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Too much details

Revisado: 04-16-25

Most of this book is taken up with overdone description. You don’t need that much to get or enjoy the story; in fact it becomes very tedious. The male voices sound largely the same and a stuffy- made the males sound like they lacked intelligence.

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Well-researched but did not care for narration

Revisado: 08-17-24

The narrator read this like a news story with odd inflections. I think I will go back and read this as narration was hard to follow. Very comprehensive in research, well organized.

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Hard to follow- kind of meh story lines

Revisado: 07-12-24

This was not that engaging or interesting. I had trouble following the stories. Found the narration stuffy-

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Historical timeline

Revisado: 05-08-24

A good narrative; hard to keep people straight from time to time, but a good historical review of the family and their impact on geopolitics.

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Never want to hear the word “vestibule” again

Revisado: 02-27-23

If you want to hear about someone’s daily minutia for about the first half of the book, this one’s for you. I agree with all the low ratings- repetitive, annoying text and weak story. Love the narrator though- he could read tax form instructions and it would be easy listening.

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What happened to the voices

Revisado: 11-30-22

I agree with those reviews that say the change in voices, especially Michael’s, greatly disappointed me. Why now? I actually skipped those novels
that were narrated by another narrator other than Thorpe, because it was so odd to hear the characters in radically different voices. I will try the next in the series to see if the producers and narrator came to their senses and went back to original voices. If not, I’m done with this series.

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Like Masterpiece Theater for your ears

Revisado: 05-15-22

I loved reading this series, hoping for more. But this is so much fun to listen to thanks to the extremely talented narrator. He voices dozens of characters so well, that it’s like Masterpiece theater for your ears. He brings this series to life in a way that reading it on your own can’t. I’m looking forward to binge listening my way back through the series.

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Series is so much more fun with narration

Revisado: 04-26-22

I hope the narrator’s compensation was in proportion the number of characters he voiced, because that is what makes this series so fun to listen to. Though the stories are good, it’s a bit dry to read ( hard to voice all characters in your head and understand the inflections implied). The narrator is extremely talented and makes this series so enjoyable just to hear the different characters- even when they’re eating or laughing, etc- makes the story come alive.

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Good story; terrible narration

Revisado: 12-17-20

Narrator is too breathy and inflection and intonation is odd. Male voices are all the same and are terrible- just a low breathy voice that doesn’t fit the characters, sounds more like a voice that would be use with a puppet or cartoon character. This was a good story but hard to listen to because of the narrator’s style. I was looking forward to listening to this after watching the show on Netflix - the audiobook was a big letdown.

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Ok compilation but over-generalizes

Revisado: 09-24-20

I think she paints the future path of women in a little too rosy a lens; like “look how far we’ve come! Isn’t it great!” She completely omits the challenges we continue to face like the glass ceiling and good old boy network, continued violence against women, restrictions in our health care, and the fact that we still don’t have a woman president.

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