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Great audio

Reviewed: 03-27-25

I liked it all! Brought current a very old book. I don’t know what else to say. Am I almost at fifteen words?

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Entertaining, witty and… short! Of you like Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ you’ll probably like this!

Reviewed: 12-23-24

Very funny. Excellent narrator. There’s a 15 word minimum. It was cute and funny and short.

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Irritating

Reviewed: 11-17-24

The fake Eastern European accent was irritating. The characters were stereotypical - I suppose stereotypes need to come from somewhere. I am really surprised by how many awards this book won.

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Multiple perspectives

Reviewed: 10-06-24

It was kind of dumb. After listening to it, the overall point of the book seemed to be that each individual and each aspect of historical documentation has its own bias, and potentially completely false narration.

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Very entertaining!

Reviewed: 09-17-24

Great character development. Great storytelling. I couldn’t stop listening! I liked this more than the Mordicai series - and I liked them very much!

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Give Amed Salem a metal!

Reviewed: 08-30-24

I’m so glad I listened to this. With all the terrorism and anti-American and anti-Islam sentiment in modern society, this made me feel really really good. Amed Salem and his family have made a huge sacrifice for American society. It was a FASCINATING plot about the WTC bombing in 1993 and the prevention of another terrier attack. We can thank the FBI, but ESPECIALLY this man and his family for the prevention of a huge terrorist
attack. I especially liked the part where he said they were all praying - and he was praying for God to give him wisdom.  And when he commented on their prayers, he said. “There is something wrong with them in the head. Two very different types of prayers.”
This was a wonderful acknowledgment that there are people who have  made  incredible sacrifices for our country, however, they are often not able to be recognized. Thank you Amed and family!

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Fascinating

Reviewed: 08-11-24

I was living in Baltimore during the DC sniper attacks. I had no idea how the police found the snipers until listening to this audio book.

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Interesting Bit of History

Reviewed: 08-11-24

Intriguing bit of history. Kept my attention for four hours while I painted walls! Very good narrator. Interesting story.

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Fascinating - for those of us who know nothing about China!

Reviewed: 08-11-24

Wow! This book is an entertaining and terrifying look at China. Recently, in Florida, an adult woman told me that “China is similar to the US - just an Asian version.” I, of course, disagreed with her, but that was before listening to this book. Now, not only do I disagree with her, but now, after listening to this book, not only do I disagree with her, but I am horrified by how little Americans know about China’s Government policies. Also, I am horrified by the degree of pollution described.
The book was funny and witty in the authors social commentary sort of way.
At a point, I was slightly suspicious that perhaps the author had a negatively bias view on China. So I did research some of his observations. I was disturbed to discover his facts in regard to everything I questioned were accurate. California IS affected by China’s pollution, the air quality IS below standards in the majority of Chinese cities, AND they have been harvesting prisoners’ organs. There were many other revelations that I was astounded by - although I’m not sure why. I am of the age where I remember watching the Tiananmen Square Massacre on the nightly news as a kid. I suppose I had assumed the Chinese government policies would have become more *civilized* or even vaguely more humane. This book was quite a wake-up call.

The narrator is wonderful. I have purchased books he narrates just because he chooses excellent books and he has a great voice.

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Interesting recap of the early internet days

Reviewed: 07-19-24

I liked the different individuals’ perspectives of the early days of the Internet. I liked the diverse backgrounds of the interviewees. It delved into the psychology of conspiracy theories- and why people might be inclined to believe in the New Jersey Devil or any American Tall Tales. The story was engaging - significantly more involved than just the origin story of Ong’s Hat. It ended on an optimistic, hopeful note in regards to the future of the internet. However, the optimism seemed like a rushed end-of-story wrap up. Difficult to jump from the insanity of Online Q-non conspiracy theorists to the belief that the next generation internet will be a major improvement. It does seem that conspiracies seem to be growing - not shrinking.

Regardless, it was definitely an interesting listen and I’m glad I spent my time on it.

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