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geisttull's review against another edition
3.0
Picked this up because it won an Audie Award for best audio drama. All dialogue audio book. It was a good story - production was great, but it did not end with the last disc. And i'm not that interested in following the story any further!
leodramaqueen's review against another edition
2.0
Ending was so unsatisfying! Bank hostage scene was amazing though
dontanam's review against another edition
3.0
The full cast is awesome. The sound effects were great. The pacing was ok. The characters were....ok. It kept me entertained, but the author clearly does not think highly of his female characters. One dies, the majority are secretaries, and the main female character barely gets involved in any of the action. She's almost always kissing someone or talking about her ex boyfriend. Do better, Mr Deaver
awjackson's review against another edition
2.0
This audio book felt more like a TV show. I recognize the point was to give a performance, but I thought there would be more imagery like you would find in a book. Instead, it was almost all dialogue, and I found it hard to keep the characters straight. There was even music separating the scenes, like in a crime tv show.
digitalrob's review against another edition
2.0
I think I would have enjoyed this more as an audiobook with a narrator. The story was okay but predictable. The story is a typical government supported problem solving international espionage thriller. It also works as a beginning to a series.
minotaursmaze's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 for making me giggle at the overly dramatic music. Very predictable story written like a summer blockbuster movie.
martyfried's review against another edition
2.0
If I had read this as a print book or ebook, I think I may have liked it more, but in this audiobook performance, I found it hard to follow. It was presented as a performance like a radio show, with lots of special effect sounds and music. And by "lots", I mean too much. In my opinion, it was distracting, and that made it even harder to follow.
There was no narration to describe any of the characters or scenes, so I found it hard to remember who each character was. They just appear without context, making it hard for me to get any feeling about them until well into the story, when it's a bit too late, since it's hard to go back with an audiobook to search for characters.
And, after all the work to get through the performance, it appears to be part of a series that is designed to continue on because the the bad guy is never caught or revealed, just thwarted for this one scheme.
There was no narration to describe any of the characters or scenes, so I found it hard to remember who each character was. They just appear without context, making it hard for me to get any feeling about them until well into the story, when it's a bit too late, since it's hard to go back with an audiobook to search for characters.
And, after all the work to get through the performance, it appears to be part of a series that is designed to continue on because the the bad guy is never caught or revealed, just thwarted for this one scheme.
killamkath's review against another edition
3.0
I did like this, but not as much as the first two in the Middleton series. Alfred Molina is super in all three, but why does Harold Middleton now have an English accent, unlike the first two books. Also, where are Tesla, Connie and Wiki? And, this was much more an audio performance piece, rather than an audio book. Great entertainment!
csmbsailor's review against another edition
2.0
felt too much like drooping into the middle of an adventure with NO Clue as to what was going on, you spend too much time trying o figure it out
mrz_owenz's review against another edition
5.0
Really well performed with a lot of tension to keep you on the edge of your seat.