Cesar

Pretty good

Reviewed: 06-30-23

Not as compelling as Sapiens but still very interesting. I still believe it is worth a read. I can’t get enough of this author. His insight and ability to color it with practical analogies is unmatched.

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Wonderful

Reviewed: 06-06-23

I have never heard a story of this type that references pre-Columbian mythology. I want more of this!!! Tenoch Huerta’s performance was great.

I would love to share this with my English speaking friends. I hope there are translations in the works.

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Enjoyed the symbolism

Reviewed: 02-24-23

I believ this book gives us a glimpse of the conflict between the cultures in India. It was very educational. It reminds one that politics drive divisions between people. It is not a natural state of being.

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Excellent, insightful book

Reviewed: 04-18-22

This book offers a different perspective than the autobiography since it goes beyond Malcom X’s view of himself. I feel like I have a much more complete, unbiased, more human view of this great American story. It is clear that the author did extensive research on this subject and was able to bring in documentation not available at the time of the autobiography.

My only critique is in the performance of the audio presentation. Although I enjoyed the actor’s delivery style overall, he has a tendency to tail off phrases with lower volume at the end. This was often difficult to hear as I listened on my commute. I often had to rewind and turn up the volume to make out the end of a sentence. Other than that, I am very glad I picked up this title. It was very informative and educational.

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Good backstory - a little too much emotion

Reviewed: 08-26-20

I liked reading this but I was hoping to get a more clinical evaluation of the subject. I appreciated the insight into the man as he was brought up but I didn’t really learn anything new as to who he is. Perhaps it is just a confirmation from someone in his family of the things we can all see. I suggest that the author should have left off so much emphasis on how her and her brother were cheated out of their inheritance as it gives the impression of bitterness and leaves one feeling like we are cheering for her to finally get her vengeance on her uncle. I think it deviates from the subject and since it implicates the rest of the family, it dilutes the message of the story.

I do appreciate her writing this as it, again, confirms what I think any thinking person can see, that this man is a weak bully with a lot of emotional issues.

It is worth reading, especially if you somehow believe Donald Trump somehow deserves credit for anything.

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Answers yo tough questions

Reviewed: 11-13-19

This is my 3rd Gladwell book and it doesn’t disappoint. He is a great writer leading us to understand some of the biggest challenges we face as a society. He does it with data and logic and without emotion. He is a great storyteller and in this audiobook maximizes the medium by adding recordings of the people involved and music to enhance the experience of the story. It might be the best use of audiobooks I’ve heard yet.

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A masterpiece

Reviewed: 11-01-19

I have a lot to decipher about this book but even at its base, it was amazing. A true masterpiece, well deserving of all the credit he received for it.

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Beautiful book

Reviewed: 02-13-18

This ideas behind this book are more relevant today than ever. It asks us to look at our world through the eyes of a child and evaluate it then. It makes all of our conflict much easier to resolve. It removes all built up prejudice and just asks the simple questions. A child does not use history or stereotypes to judge people. A child simply asks and senses if you are a good person they can trust or not. Harper Lee does a beautiful job of challenging us to view the world the way we did when we were children. It is beautifully put together and a definite classic of American literature. Sissy Spacek does a wonderful job bringing the characters to life. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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A very educational book

Reviewed: 12-22-17

This book served to provide me the perspective that women have to navigate everyday at work. One hears stories of predators and rapists and considers these extreme outliers but I had never considered that every woman has to navigate things I have never had to about as a man in the workplace. This was a sobering lesson about things I had never stopped to think about deeply enough. I would recommend this book to everyone but most importantly to all men. The issues discussed here are more a men’s issue than a women’s issue. We all have a role to play.

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Beautiful book; wonderful performance

Reviewed: 05-23-17

Kate Burton does a wonderful job bringing these characters to life. Complete with all the accents, foreign and American (Brooklyn NY). The story is the quintessential American novel. It tells a real story about real people and how they deal with struggle. It tells how they deal with pain. The story is about the forming of an American family in its first generations and how they deal with poverty and class and life's challenges. Anyone who has ever dealt with any of these things will relate. The author does a beautiful job of describing the pain that a child feels when they recognize they are being treated unfairly.

The story makes you laugh, cry and rejoice. All cliches I know, but genuine as you enjoy this novel.

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