TuBob Shakur

Fascinating Story, Well Told

Reviewed: 02-26-24

I loved this book. It’s a fascinating, well told account of Rosenberg’s service and life. It’s also well narrated, although the narrator mispronounced a few words.

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Excellent

Reviewed: 02-18-21

This audiobook is exceptionally well done. The content is riveting and presents the story of 9/11 from a grassroots, “micro” level. In turn, the narrators did an outstanding job of communicating that story. Very pleased.

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Style > Substance

Reviewed: 10-01-20

The narration was excellent. The author has a vividly descriptive writing style. But, the story itself is pretty boring and thus incongruous with all of the flowery details. The style thus made the audiobook inordinately long for me.

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Are you kidding me.

Reviewed: 08-25-20

I’ve never seen a soap opera, but this audiobook is exactly what I’d imagine that a soap opera is like. Pretty corny and predictable, and I’m really surprised that it is getting such good reviews.

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Great Story - Sometimes-Disappointing Narration

Reviewed: 06-24-20

Offerman was great when playing the role of the author-narrator. However, he made a mediocre effort to play the characters when there was dialogue in the book. It was often tough to discern one character from another.

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Interesting Story | Mediocre Presentation

Reviewed: 11-15-19

I'm a bit surprised that this audiobook is so highly rated. I think the fundamental storyline is very interesting. However, I was disappointed and mildly annoyed by how the story was presented. The narration was often grating, particularly when the author / narrator attempted to mimic other characters' voices.

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Brilliant

Reviewed: 09-05-19

I’ve never watched his show, and I only ordered this book because I was trying to get rid of a credit and the book got such good reviews. I had no idea what to expect, but I’m so glad that I ordered it. It’s a brilliant overcoming-the-odds story that’s brilliantly (and often hilariously) told. The “Go Hitler” chapter was alone worth the credit and time, and I hadn’t laughed so hard in a very long time. It’s one of those books that I couldn’t put down and was a bit sad when it was over. Highly recommend.

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Tough for me to Process via Audiobook

Reviewed: 08-26-19

This is one of those rare instances in which the audiobook medium impeded my enjoyment of the book. The subject matter is interesting, I could certainly follow his basic conclusions, and I think he did a nice job of attempting to simplify the analysis underlying his conclusions. That said, although I have three graduate degrees (in non-scientific disciplines...), it was often difficult for me to process and internalize his explanations via the audiobook format. In that respect, I likely would’ve enjoyed the book more in a text format.

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Who's cutting onions?!...

Reviewed: 07-29-19

I read the book years ago shortly after it was published. I'd given away the book, and my Audible credits were piling up, so I used a credit on the audiobook before the movie release. I loved the book (again...), and I thought the narrator did a great job. Now, here's hoping that the movie is as good as both!

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Abbott & Costello + M*A*S*H = Catch-22

Reviewed: 07-23-19

This book had been on my reading list for many years, so I decided to use one of my quickly-accumulating Audible credits on it. Although I enjoyed certain story lines and characters in the book, I was mostly disappointed with the book and found myself just wanting it to end. Indeed, for me, the best part of the audiobook was when I discovered that the final 40+ minute chapter was a superfluous "bonus" reading by Joseph Heller that I didn't need to hear.

I guess I can see why the book might've been popular when it was first published and perhaps in the few years thereafter. But, I'm not exactly sure how or why this book remains so popular and on so many must-read lists circa 2019. As is suggested by the headline of my review, it struck me as being a more obnoxious and scattered version of M*A*S*H.

I thought the narration was good overall. That is, I'm inclined to conclude that the annoying aspects of the narration were because of the book rather than because of how the narrator was reading the book.

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