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The Ideal Team Player Audiobook By Patrick M. Lencioni cover art

A 5-hour book that could have been a PowerPoint slide

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-06-23

I didn’t find the fable particularly useful or interesting. The core idea is fine. Just fine.

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Wowed me on every front

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-05-23

I didn’t have a lot of knowledge about this book going into this, so I was very surprised at the depth of emotion and quality of writing that were unlike anything I’d read. The visceral experiences and raw emotion took me by surprise. I thought it was just going to be a book about WW-I. This may be THE book about WW-I.

The performance by the narrator was pitch-perfect as well.

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-11-22

This was the read I didn’t know I needed. Love, jealousy, grief, pain, joy, and humor all meet in an unlikely confection. But calling it that might sound like it was shallow (it wasn’t). I loved the insights into the trials we all face, the musings on relationships, and the peek into one of the most secretive professions out there. Great book!

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A fine enough book and a superb performance

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-06-20

The book wasn’t really my style, but I was tickets by Cathleen McCarron’s performance. Brava!

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Great performance of a uniquely entertaining book

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-13-19

I don’t know why people are complaining about the performance. If it wasn’t for the fact that he kept mispronouncing ‘Robert Horry’ and ‘Dan Majerle’, I would have thought Sean Crisden was the author. And I blame the producers for not catching those, not Sean.

This book was sublime. I laughed out loud A LOT and found myself pausing to watch YouTube clips of the moments I didn’t remember. This approach pays dividends, they’re all out there and worth the look. Shea’s unique approach of 50% fantasy land, 50% hard-core statistics creates a delightful juxtaposition that’s never boring and frequently hilarious.

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Man's Search for Meaning Audiobook By Viktor E. Frankl cover art

Almost too short

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-15-18

A brilliant memoir disguised as a self-help book that aspires to be a psychology text. I was the most engrossed with his memories of his time in concentration camps that were told in a candid manner I’ve never heard before.

I’ll be thinking of this book for a long time.

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Length to payoff ratio too low

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-15-18

I wanted to love this book, but I just couldn’t and won’t read any more books in the series. I think they lost me when they went to Shadesmar and I wasn’t intrigued or curious about this new realm. I just felt annoyed that I had to think about a bunch of new names and things that I didn’t have enough reasons to care about.

Don’t get me wrong, Sanderson is a great author and the book was brilliant in places. It does best when Shallan, Kaladn, or Dalinar are seeking peace or forgiveness and I see myself in them.

Ultimately my one-word review is: tedious.

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