Happydaze

I returned it

Reviewed: 05-23-24

I don't often write reviews, and I also don't return books often. This book was interesting at first, but then became very tedious. I didn't care for any of the characters and felt they were very self-centered. I became impatient with the repetitiveness of the the conversations, and finally realized I didn't even care to find out the solution to the so-called mystery. I felt freed when I quit listening.

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Pronunciation issues

Reviewed: 01-16-23

Narrator needed to learn the pronunciation of the various towns. It was very distracting for me who grew up in Kansas and Oklahoma.

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Interesting with a few flaws

Reviewed: 09-30-19

I like legal suspense novels, and I liked the story line of this book. But there were enough implausibilities that I found them distracting. I won't mention them because they would be spoilers to the story. I think I got this book at a discount; I wouldn't want to spend a full credit on it.

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Not what it was cracked up to be

Reviewed: 07-25-19

I have read or listened to many books about various aspects of space exploration. I had thought, based on the title, that this book would be an in-depth focus on Apollo 11, and I bought the Audible version just a number of days after the book’s publication-- before any reviews were available.

Apollo 11 was not discussed until about ¾ of the way through the book. Much of the preceding chapters discussed the US/Soviet space race and also gave details about the earlier Apollo missions. After the Apollo 11 discussion, there were chapters discussing the later Apollo missions. I understand that some background is needed in order to better understand Apollo 11 itself, but for someone like me who has read several background books, I felt a bit “cheated” that this book didn’t deliver Apollo 11 in any more than a relatively cursory way.

Since the book was just released on June 11, 2019, I can’t help but wonder if it was named “Apollo 11” in hopes of cashing in on the increased interest in Apollo 11 with its 50th Anniversary happening in July.

The Publisher’s Summary calls this book “The most authoritative book on Apollo ever written.” I do not agree and feel that “A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts,” by Andrew Chaikin was much more in-depth and the information was better presented.

I understand that the narrator is English, likely because the author is English. But it would have been great if he had learned to pronounce all the names of the astronauts. It was grating and distracting for him to mispronounce the names that we grew up hearing in the U.S. Actually, since the target audience is probably Americans, an American narrator would have been a more natural choice.

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Fantastic Book, narration too slow

Reviewed: 05-16-19

I absolutely loved this Audible book! There were so many fascinating details about the presidents' families that I never had heard before, and the book also gave so many details about the White House. My only complaint was that the narrator read the book very slowly. After the first few minutes, I thought I was going to pull my hair out because the reading seemed so plodding. But speeding the narration up to 1.25 made it a perfect listen for me.

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Narrator needs to learn the pronunciations first

Reviewed: 05-03-19

I am a big Dr. Fuhrman fan, and I follow his Nutritarian guidelines in my eating practices. I have almost all of his books. This book is interesting and thought provoking. My major complaint is that the narrator mispronounced so many words--particularly the medical words, but even many well-known words. It was very distracting. I am a bit surprised that Dr. Fuhrman allowed this audiobook to be published with all of the mistaken pronunciations. I would have preferred to read the print version of this book.

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Just move along; there's nothing here.

Reviewed: 05-09-15

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This story has a predictable story line and was so slow-moving and repetitive that I could be doing dishes and not hear some of the dialogue but realize that it didn't matter at all. The narration was so tedious that I sped it up, but I felt like I couldn't get through the story quickly enough. I find it curious that some have commented that the female narrator spoke too quickly, and others said she spoke too slowly. I think initially she must have read the story too fast, and the production company then slowed down the soundtrack. Well, I would take too fast any day over how her voice sounded.

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Absorbing book!

Reviewed: 02-24-14

What made the experience of listening to Failure Is Not an Option the most enjoyable?

I am old enough to remember many of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo flights and all the excitement they brought. This book helped me to get a much better picture of the events of these missions and to more fully appreciate the immense complexity of space travel. Gene Krantz wrote this book in such a way that even though I knew the outcome of each of the flights, I still felt like I was on the "edge of my seat" waiting to hear how each of them turned out! The book included enough technical details that it would interest those with a science background, but it explained the details so well that it is understandable to non-science people.

Danny Campbell was an excellent reader of this book. I had trouble remembering it wasn't really Gene Krantz talking to me!

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Wonderful--as usual!

Reviewed: 02-24-14

If you could sum up The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon in three words, what would they be?

I have been a faithful listener of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books for years. I also have the print versions of most of the books in the series, but I prefer to listen because of Lisette Lecat's beautiful narration. I savor each of these books, and I kind of ration myself in listening in order to help the book last longer! I eagerly anticipate the next book in the series.

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Good enough for a 3-hour drive

Reviewed: 02-24-14

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I received this book as a freebie from Audible in a Valentine's promotional. I listened to it on a 3-hour drive one afternoon, so it worked well for that. I found the story to be interesting enough to help the time pass but not interesting enough that I would have wanted to pay for it.

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