignant, too, because I remember the great London smogs which initiated the Clean Air Act. Some days it was, literally, impossible to see something two feet ahead: scary and dangerous in several respects.

Narration by Paul Winger was very good, well paced and modulated. Unfortunately, the acoustic quality was not good, having that same empty feeling of a small bathroom. Some padding on the narration booth mi ghost t help.

My thanks to the rights holder of Shades of Black, who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy. I like the title, the name of the man whose capitalistic promotion of his company above the welfare and lives of the population being Black, just as the residue of the smog left black sooty stains everywhere. Very short but a welcome word of warning in our present climate.

"You've got to keep your promises ...

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Audiobook. Book 4 stars, Narration 4 stars.

Thank you to the author for a copy of this audiobook for review.

I'm not always a fan of short stories, usually the longer the better for me (Gone With the Wind or War and Peace).

This story was pared down and succinct. It takes a historical event and reimagines it in a unique way. It had a good ending.

I would be interested in reading more of Debbie Manber Kupfer's work.

Historical fiction reimagined

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To be honest, I'm not a big fan of short stories, but this one was great. The author manages to create a whole word, societies, history, all in very few words and the twist in the story was very satisfying.

Short, but great

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Very informative, I enjoyed the detailed description of what would happen to the world of pollution were to continue. Temperature, health, everything. Spot on.

Informative

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Awesome story but scary history. I really enjoy reading from this author. I received this free book from the author for a honest review.

Scary History

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