"Great for the stories."
More of a "20/20" investigation of Google than anything else. Does assume you have the name familiarity that he does which can get difficult to follow at times.
20 hours is a long time to explain only a decade, and there is some redundancy.
The stories, are excellent. Steven obviously had an "all access" path in Google. If you have any questions about this company, or consider them on any level, there is information in this you'll be excited to hear.
"Good, but not Hornby's best"
If you're looking for more Nick Hornby, you'll be right at home here. Clever banter between characters and situations that are just a bit outside of believable while still being charming.
"Really?....Really?" as I mentioned above, just a little too charming and cute to be believable, but not unexpected.
Any with the father and goodnews
Absolutely.
If you've only read About a Boy or High Fidelity, go check out "A Long Way Down" next.
"Hooked in the beginning"
I was getting tired of too many people telling me this trilogy was so good. I ended up at a dinner of 6 and being the only one to not read this. You're probably in that position as well.
It's great, Collins has a narrative knack, and Carolyn McCormick delivers a first-class reading of her material. Gripping, excellent character development, struggle, action, drama, it's all in here.
Will be checking out the rest of the trilogy.
"Hilarious"
Absolutely hilarious. Really wish Chelsea would have lended her talents, but everyone else is voiced by their actual selves. First-hand experiences told by writers, and those in the late-night shenanigans of this comedy group.
You probably know already if you're going to get this or not. If you're interested in a first-listen to the life of Chelsea Handler, you should probably start elsewhere.
"You'll wish you had skipped it."
Hours (chapters) of promises of what he'll tell you. It just drones on and Shawn thinks he is really smart, so hearing him read his own words at loud often seems like "bragging" and occasionally pretentious. Many stories are variation on one theme.
Guess what? If you're happy you are better. Now let's tell you that story 15 times promising to stop soon.
I do believe, however, if there was a 7-hour abridged version, perhaps that'd be good.