Puerto Rico: Breve historia de un pueblo [Puerto Rico: Brief History of a People]

By: Online Studio Productions

Narrated by: uncredited

Conozca con nosotros la historia completa de este atractivo país caribeño, bendecido por su clima tropical, la alegría de sus gentes y un estado de ánimo excepcional en una entrega que va desde sus épocas precolombinas, la presencia española y su lucha enorme por la libertad.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

©2015 Online Studio Productions (P)2015 Online Studio Productions

Too superficial - it is Ok for tourist in need of a brief history

Some errors in calling the island as Costa Rica. Not enough information to see cause and effect of things that make peculiar the puertorrican culture.

Reminiscent but inaccurate

I listened eagerly to this Puerto Rico brief history, being a Puerto Rican myself. In general I liked it, but some inaccuracies made is perplexing to me:
1. Costa Rica is mentioned twice as if talking about Puerto Rico. Is that a performer mistake or the script mistake? And twice? Are you kidding me?
2. Names of people were mispronounced. To name one, the painter Francisco Oller’s lat name is sounded out as Oler, and not Oller (double Ls in Puerto Rican Spanish sound as the J in janitor). Although the performer has a beautiful voice, it was odd to hear her say some names of famous Puerto Rican’s wrongly.
Besides these critiques, I enjoyed the summary of my country, and I appreciate the effort, especially, that it was done in Spanish.

The narration is painful.

I know its meant to be a quick overview of the history but it is way too fast and the narrator is so monotone and painfully boring.
I will get the kindle or paperback version and read it myself.

No confío en su información.

Después de escuchar este libro, y de visitar Puerto Rico en persona, me quedé triste con la información. Si es un resumen, debería ser màs preciso. Info contradictoria.

Good information, way too short

The information serves as a brief overview. About a minute is spent on the 400 years between Columbus and the US invasion, most of the time is spent discussing politics between 1970 and 1998. The narrator replaces the name of "Puerto Rico" with "Costa Rica" several times which might lead the reader to question the credibility and accuracy of the rest of the recording. For a couple dollars, it's probably worth the listen nonetheless.