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Morton

Northville, MI, USA

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  • 567 titles in library
  • 25 purchased in 2013
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  • Mech 1: The Parent | [B. V. Larson]
    Mech 1: The Parent
    UNABRIDGED

    Mech 1: The Parent

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By B. V. Larson
    • Narrated By Mirron Willis
    Overall
    (100)
    Performance
    (91)
    Story
    (93)

    After centuries in stasis, a lost task force returns home. Arriving from the infinite void the surviving ships discover that the Imperium lies in ruin. The Homeworld itself is destroyed, and nothing lives in the Ancestral System except an infestation of unknown bipedal beings - creatures soft, red of blood and warm of flesh.... When you colonize a planet, make sure the owners aren't coming back.... MECH is the story of a new Earth colony built upon the ancient Homeworld of a civilization presumed (incorrectly) to be long dead.

    Mike From Mesa says: "This book needs a prologue"
    "Gave up half-way."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What character would you cut from Mech 1: The Parent?

    Well, most of them.


    Any additional comments?

    I wanted to give up on this book after the first half hour but I stuck it out until half-way, at which point I felt that I had other audiobooks that I would prefer to try.

    I found that I just didn't like any of the characters; the bad folks are too worthless and too numerous. I found that I just didn't care what happened next, so I gave up.

    The one interesting point was seeing the Bugs (cf. Starship Troopers) from the Bugs point of view.

    --Morton

    2 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • 1Q84 | [Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (translator), Philip Gabriel (translator)]
    1Q84
    UNABRIDGED

    1Q84

    • UNABRIDGED (46 hrs and 50 mins)
    • By Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (translator), Philip Gabriel (translator)
    • Narrated By Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
    Overall
    (2990)
    Performance
    (2584)
    Story
    (2552)

    The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.

    A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - "Q" is for "question mark". A world that bears a question....

    Howard says: "Worth the investment."
    "Why use one word when ten will do?"
    Overall
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    Story
    Would you try another book from the authors and/or the narrators?

    Author: Never again.
    Narrators: Sure.


    Any additional comments?

    I tried this book because a friend said it has received wide acclaim. I thought the basic idea was interesting but the glacial slowness was just too frustrating. I listened to twenty hours before deciding that I couldn't stand the lack of progress any longer.

    The trivial minutae receive so much detail and, worst of all, repetition (usually about four times, as if the author thinks the reader wasn't paying attention). It's like following alongside someone on their regular day; most of what happens just isn't worth reporting.

    I specifically wanted a long book, but I had expected it to make plot progress. This should be a seven hour book; it doesn't have enough content to warrant being any longer.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Korean War | [Max Hastings]
    The Korean War
    UNABRIDGED

    The Korean War

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 38 mins)
    • By Max Hastings
    • Narrated By Frederick Davidson
    Overall
    (70)
    Performance
    (19)
    Story
    (19)

    It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Max Hastings, preeminent military historian, takes us back to the bloody, bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950.

    David says: "Well worth it"
    "British view of the war"
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    I selected this book because I wanted to know more about the Korean War. I found the book to be well written and informative but I think the synopsis should warn us that this is, essentially, the British view of the war.

    As an ex-pat Briton myself, I was looking forward to the story of the American involvement and was disappointed with how often British opinon and tales had been substituted instead.

    --Morton

    6 of 6 people found this review helpful

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