Karen

I don't understand all the great reviews.

Revisado: 03-22-25

I have not read any so called romance novels so I am just providing my reaction to this novel as a reader. I found this novel repetitive, boring, fulll of cliches. Bottom line, a waste of a credit in my opinion

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Dont bother

Revisado: 01-16-24

Silly and full of cliches. Waste of time Don’t bother Hard to understand the positive reviews

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Mystified by the good reviews

Revisado: 05-11-22

I was hoping for real insight into life in Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire through independence . Instead I found the history skimpy and shallow and the story less than compelling. The writing was really poor, awkward, , full of repetition and many cliches. The mother -daughter relationships were inexplicable, and the characters largely vapid and unsympathetic . The ending was ridiculous. The "beauty queen" was so unidimensional . She was not worth the ink.

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Not worth your time in my view

Revisado: 01-25-22

I am mystified by all the positive reviews.. I found the writing overrun with cliches, the characters shallow and undeveloped, the scenarios not credible and the narration was absolutely terrible. There is a lot to be learned about the Japanese experience during WW2 but this book certainly doesn't do a good job of treating it.

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Very hard to overcome the narration

Revisado: 08-18-19

I am having trouble finishing this book because the narration, particularly the male narrator, is terrible. I note others have said similar things about the narration here and I hope Audible will take this into account in future books. I often wonder whether when there is a huge consensus (not here necessarily),Audible considers re releasing the book with a different narrator. I have many times delcined to purchase a book after seeing multiple bad ratings for narrators.

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Cliche, Predictable, juvenile writing,

Revisado: 04-10-19

Except that it was about Alaska, about which I wanted to learn more, this book is really bad all the way around.The writing is childish, cliche and predictable.I would not recommend it.

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Cliche ridden, juvenile, trite, stupid

Revisado: 05-03-18

It is hard to believe this book sold any copies. I am embarrassed to have chosen it. It is so poorly written, full of cliches, silly, trite. This writer should take his own advice about writers and books and never write another.

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Totally unmemorable, overrated book

Revisado: 06-18-17

What do you think your next listen will be?

arundhati roy's new book

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Having read all the raves, I was anxious to read it but was disappointed . The narrator was terrible, really terrible. The suspense everyone talked about was entirely lacking. I thought the writing was silly and cliched. The characters were shallow. In short, I kept wondering what the fuss was, hoping it would get better. It never did. I kept thinking, surely she won't write "I want my bunny" and "I have to pee" again, but there there were over and over again. Just an example of some of the many things I found so innane about this book.

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Silly cliche-ridden waste of time

Revisado: 01-15-17

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

The heading says it all. The characters were so cardboard.Their lines predictable and cliched. The narrator was terribly annoying. If this is what appeals to young adults, I worry for our future.

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great book. flawed narration

Revisado: 11-21-11

Wonderful writing and insight into a shocking period in world history. But, the narrator, who was fine for most of the voices, was absolutely horrible in the part of Robin. So horrible, overblown, and annoying that it was painful to listen to and I came close to just buying the book in print to avoid listening to him. I wonder what the author thinks of the narrator's interpretation of this important character. It really ruined this book for me and I have been waiting for it for three years. I wonder what kind of quality control was untertaken before this was released. Not enough I think.

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