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A Fascinating Account

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-24-17

A fascinating introduction to a brilliant man and I intend to now find a fuller account (one by the author and another more recent by another writer are mentioned at the start).

I would say that a listener would benefit from at least a certain amount of physics and maths knowledge to understand the significance of Dirac's work and that of the others mentioned. I am an undergraduate maths student but have little knowledge of physics beyond some Newtonian mechanics in applied mathematics and I couldn't follow everything mentioned regarding the physics theories, but this did not stop me enjoying the book, and it may be only a fairly basic knowledge of physics (or perhaps just the willing to Google certain terms) would enable the listener to understand fully. Again at least some knowledge of mathematical terms is really needed to fully understand some of the references.

However I think the book can be enjoyed without this, it will just be a little harder to follow at times or to fully appreciate the importance of what is being discussed.

I really liked the narration and felt the narrator was a good choice.

Please note, this audiobook was given to me by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.

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The end

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-10-16

This is the final part of the Dave story and in some ways I will miss it.

It was, like the first two parts, completely silly. There was more gross humour and satire. Basically if you liked the first two parts then you know what to expect.

This is the third of three parts of Dave! not a stand alone book so you really need to listen to parts 1 and 2 first.

I enjoyed it but not quite as much as the first two parts, partly because of some graphic violence that I found hard to listen to. Personally I would have preferred it if the violence was less graphic and the gross stuff cut back but that is completely a personal taste thing, not a fault of the book which I still enjoyed.

There was lots more of Starlet, which I liked and of course more of Eric and his fellow plotters.

As with the first two parts my only real problem with this title is that you need to use three credits to get the whole book.

David S.Dear's narration was perfect again, he really brought the characters to life for me.

I received a free copy of this audiobook from the author, narrator or publisher in exchange for an unbiased review. I was not required to write a positive review.

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More madness!

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-09-16

Having been left on a cliff-hanger at the end of part one I was pretty excited to get back to the story and I haven't been disappointed.

There is more manic doings and silliness to enjoy and the plot speeds along nicely.

I very much enjoyed the emphasis on Starlet, who is definitely my favourite character.

This is very crude and occasionally gross, which is not normally my kind of thing but I really enjoy these books. They sort of remind me of the english comic sci-fi writer Robert Rankin.

I will definitly keep an eye out for future sci-fi from Marc Richard.

David Dear was perfect again and definitely a narrator I want to hear more of.

My biggest criticism is the same as I had with the first part, because one novel is published in three parts it costs 3 credits in total, and that as enjoyable as they are 3 credits for one book seems excessive.


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The Six and the Crystals of Ialana Audiobook By Katlynn Brooke cover art

Good but perhaps better read

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-29-16

This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.


The Six and The Crystal is an epic style fantasy with six teenagers and a young soldier pulled out of their normal lives and brought together through mystical dreams so that six of them may continue and conclude a quest begun long before any of them were born.

There is a lot going on in this book and with seven main characters and the otherworldly style names of people, places and things (which do help to create the feel of a fantasy world but also make it harder to keep track) I found myself on more than one occasion hearing the name of a secondary character and being unable at first to remember who they were.

I think I would have preferred either fewer main characters or that they be introduced more slowly and given more time to establish them individually. Although they mostly each start with a distinctive if short backstory and character but by the end some of them felt unnecessary and their personalities no longer really had an impact on the story.

The narrator does help to keep the main characters distinct by mostly making them sound different to each other in accent or tone, however as the book progresses the three boys who come from the same village stopped sounding quite so distinct.

As the book went on I found myself thinking I should like the book better than I did, there were elements and moments I really did like and at the start I was really engrossed but unfortunately became less so as it continued. I think in part this is because a lot of things are told to the reader rather than shown and also because quite a lot of the mysterious elements are explained about a third of the way through the story. I think perhaps it would have been better if the book was longer and the mysterious elements slowly discovered and worked out.

However after finishing the audiobook I had a look at the ebook and read a few passages and found it much more engaging than the audiobook, there is nothing particularly wrong with the narration, the book just somehow worked better for me when I read it myself. I think that's partly because the nature of reading makes it more absorbing and because reading has some distinct advantages with a book like this. For instance certain elements like the dream sequences are printed in italics making their start and end clearer, names are more memorable (due in part to spelling choices), use of dashes in sentences make it clearer what exactly is meant and it's easier to flip back if you've forgotten something.

In conclusion if you like the premise of the book I would suggest buying the ebook rather than the audio. I plan to give it a month or two and then physically read this one and the subsequent books in the series.

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A fascinating Insight

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-20-14

As this is taken from the actual recordings of private conversations between Nixon and his aides it offers a fascinating insight in to not only what they knew and when but what they were thinking and why they acted the way they did.

I do think (as another reviewer pointed out) that you need to know the basic facts of what happened before listening to understand everything. As someone who knew very little about Watergate I did find myself getting confused after a while. At that point I took a break from listening to watch the 1994 BBC/Discovery channel documentary called Watergate which was itself really interesting (there is a wiki page that lists the episodes, and these can be found on youtube).

In hindsight it would have been better to have familiarised myself with the facts before starting the book (instead of part way through).

However that is not a criticism of the book itself which is excellent and I was really sorry when it ended.

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