Dave

Great read from start to finish

Reviewed: 11-19-21

Really enjoyed the story and characters in the audiobook. Ray Porter was excellent as usual, including some pretty tricky language.

I loved it enough to buy a couple of copies in hardcover to give as gifts.

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Lots of referring to the PDF

Reviewed: 07-14-21

I found the book quite good. But as an audio book it suffers from frequent need to refer to the PDF diagrams. It’s a subject perhaps not ideal for audio.

I have read quite a bit on the subject of machine learning, and I’m not sure whether this book would be clear enough for a newcomer. Maybe. I’ll likely buy a hardcopy as a gift.

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End notes should be left out of audio book

Reviewed: 05-30-21

I found the book good and informative. It was read well, but it doesn’t make sense to read the end notes. Some chapters have 10 minutes of h-t-t-p-colon-slash... I’d think it would be better to get the references from Seth’s website.

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Not my genre

Reviewed: 05-06-21

I really loved the Music Lesson, though the end became a bit out there for me. This continuation of that story unfortunately continued in that mode... way outside. Like the avant garde part of a jazz festival, some may enjoy it but it eluded me.

Victor and the other voices are done well, though I found some hard to hear at times.

But where I learned a lot from the first book, this one dragged me through a weak story and presented few new ideas. I should have stopped at the first book.

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Another great Ryan story delivered with style

Reviewed: 01-04-13

I've been following the stories of Jack Ryan and company since the 80's, always looking forward to the next instalment from Tom Clancy. This one continues the saga in a way that I think incorporates all the original values of the Ryan stories really well.

There are equal parts fast-paced plot and technology exposure. This time, although there is lots of detail of weapons used, etc., there is also a lot of computer technology in the picture. I've always found the technology aspect to make Clancy's stories more interesting.

Once again, the audio book is read by Lou Diamond Phillips with great pacing, consistent voicings, and an overall excellent presentation.

A great read!

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Well paced and interesting - exercises not so much

Reviewed: 04-06-12

Would you listen to Taking People With You again? Why?

I don't tend to re-read books very often, but this one had enough different aspects to it and a good pace. I might well revisit it in a year.

What about Sean Pratt’s performance did you like?

The book was well read, clear and easy to follow. The infrequent other characters were subtly different from the main narration voice. Overall very well presented.

Any additional comments?

My only negative comment on the book was that it contains regular exercises to examine your own work and life situations. This sort of exercise is hard to picture in audio form, and clearly requires sitting down and working at the exercise. I tend to listen to audio books on the move, and will naturally not stop to do the exercises.

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