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Filling the Void
- Narrated by: Nathaniel James
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
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- simon daniels
- 26-11-18
more of a book about politics and capitalism
It's not a bad listen at all. This guy has put a LOT of work into this (it was originally intended to be a PhD thesis) and if you're looking at reasons to hate social media you'll find them no problem. He also hates Thatcher, capitalism and the NYSE. He references every statement, and the book at times comes across a bit dry when listened to. I feel this would make a phenomenal textbook.
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- Mr J Sutton
- 01-02-18
Great book. Bad reading
Seriously, if your gonna get this, read the book and dont listen to it. it sounds like a boy reading it for the 1st time at school.
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- stuart
- 05-01-18
poorly read
To give the book an overall bad score would be unjust to say the least as the content is excellent and groundbreaking, however my consumption of such outstanding material was often disrupted by what can only be described as a terrible performance by the reader. I would gladly purchase this audiobook again if it was to be re-read by someone else as I am sure I missed vast swathes of the content whilst trying to unpick the muddled mess the reader got himself into. I almost gave up on it many times.
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- Ed Goodman
- 26-11-17
Great Content, Poorly Read
I was really looking forward to this book, and will probably have to buy a physical copy, as this is just painful. The research within it is compelling, but the narration is painfully monotone. Such a shame.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-10-17
interesting book ruined by dreadful narration.
Good book with an interesting perspective in social media. Sadly ruined by the narrator, who continually mispronounces words, stops halfway through sentences and uses emphasis in appropriately. It is as if he is reading the book aloud for the first time and gets lost in longer sentences. Shame, because the book itself is worth reading.