--- title: "Cal's Best Finds — Is it worth the hours, and is the narrator any good?" description: "The whole listen, start to finish, with the writing and the narration scored apart." url: "https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/" lang: "en" image: "https://calsbestfinds.com/og/default.jpg" --- Column # Full Review The whole listen, start to finish, with the writing and the narration scored apart. ## In Full Review [Full Review](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/)[Narrative Nonfiction](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/narrative-nonfiction/) ### [Emergency Neil Strauss Review: The Book That Changed How I Live](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/emergency-neil-strauss-review/) Neil Strauss, narrated by Neil Strauss The highest writing score on this site, and it is not a score for the sentences. Writing 4.75, narration 4.0, and the reason to read this one rather than listen to it. Writing 4.75 Narration 4.0 8 hr 17 min [Full Review](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/)[Narrative Nonfiction](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/narrative-nonfiction/) ### [Everyone Loves You When You're Dead Book Review: No Audiobook, and Why](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/everyone-loves-you-when-youre-dead-book-review/) Neil Strauss Five hundred pages of interview fragments, scored 4.25. There is no audiobook of it at all, and having read it, I do not think that is the loss it looks like. Writing 4.25 Narration none exists 544 pages [Full Review](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/)[Narrative Nonfiction](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/narrative-nonfiction/) ### [The Game Neil Strauss Audiobook Review: What the Cut Costs](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/the-game-neil-strauss-audiobook-review/) Neil Strauss, narrated by Neil Strauss Writing 4.0, narration 3.5, and the gap between them is the edition. The only audiobook is abridged, it cuts the field reports, and it does not announce itself. Writing 4.0 Narration 3.5 9 hr 27 min [Full Review](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/)[Narrative Nonfiction](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/narrative-nonfiction/) ### [The Truth Neil Strauss Review: A Reckoning, Not a Sequel](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/the-truth-neil-strauss-review/) Neil Strauss, narrated by Neil Strauss, with Ione Skye, Jessica Sattelberger, Justin Gunn, Adele Jacques, Mem Kennedy, Carola Madis, Leah Cevoli and John Runnette Writing 4.25, narration 4.0. The genuine reckoning with The Game rather than a sequel to it, and the rare read-first verdict that still rates the audiobook. Writing 4.25 Narration 4.0 16 hr 50 min [Full Review](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/)[Literary & Contemporary](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/literary-and-contemporary/) ### [Great Big Beautiful Life Review: Margaret Is the Reason](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/great-big-beautiful-life-review/) Emily Henry, narrated by Julia Whelan Two books stapled together, and the historical half is the better one. Whether that suits you decides everything. Writing 4.0 Narration 4.5 12 hr 3 min [Full Review](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/)[Business & Money](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/business-and-money/) ### [The 4-Hour Work Week Review: What Still Holds Up, and What to Skip](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/4-hour-work-week-review/) Timothy Ferriss Read it, and skip about a third. The first third is the reason to bother; AI has overtaken the rest. Writing 4.0 Narration not heard 448 pages [Full Review](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/)[Fantasy & Sci-Fi](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/fantasy-and-sci-fi/) ### [Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Review: Two Different Books](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/bury-our-bones-in-the-midnight-soil-review/) V. E. Schwab, narrated by Julia Whelan, Katie Leung, Marisa Calin Stunning sentences, not much momentum, and a three-narrator audiobook that is the better way in. Which of those two readers you are decides everything. Writing 3.5 Narration 4.5 18 hr 26 min [Full Review](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/full-review/)[Fantasy & Sci-Fi](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/fantasy-and-sci-fi/) ### [Project Hail Mary Audiobook Review: Why Ray Porter's Narration Is the One to Hear](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/project-hail-mary-audiobook-review/) Andy Weir, narrated by Ray Porter Listen to this one. Ray Porter plays the alien language and the fear under the jokes, and the book still gives you what the film cannot: a man thinking. Writing 4.0 Narration 5.0 16 hr 10 min