The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China Audiobook

" Very boring at the beginning.. I couldn't finish it. I think I'll try it again sometime since it has some potential. "

" Not everyone could have told this story. Carr's narrative style makes this sound almost fictional. It takes some discipline if you're not particularly interested in this era, but hey! everyone needs to build some character right? "

" A can't-miss biographical story delivered with craft and insight. "

" I so enjoyed reading the thrilling "Alienist" by Caleb Carr that I was excited to find this book. Was a dreary follow up. Nothing like the compelling novel he crafted. "

" It was an interesting read of a period of time that does not get a lot of coverage in the history books. "

" I didn't actually realize this book was a biography. I really expected it to be more in the vein of The Alienist, but it was informative and mostly entertaining. It was a bit difficult at times, the Chinese naming conventions, but still a fairly good, and informative, read. "

" For history buffs, this is really a gem. I've read several books on the subject and this was by far the best researched and executed. It gets a bit long, but Caleb is also a fiction writer, so he is able to keep our interest, while not distorting the facts and the history. "

" Extremely technical, couldn't get into "

" Stopped reading it. Did not hold my interest. Topic was interesting. But writing was not. "

" I had heard that Carr's non-fiction was as compelling as his fiction. Not quite, but still a good history read. "

" very detailed bio. interesting. explains a lot about the chinese gov't. "

" Very interesting historical book, and i learned a lot about China from back in the day... "