The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden

The story is about everything that lead up to the now-famous raid.

I like the details of the intelligence hunt. It was very interesting.

The parts about the highly technical computer programs!

Yes.

Bowden does it again!

No

Very disappointing. I found Black Hawk down far more compelling.

Absolutely not....I had the volume turned up and still couldn't hear him clearly. What was the need to whisper.

Not really, thought No Easy Day was very interesting and compelling.

I'd definitely purchase "Killing Pablo" because I read the book, but his later work "Worm" (and "The Finish") is like being stuck in the land of diminishing returns. The quality and style have weakened significantly. That really is a disappointment because I wanted to enjoy this, but couldn't.

Scott Brick, Bronson Pinchot, Campbell Scott, Will Patton - I agree with one of the other prior complaints - in addition to everything else, that narrator reads the entire book in a tone as if he's revealing a very hush-hush secret. Bizarre. Throws off the pace of the story completely.

Sorry guys, I'm returning this one.

Another excellent book from Mark Bowden. Gripping and fully of suspense.

The inside stories from the actual players at White House, Special Ops and CIA

He spoke like he was telling a secret. The entire performance was practically whispered.

Yes.

The author could have stuck to the facts and the story, instead of dedicating nearly the entire book to promoting his pro-Obama agenda.

I never write bad reviews on here, it's pretty rare, so you know it's bad.

No, other authors in this genre don't write a book in the hopes of getting their candidate elected. Most are unbiased and care about the "facts."

No, he was quiet...unless the preview shows better.

Probably 80% of it. Nearly the entire book is a "rah rah Obama!" pep rally.

I was really really disappointed as Mark Bowden's book on the Mogadishu incident was so much better. I've known that Mark Bowden is clearly a Democrat, and that's fine, but wow, this book is just sad. I can't recommend it.

I downloaded this book, because it said, if you liked No Easy Day, then you'll like The Finish, or something like that. But I didn't find the two books alike at all. No Easy Day focused on the operators, the preparations, and the mission. The Finish seemed like it had more of a political agenda, and focused more on the politicians....just in time for the elections too.

It's such a compelling story, and I think the author did an awesome job of telling the story as it happened. He is an evenhanded, fair and rational narrator and earns a ton of credibility from treating everyone objectively.

The blow-by-blow description of the operation to get Bin Laden was riveting.

The whole thing is a moving story about people working hard and taking chances and putting themselves in a position to accomplish something incredibly difficult. It's a really moving book that makes you proud to be an American.

Highly recommended. It's one of those books that I had to listen to in small doses because I didn't want it to end.

It was detailed while bing intertaining.

When they actually shot him.

Emotion.

That we really did not know a lot about this from news reports.

The only thing I picked up in this book that bothered me a little bit was how Barack Oboma was made to look like he is a great president. He did his job I would have expected any president to have done this.

Bowden has done his usual good job researching the history and bureaucratic politics surrounding the years of search for OBL. His insights into the intrigue in both Washington and Kabul are outstanding. He, unfortunately, seems to want to make political points in favor of Obama and in opposition to President Bush and Candidate Romney. Irrespective of one's political point of view, this detracts from his writing, and partially renders a dispassionate analysis of the search and finish of OBL into a political polemic. Too bad that Bowden was seduced by the opportunity he had for an Oval Office interview.

Mark Bowden tells a really great story, and he obviously had very good source access.

The descriptions of how the Obama team made the decision to kill bin Laden and why were fascinating and a very good look into national decision making on critical issues facing our country. McRaven comes off looking like a badass.

The narrator thinks that whispering makes him sound more mysterious. Or maybe he just likes to whisper. Anyway, his voice acting contributed nothing to the story and eventually became distracting from it.