Maui Mike

Hyperactive narrator & main character

Reviewed: 05-09-23

The combination of hyperactive narration and scatter-brained main character’s overly jokey monologue made it difficult to follow the plot line. I had to stop reading after just a few chapters. If you’re looking for a relaxing listening experience, look elsewhere.

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Parker’s at the top of his craft!

Reviewed: 11-21-22

I’m not gonna review the story... it’s really good. I’m rebutting the previous reviews that object to the “he said-she said” dialogue. I’m an editor & writer, so I recognize a STYLE of writing, which this is. The staccato, machine gun-like delivery is not just punctuation: it adds tension exactly when it’s needed in the narrative. Mickey Spillane’s novels used the same style element and it earned him a pretty big audience, too.

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Tremendously moving plot & performance

Reviewed: 08-18-22

A wonderful Christmas story for parents and grandparents of young children. Humorous, sympathetic and touching insights into Victorian attitudes toward child-parent relationships. Many descriptive asides about the natural world of the Cornish Coast. The narrative’s language is evocative of 19th century English, but will seem comfortable and comprehensible to modern readers’ ears. Although short in duration, this story has plenty of intellectual and emotional “fiber”.

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Fascinating story requiring patient audience

Reviewed: 01-03-22

This is a VERY detailed history of a very convoluted military technology that evolved and matured over several decades, not just the period of 1939 through 1943. As such, the author chose to include at times bewilderingly complex, long-winded, and dry technical content that is nonetheless vital to his audience’s understanding of the momentous contribution of the decryption of the Enigma cyphers to the Allied victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. While the narrative contains several moments of wartime drama, this is a work intended for an audience of serious serious students of military history, as well as academics looking for source materials. Bernard Mayes’ reading style is clear and of an appropriate pace for such an information-dense subject, making this book an ideal candidate for an audiobook. This reviewer probably would not have attempted to read this on his own!

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I enjoyed binge-reading this one

Reviewed: 09-10-21

I was introduced to the Jesse Stone series compliments of several recently streamed videos, and have yet to read the Parker-authored originals. That may be why I don’t feel the disappointment in this Brandman-authored story voiced by some of the previous reviews. The crime novel genre is best enjoyed if the reader learns to relax one’s standards and expectations of literary excellence. Having done that, I thoroughly enjoyed binge-reading this entry to the series.

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Disappointing

Reviewed: 06-07-21

Egotistical ranting like this makes for a poor historical record. The narrative is mostly structureless and hopelessly Byzantine. May be a useful source for a determined historian with a lot of patience, but not recommended for casual readers looking for truthful rendering of a web of lies. Save your credits.

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