Bjorn Stromsness

There are some books where the content is good, but the narration sucks and totally takes you out of the book (I'm looking at you Washington; A Life). This isn't one of those books. The book itself is very powerful, taking you into the lives of the troops on the front line of America's forgotten war. You get to know personalities and the hopes and desires and fears of those soldiers and you get to see the impact on their families back home.

The narration is just solid. You are not brought out of the narrative by the narration, which means it is just about perfect.

It is sometimes hard to listen to because the story itself is intense and emotionally tough, but I think it is important to hear these stories and know this bit of our history.

The narration really detracts from the story. It is read with a theatrical/grandiose voice that is entirely too much. It's kind of annoying. You do have a chance to get used to it, since it is 50-some hours long. I like the long, long books since I'm in the car soooooo much.

I have to say, at this point (I think I'm on chapter 47), I'm looking forward to it being over, which wasn't the case when I listened to Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, also an important historical book.

I might look elsewhere if I were you.

It was an interesting story, even if the dialogue was a bit forced at times. The country twang added by the narrator is a bit annoying, but the underlying story is powerful and it told the tale of a key battle in Afghanistan that I didn't even know about.

This was a hard book to listen too. There were graphs and charts and figures being referred to and, well, I wasn't going to try and find those things while I was driving. I didn't get through it all. Quickly became a bit easy to predict and not very interesting. Wouldn't buy it again.

A good story, well told. It is all the rage these days, or course, but I enjoyed the story and the emotion and strain, pain and excitement of the story really did come through. Got me through a couple weeks of commuting.

I've long been a fan of the Diskworld series, so I was really excited to see Snuff on the list. I wasn't disappointed. The story is pure Pratchett and follows the form and spirit of the other Diskworld books. If you are a fan of his other works, you'll like this one.

It is just a big story set in a hot and smothering jungle an it is really well read with the voices of a dozen or more characters all unique and easy to identify. Just well done.

A friend said he thought of Catch 22 when he read Matterhorn and I can see why. Violence, power, war, death, life... it's all there.

The main character is just very well read by Bronson, as are the rest, really.