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Starts off interesting, but a lot of it is filler

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

Reviewed: 06-17-17

The author pretends to take responsibility for his actions, but is really looking to do some virtue signalling. On the one hand, he admits that the bad stuff happened because guys like him (and worse guys) used lies, threats and even violence to force foreign leaders to make bad decisions. But he also wants us to believe that the economic problems in the world are the fault of free market capitalism. It's ridiculous. Free market capitalism is very much opposed to the practices that he describes in the book, and yet he wants to blame capitalism and sympathize with left wing terrorists.

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23 people found this helpful

Good but could've had simpler language

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

Reviewed: 05-26-17

Some sentences were so long and complex that I had to rewind several times just to take it all in. Other times, he spoke in terms that were too abstract. but a good listen overall

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Terribly overated.

Overall
1 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-22-17

I can't believe that this garbage won an award. Poorly written. Amateurish. A waste of my time.

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This overrated book is very subjective

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

Reviewed: 12-05-16

The beginning of the book seems promising, but over time I realized that this book is almost religious in it's nature. I don't mean that it is Christian. I mean that it feels more like a list of her opinions than something based on real science.
Many of her readers might choose to agree with her, and that is fine. But the problem I have with the book, is that the writer doesn't take the time to really convince me of her viewpoint. She seems to assume that because she has a Ph.D, everybody will just take anything she says as gospel. Never mind that the social sciences have the poorest reputation in all of academia.

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3 people found this helpful

Amazing book... annoying voice

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

Reviewed: 01-05-15

If you could sum up A Game of Thrones (Part One) in three words, what would they be?

Epic, enveloping, exciting

Who was your favorite character and why?

Bran. Because he's one of the few characters who is not a jerk, and has great potential as an underdog.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Roy Dotrice?

No. Many of the voices he puts on for the lesser characters are ridiculous and distract from the story. It sounds like his tongue has swollen to the size of a grapefruit and as such, I look forward to those characters leaving the scene.

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