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Very interesting listen. I always seem to enjoy stories on huge NASA projects that make the seemingly impossible possible overcoming technical, political and financial barriers. This was no exception.

A nice listen detailing some "backyard adventures". I liked the connection to sustainable life and his ideas, but as an audiobook it was mostly a background for chores and sports. The subject and message were spot on, but the presentation left it feeling only quite good. In audiobooks it's sometimes difficult to say if the fault is of the reader or the writer. I enjoyed it, but I felt I would have wanted something more.

It's difficult to even review, as this was probably the most brutally honest book I have read or listened to at least in a long time. The writing and events were equally captivating. Rarely have I felt such a suspense and relief and got to live through things being thankful at the same time that it's just a book and I don't need to do the things myself. 6/5

I like the author's style of writing and enjoy listening to his books. The writing was colorful and gave me a range of emotions. Somehow just a tiny bit of something more profound to connect the stories that were in themselves all excellent would have given it the fifth star.

Kirjan aihe on tärkeä ja kuuntelin mielenkiinnolla, joskin lohduttomana sitä, millaiseksi Suomen luonto on muuttumassa seuraavina vuosikymmeninä. Osa tästä muutoksesta on jo nähtävissä ja ennusteet lienevät niin hyviä kuin tulevaisuuden ennusteet voivat olla. Itselleni oli ajoittain vaikea seurata, että mistä ajasta puhutaan, tarkoittaako preesens milloinkin 2020:tä vai 2100:aa. Joissain kohdissa myös selkeästi minulla oli riittämättömät pohjatiedot ja en tiennyt mikä on lähtötilanne, vaan vain lopputilanteen. Mielestäni olisi ollut parempi verrata lähtötilanteeseen lähes kaikessa. Kieli olisi myös voinut olla välillä aavistuksen eläväisempää. Koin kerronnan paikoin luettelomaiseksi. Aihe on joka tapauksessa tärkeämpi kuin esitysmuoto.

Listening to this book I felt that it was a nice background listen doing chores and going for runs. But somehow I felt that although it covered a lot and had a lot of interesting stories about the Tour, it lacked the red thread and structure somewhat that would have made it so much better easily. Maybe it was the abundance of names and jumping between history and modern times that made it hard to follow the thread.

I loved [b:Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain|15749759|Free Country A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain|George Mahood|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1342700880l/15749759.SX50.jpg|21443080] as an adventure book. This story was a more serious one, although written in the same kind of light-hearted tone as Free Country. Completing the ironman triathlon in itself four months from being in an operation is an amazing feat and the whole story is entertaining and funny with a very serious undertone. The book made me laugh and it made me cry, so what's not to like.

The story of his friend who just made the ironman made me even more emotional than the author himself finishing the ironman.