The Toymaker

By: Chuck Barrett

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Former NTSB Investigator Jake Pendleton faces a dilemma as the line blurs between right and wrong. After his judgment comes into question, Jake is entrusted to his new mentor, an eccentric old man who sees beyond Jake’s flaws. A man who makes ‘toys for spies.’ A man known as The Toymaker.

Jake’s first assignment reunites him with Gregg Kaplan in a daredevil mission to rescue a fellow agent held captive in Yemen. He risks his life to stop the first attack of an al Qaeda mastermind. But now, with no one to trust but himself, can Jake stop the terrorist from destroying what is most precious to the free world? Unfortunately, more trouble comes his way as a killer from his past threatens something more important to Jake than his own life, leaving him to make the hardest decision any man ever has to make—Who to sacrifice.

©2012 Chuck Barrett (P)2013 Audible Inc.

Great Catalog Plus

The saga continues and reviewer Wayne likes this book the best of the 3 in the series. Again clever and inventive, but this author is not a re listen for me. Great Audible plan to loan a listen. Author increases and decreases characters in a clever way. So why not a re listen for me??? Again, I have not given it much thought as an editor may do.

vengeful

loved how the antagonist was portrayed... made them very hated and great antagonists... good listen

annoying

Would you try another book from Chuck Barrett and/or Scott Brick?

No

What was most disappointing about Chuck Barrett’s story?

the story and the narrator were annoying.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Not well

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No

Any additional comments?

I listened to 2/3 of this but could not bring myself to carry on.

So predictable

Not the best use of my or your time. Now I know why it was free. Could have been written by any of one hundred authors these days.

a glider crash I boring enough

Talking about a glider crash is even more boring -


regurgitation of bullshit - every 3 chapters

boring!

Would you try another book from Chuck Barrett and/or Scott Brick?

i've listened to scott brick before and didn't find him bad, but this time i couldn't separate the characters. poor reading or maybe as bored as i was? i couldn't finish this one at all. thank goodness for audible's return policy.

What do you think your next listen will be?

i'm thinking historical. i don't know if i'm up for another unthrilling "thriller."

How did the narrator detract from the book?

his character voices were so subtle i lost who was speaking.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

i suppose as it was well-rated,but i just didn't enjoy the toymaker.

cheesy, unrealistic

Struggled to finish
author needs to do more research of the men and women that protect our country

Dreadful book.Never got me hooked.

I thought I'd try a new author and was ready to enjoy but was disappointed and pleased to eventually get to the end of this one. A plot that was weak and hard to believe. Characters I found hard to care about one way or another and the most irritating attempt to inject a sense of drama by the narrator. Awful. Won't be going back this way.
I realise I will be in the minority here but I have to say that Scott Brick has read his last book for me. I cannot bear to listen to his kindergarten style of story telling any more. The cadence and rhythm and the annoying way he goes down in tone at the end of every sentence. No more Scott, but thanks for all the ones I enjoyed in the past.

My advice,for what it's worth; Give this a miss.

Dreadful

If this was a paperback, I'd have thrown it across the room. How does this author get published?!

I can't imagine who would give this book high ratings. Dull, drags, story is chopped up, characters are juvenile, Scott Brick's performance is lame (not the first time I've encountered his attempt to "dramatize" that just fails.)

Horrible

What would have made The Toymaker better?

An actual storyline would have made this better. The author jumps around willy nilly and hardly makes any sense. Descriptors are juvenile and do not even sketch the scene for the reader. I wanted to like this- but it was just so bad.

What could Chuck Barrett have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Write a full story

Would you be willing to try another one of Scott Brick’s performances?

absolutely not

What character would you cut from The Toymaker?

none

Any additional comments?

no