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Not Good

Revisado: 12-10-24

Made it an hour into the audible version. Really didn’t like the narrator and the text wasn’t really going anywhere. Just stories about why Kelly gets into fights and how that makes him such an asset to a team. Was hoping for something for analytical.

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One of the best football books I’ve “read”

Revisado: 04-28-21

Historical. Sociological. Humorous. I always thought that the 1985 Bears and their fans were jerks. Just obnoxious. But, this story is told in such a way that I would consider it required reading for any football fan. I just loved it!

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Fascinating, but simply too violent.

Revisado: 04-08-21

I wasn’t under the impression that pirates were do-gooders or that life long ago was simple and fun, but the sadistic stories in this book are on the Nazi level of atrocious. Absolute depravity with zero regard for human life. I had to stop after two interesting chapters.

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Valuable information combined with TERRIBLE advice

Revisado: 02-05-19

I'm old. I enjoyed some of Manson's other work, so I picked this up. Some really good insights that I wish I had learned when I was younger. In fact, while there are aspects that people above the age of 30 might enjoy, this book is aimed at a younger audience. Much emphasis on hook-up / bar / club culture.

His views on sex are sort of dangerous. Not the best idea to call a woman a "dirty slut" during sex, especially if you don't know her that well. Also, assuming you can go in a certain direction without consent is a great way to find yourself in trouble with the law. This was the weirdest, weakest part of the book.

The narrator of the audio book is really, really annoying. I'll say it again; he's really, really annoying.

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THIS IS BORING!

Revisado: 01-07-19

Story was cliched. Cardboard character. Patting herself on the back for being considering herself to be one of the great drunk authors. Annoying person. Annoying book.

Narrator (author) was absolutely hideous. Would have preferred in-character Bobcat Goldthwait reading this while simultaneously learning to play the banjo. The voice is unbearable, but you get a sense of how full of herself the author is.

Skip this. Thank me later.

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Really Good, Despite Bias

Revisado: 08-01-17

Where does Dreamland rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I enjoyed it, but it needs to be listened to at 1.25x - 1.5x.

Any additional comments?

Like so many others, I found the story fascinating. However, I got really tired or Quinones depiction of the pharmaceutical companies as greedy monsters who were only interested in making a profit and of the heroin peddlers as just a bunch of farm kids trying to make some extra money to send home to mom. By the end of the book his bias went beyond repetitive and became really tedious.

I get it. Those poor Mexican kids only wanted 501's and money to pay the band at the corn festival. They had great customer service skills. But, THEY WERE SELLING HEROIN. At least the pill manufacturers have a legitimate medical purpose for their products (when not abused). The same can't be said about heroin. The people who sell it are filth. Depicting them as kids with dreams is patronizing and insulting.

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Making Plagues Fun and Interesting

Revisado: 06-27-17

If you could sum up Get Well Soon in three words, what would they be?

Very entertaining and easy to listen to. Terrifying, funny and informative.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Get Well Soon?

Fascinated by the horrific handling of the smallpox epidemic.

Any additional comments?

The book was EXCELLENT, until the epilogue. For someone who brands herself as a student of history there seems to be some amazing editing done at the end. Here's a spoiler for you from the end of the book; Ronald Reagan had excellent knowledge of the scope and magnitude of the AIDS epidemic and chose to laugh about it instead of spending more tax dollars to end it. Okay, I exaggerated. But, my exaggeration is really no worse than the exaggeration in the argument at the end of the book. Wright asks why Reagan couldn't have learned from the errors of our predecessors, especially in regards to humanity, and would choose to let a plague wipe out a marginalized group? She seems to have forgotten that government did make an effort to essentially "remove the handle from the Broad Street pump" by attempting to close the bath houses where this disease was being spread. Those attempts were met by challenges by members in the gay community over civil rights. I mean, if Reagan and his fellow Christians had hated gays as much as Wright seems to imply, why in the world would they have done ANYTHING to stop the spread of the disease that was killing so many gays. The role that the gay community played regarding the pushback to what they saw as challenges to their lifestyle are completely omitted from the text. That's insane. What was also missed was the fact that one of the things that really helped bring AIDS to the forefront in terms of prevention and attempted cures was when heterosexuals feared that they could get it from heterosexual sex. Oprah Winfrey told us in the mid 90's that some crazy number (one in three comes to mind) of people will be HIV positive in 10 years. Maybe she prevented a crisis. Maybe that was the lie that was necessary to get funding to a disease that mostly affects gay men and IV drug users. Either way, AIDS, Reagan, gays and everyone else deserve a better handling of this disease than what Wright gives us as a parting shot in her book. It really made me wonder what other insane biases she had in the previous chapters.

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Amazing!

Revisado: 03-11-17

Would you consider the audio edition of Blitzed to be better than the print version?

I love the narrator! He's definitely been given some acting instruction by a very good teacher!

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favorite character? Am I allowed to say Hitler? Theodor Morrell is great, but he simply isn't as significant. Perhaps the drugs themselves?

What does Jonathan Keeble bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He accentuates, signs, pauses, etc. It's fantastic theater.

Any additional comments?

This is one of the most interesting books I've ever read or heard. It's a must-read for any WWII enthusiast.

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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD... THE AMERICANS WIN

Revisado: 03-10-17

What made the experience of listening to The Boys of Winter the most enjoyable?

This event combined with a phenomenal sophomore NHL season by a guy named Wayne Gretzky helped turn me into a huge hockey fan. I thought I knew this whole story by heart. i was wrong. There was so much I didn't know. I knew the players by number, position, and school, but I never knew the men behind the uniforms. This book gives great insight into them by using a very clever framing device. it will appeal to both the casual fan who may not have been around to experience the "miracle" and to the sports know-it-all.

What did you like best about this story?

The storytelling was really well done. It sounds corny, but I actually got chills as the final seconds of the game ticked off.

Have you listened to any of Kirby Heyborne’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Heyborne did a pretty good job, but after only a few minutes of listening it became very evident to me that he knows very little about hockey. He paces well and gives the text a lot of flair, but each time he said "blue line" as two separate words I would lose my mind. Hulk would have smashed his iPod.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It makes me smile. It's just a wonderful story about a bunch of college kids who were able to defeat the greatest team in the world.

Any additional comments?

Good story for a hockey family to listen to on a long trip.

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Small, Important Music Movement

Revisado: 05-26-16

If you could sum up Glam! in three words, what would they be?

It's a quick, fun listen. Loved hearing all of the names. Made song lists from the bands and titles mentioned.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I'm a Roxy Music fan and loved the degree of attention paid to them in this book.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Glitter, Heroin and Fluff

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