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Delightful and interesting

Reviewed: 04-18-23

Well done biography of an interesting man who lived a fully authentic life. Mr Rogers was devoted to children. He was also devoted to living kindness. Very admirable. LaVar Burton did a wonderful job narrating the book.

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Fun read, VERY unsatisfactory ending.

Reviewed: 04-16-23

The story ends - most of the main characters went home. No explanation for what happened at “home” when the instigator of the massive pending catastrophe is removed from existence. Then, to be even more annoying, the author owns that of course we would want to know how it went for the characters we’ve come to care for so he spends time telling us about characters we don’t care about and hardly knew.

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A waste of time.

Reviewed: 09-02-21

I was Very disappointed. There was No depth. Nominal information. HORRIBLE narration. Don't waste your time.

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Not sure about the accuracy. Very bad narration.

Reviewed: 02-18-16

What did you like best about Girls Like Us? What did you like least?

I'm not sure about the accuracy of Weller's information. Just prior to this book, I read Carly Simon's memoir, "Boys In The Trees." Ms. Weller's account of many events is very different from Ms. Simon's. I suppose that's to be expected. In any event, she does way too much psychoanalyzing of the three women and their songs, as if she is an expert psychoanalyst and an expert music critic as well. She comes to conclusions without enough information, nor does it seem she actually met any of these women. It was interesting see the trajectory of their careers juxtaposed against each other, and to see how their paths crossed.

Any additional comments?

Susan Ericksen should stick to reading JD Robb's "In Death" series. She does an incredible job with those books. In this book, however, she seriously mispronounced names of very famous people and her inflections were melodramatic and annoying.

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Terrible reader!

Reviewed: 01-08-16

The story was great. The reader mumbled, especially at the end of sentences. Even worse, his character voice was AWFUL - mewly and simpering. For the most part he used this disgusting voice for all the characters. One exception was the character of Panther for whom he made a highly exaggerated African American voice who talked like he was on crack and had marbles in his mouth. SO glad the next book has a new reader!

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The narrator was extremely irritating.

Reviewed: 02-21-15

The book wasn't all that good to begin with but the narration was so irritating at times I can't even consider listening to another book in the series.

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Engrossing

Reviewed: 10-01-12

Where does Glorious rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Glorious certainly rates high on my list of audiobooks.

What did you like best about this story?

I love historical fiction when it is done well, and this was very well done. It was easy to believe that Easter and Rain lived through those times. It was easy to believe that their stories were true. McFadden managed to present the really difficult truth of the cruelty that existed (and still does, I'm sure) with the glorious feeling of a life well lived.

What does Alfre Woodard bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Alfre Woodard's voice is like velvet. The voices she created for the characters gave real dimension to the listening experience.

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I Don't Know Why I Finished It

Reviewed: 09-24-12

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The book (actually all of the books in the series) were WAY too detailed, so the plot barely plodded along.

What do you think your next listen will be?

I'm listening to "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob deZoet" now.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The reader's voice was pleasant, but his character voices weren't very distinct and voices he did for the women were awful.

What character would you cut from Blue Mars?

Mars

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Extremely detailed

Reviewed: 08-20-12

I understand these books were praised by scientists for their scientific accuracy. Unfortunately, while I really do love science, these books get bogged down in details of both science and philosophy. Occasionally, there will be a plot point to move the story along. I often find that I've tuned out the details and then realize I just missed a plot point and had to rewind.

The narration is okay, but he doesn't do much to differentiate voices and sometimes his voice becomes annoying.

I don't really know why, but I'm listening to the second book. It is taking me much longer than usual to listen to this book. In truth, I listen to it as I'm falling asleep. I'm not sure if I'll go on to the third.

Now I'm wondering why I gave it 3 stars. I guess because the premise is good, and if it had been seriously edited, it may have been a good book and probably could have accommodated all three volumes of this trilogy.

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