Well presentation of a great story

Yes, even though my interest was already great because I lived in Southeast Asia for years many years ago.

Yes, with great accurate details

No complaint with the narrator.

I really enjoy this author and this book as much or more than all of the books he had written. Yes, I will listen again and again to catch the details of this multi-tapistry creation.

The readers will miss something special if they don't read all of this authors books for the history, the culture and the personal relationships that all lead to a memorable moments with excellent endings.

An absorbing tale about WWII in the South Pacific. The narrator, who has an Aussie accent, does a superb job. The story is complex and deals with the horrors faced by a young woman living under the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies, in parallel with the story of her admirer, a young man who escapes the invasion to reach Australia. A thoroughly satisfying read, including the ending.

touching, informative, historical

hard to pick a favorite but the two leading roles are fascinating and life affirming

Probably Anna.

Lead man. He is clever, resourceful, dedicated, well educated, experienced in hand to hand combat, a crack shot, and according to the book incredibly good looking!

When i saw the length of this book I was initially put off. However, the story and performance were so good I found myself being relieved to have a long train, plane or car ride so I could listen to it for a good stretch. Very engrossing and you really felt that the characters were three dimensional people. It was also exceptionally interesting to learn about this small part of the war in this particular part of the world. By the end of the book I felt I knew something I hadn't when I began, and isn't that why we read books really? not just for entertainment (and this was plenty entertaining!) but to learn new things.

It was nicely narrated and interesting. The main male character was unreasonably mature, knowledgeable and too good to be true for his 18 years

see above

Great narrator easy to listen to

possibly

I can't understand, when authors write how difficult it is to get their books published, how this one could have made it through. There are a couple of interesting stories buried deep beneath mountains of laborious description, including an awful lot of trivia the narrator, a main character, could not have known. He delivers lines such as,

No. One author doesn't ruin it for the others.

His accent. His ability to distinguish about 50 different voices.

Anna's story was interesting, lousy writing notwithstanding.

The exotic adventure of it all: a multi-talented protagonist (a linguist, athlete, loving, understanding - too gorgeous for words), an oriental location, a deep love that is almost unattainable, and a fabulous story with war and danger and suffering!

I find Courtney quite unique - such realism (both weakness and strength in the characters), nuanced feeling and exquisite story-telling. Power of One also had me at

Of course, the protagonist, what was his name?

There were so many, but of course, after so many years, the lovers finally find each other even though they've both been through incredible suffering and injury.

I would highly, and enthusiastically, recommend this book for a powerful escape from life.

Enjoyed the Australian view of WWII and life in the Pacific Islands. Ending seemed very abrupt however - like the author just thought that was enough and ended the story.

This story covered many miles and never a dull moment. The narrator did a lovely job with many accents and intonations. Learned alot of geography as I was rivited to the story.

The personalities of this story were well written...I may have hated some but I understood why.

Loved

I would enjoy being as smart as Marg...and as kind.

Listen to this when you have a time consumming job to do and time will fly!

Survival Love Story

Unbroken, another good Story of Survival during WWII, this one by Laura Hillenbrand

A nice flavor of the main character's Australian heritage.

Nick of course.... A truly unique character, a man's man and a ladies man - one for the ages!

I listened to this book due to the good reviews, and I'll add my good review to the list. I actually thought this was based on a true story, but came to find out it is a fictitious account based on true History. It is a bit unbelievable to some extent (oddly enough it would only be believable if in fact it WAS based on actual accounts - the only reason for 4-stars versus 5-stars), but still a terrific story and great performance by the reader/narrator - Highly recommended and I will listen to the next book in the story.