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Book Review: The Bottom of the Sky By William C. Pack, Narrated by Scott Brink. (Listened to via Audible.com) Picked based on Scott Brink narrating and decent audible reviews I decided to give this a go. The book is very much Hard Fiction. It is a deep and heavy book that takes you through the life of a self made finance man named Levi Monroe. The story revolves around his balance of life between him being obsessed with his job at the firm and his personal life (or lack there of). What I liked about this book is the brilliant modern use of language. It is definitely a very rich book to read for great descriptive phrases and dialogue. I also enjoyed how close Pack connected the main character with I the reader. It reminded me of another Jeff Goldsmith CS Podcast, where he interviews Scott Z. Burns on writing the movie The Informant. Around the middle of the program, Jeff Pulls out a dual dialogue page from a earlier version of the script where the protagonist was having two simultaneous conversations with himself. The movie Revolver, also comes to mind where the protagonist is struggling with the nature of ego. This book was the first book I had to use the 2X speed on my iPhone to listen. Maybe it was Scott Brink reading a little too slow, but normally I don’t have a issue with his very dramatic resuscitation he gives. I rather enjoy it. But the book did feel at times very long winded. I felt that Pact strayed away a little too much, and could have trimmed it down more in the edit process. This may be due to that I do find myself not having an appetite for plot evolving around financial firms anymore. I really liked that this book did not have a typical everything is great ending. I actually saw how Levi progressed as a person, and as a result, he has to deal with what happened. The depth of feeling was thicker than red velvet cake. Which really taught a great lesson on viewing life. Powerful. Even though I did have trouble actually finishing this book, I finally did. But since I feel I have grown tired of financial fiction and the long winded nature of this book, I only can give it a 5/10. -Kevin

Book Review: The Bottom of the Sky By William C. Pack, Narrated by Scott Brink. (Listened to via Audible.com)

Picked based on Scott Brink narrating and decent audible reviews I decided to give this a go. The book is very much Hard Fiction. It is a deep and heavy book that takes you through the life of a self made finance man named Levi Monroe. The story revolves around his balance of life between him being obsessed with his job at the firm and his personal life (or lack there of).

What I liked about this book is the brilliant modern use of language. It is definitely a very rich book to read for great descriptive phrases and dialogue. I also enjoyed how close Pack connected the main character with I the reader. It reminded me of another Jeff Goldsmith CS Podcast, where he interviews Scott Z. Burns on writing the movie The Informant. Around the middle of the program, Jeff Pulls out a dual dialogue page from a earlier version of the script where the protagonist was having two simultaneous conversations with himself. The movie Revolver, also comes to mind where the protagonist is struggling with the nature of ego.

This book was the first book I had to use the 2X speed on my iPhone to listen. Maybe it was Scott Brink reading a little too slow, but normally I don’t have a issue with his very dramatic resuscitation he gives. I rather enjoy it. But the book did feel at times very long winded. I felt that Pact strayed away a little too much, and could have trimmed it down more in the edit process. This may be due to that I do find myself not having an appetite for plot evolving around financial firms anymore.

I really liked that this book did not have a typical everything is great ending. I actually saw how Levi progressed as a person, and as a result, he has to deal with what happened. The depth of feeling was thicker than red velvet cake. Which really taught a great lesson on viewing life.

Powerful.

Even though I did have trouble actually finishing this book, I finally did. But since I feel I have grown tired of financial fiction and the long winded nature of this book, I only can give it a 5/10.

-Kevin

Posted 2 years ago