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Great Book Spoiled by Bad Production

Overall
2 out of 5 stars
Performance
3 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-24-23

Firstly, the writing itself is great and I really enjoyed the content of the book. However the audio production is horrible. No attention was paid to audio quality and it clearly was not listened to before publishing. There is frequently distortion and a kind of ringing that can be heard in multiple chapters; But also you can hear watch alarms going off, dogs barking and doors being opened and closed. While the quality of the equipment is nice and recording itself is high quality in terms of sampling and bit-rate, the actual output is very hard to listen to which is pretty disappointing. The narrator is good for the most part, his voice is pleasant to listen to and does a good job with the material. However the other issues make the book not worth getting. Either wait for another recording or just read it yourself.

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Extreme shifts in quality

Overall
3 out of 5 stars
Performance
2 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-21-22

At the end of this book I find it very odd. Some ideas that Jordan has are fantastic and I have attempted to integrate into my own life and they have been extremely helpful. Some other ideas, however are so incompetent and ignorantly formed that’s it’s hard to not laugh. When Jordan sticks to psychology he tends to have his best ideas. But as soon as he drifts into History, biology, politics or metaphysics it goes downhill quickly. He is often just wrong or pontificating on ideas he doesn’t fully understand.

At times he comes across as very self important, both in writing and in narration. He clearly is very impressed with himself and it bugged me throughout. Another note on his narration; he cries at least three times throughout the course of the reading. I found it off putting that he did not re-record these passages. It’s extremely distracting from the material been read.

If you know about this book and are interested in It, I would recommend you give it a listen. I would not recommend it generally however.

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Good Range of Howard's Weird Fiction

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5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-26-19

A lot of great stories in here with few or no duds among them. You get to hear a lot of stories from the various Howard universes, like Solomon Kane and Conan stories with horrific elements. As well as one-off stories in a theme similar to Lovecraft, but a more action/adventure focus. It was a great performance which always kept me engaged and excited to hear more. Great book, I would recommend it. My only complaint is that the track titles are generic (Track 1, Track 2, etc...) and not the story names.

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Great Book

Overall
5 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-24-18

I really enjoyed both the narration and the story. Excellently written, I chewed through this book in a day or two and was gripped every second of it.

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