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Gary W Camphouse

Walworth, WI USA | Member Since 2010

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  • Shibumi | [Trevanian]
    Shibumi
    UNABRIDGED

    Shibumi

    • UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 43 mins)
    • By Trevanian
    • Narrated By Joe Barrett
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (598)
    Performance
    (166)
    Story
    (175)

    Nicholai Hel, born in the ravages of World War I China to an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father, raised in the spiritual gardens of a Japanese Go Master, survives the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished and highly paid assassin. Genius, mystic, master of language and culture, Hel's secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection: shibumi.

    David says: "Only a Russian could be this shibumi"
    "Boring"
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    Has to be the most boring book I've heard in a long time. The description makes it sound great but the majority of the book takes place in caves.
    Recommend for anyone needing aid in sleeping.

    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • Easy Prey: Lucas Davenport, Book 11 | [John Sandford]
    Easy Prey: Lucas Davenport, Book 11
    UNABRIDGED

    Easy Prey: Lucas Davenport, Book 11

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 36 mins)
    • By John Sandford
    • Narrated By Richard Ferrone
    Overall
    (71)
    Performance
    (65)
    Story
    (65)

    In life she was a high-profile model. In death she is the focus of a media firestorm that's demanding action from Lucas Davenport. One of his own men is a suspect in her murder. But when a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated slayings rock the city, Davenport suspects a connection that runs deeper than anyone had imagined - one that leads to an ingenious killer more ruthless than anyone had feared....

    Ruth says: "can't believe this was written by Sandford. . . ."
    "Yawn"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    Would you try another book from John Sandford and/or Richard Ferrone?

    I've read all his books, I guess no one is perfect. Richard Ferrone can only read what he's given. I listened to this right after Sudden Prey which was out standing. It was quite a let down.


    What do you think your next listen will be?

    Not sure.


    Which character – as performed by Richard Ferrone – was your favorite?

    Dell


    What character would you cut from Easy Prey?

    All of them from this book.


    Any additional comments?

    I'll continue to buy any additional books in the "prey" series. And any others from John Sandford.

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Line of Fire: The Corps Series, Book 5 | [W.E.B. Griffin]
    Line of Fire: The Corps Series, Book 5
    UNABRIDGED

    Line of Fire: The Corps Series, Book 5

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 56 mins)
    • By W.E.B. Griffin
    • Narrated By Dick Hill
    Overall
    (85)
    Performance
    (77)
    Story
    (74)

    While the bloody battle for control of the Solomons rages on, two Marines are trapped at a Coastwatcher station on tiny Buka Island. They are there to report on Japanese air activity, and their position is becoming increasingly perilous, even while their supplies are diminishing rapidly; if they are not rescued soon, they may never make it off the island.

    Stuart Fujisaki says: "In the Sweet spot of this Series....."
    "Might be a good story"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What would have made Line of Fire better?

    a different narrator


    What did you like best about this story?

    the setting


    How could the performance have been better?

    his voices make my skin crawl


    If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Line of Fire?

    don't know couldn't get past the first hour


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Two Graves | [Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child]
    Two Graves
    UNABRIDGED

    Two Graves

    • UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 22 mins)
    • By Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
    • Narrated By Rene Auberjonois
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1147)
    Performance
    (979)
    Story
    (983)

    After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before his eyes, Special Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers, chasing them across the country and into Mexico. But then, things go terribly, tragically wrong; the kidnappers escape; and a shattered Pendergast retreats to his New York apartment and shuts out the world. But when a string of bizarre murders erupts across several Manhattan hotels, NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta asks his friend Pendergast for help.

    Katherine says: "Not their best work"
    "don't waste your money"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What would have made Two Graves better?

    Different authors


    Has Two Graves turned you off from other books in this genre?

    The first one I read was Still life with crows. I couldn't put it down. The series has gotten sillier with each book after that. What would be wrong with the quirky FBI agent solving crimes like in crows.


    What do you think the narrator could have done better?

    Read a different book


    If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Two Graves?

    all of them


    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • The Bounty Hunters | [Elmore Leonard]
    The Bounty Hunters
    UNABRIDGED

    The Bounty Hunters

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Elmore Leonard
    • Narrated By Josh Clark
    Overall
    (15)
    Performance
    (8)
    Story
    (8)

    The old Apache renegade Soldado Viejo is hiding out in Mexico, and the Arizona Department Adjutant has selected two men to hunt him down. One -- Dave Flynn -- knows war, the land, and the nature of his prey. The other is a kid lieutenant named Bowers. But there's a different kind of war happening in Soyopa. And if Flynn and his young associate choose the wrong allies -- and the wrong enemy -- they won't be getting out alive.

    Jean says: "The Bounty Hunters"
    "Might have been good if"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

    It might have been a lot better but the narrator whispered the whole thing. There was no reason to unless that's his style but for me it was a struggle to get through.


    Would you be willing to try another one of Josh Clark’s performances?

    no!


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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