Rebecca

very insightful

Revisado: 06-07-19

I got a lot of good insights from this book. I also enjoyed the narration. The narrator had good energy and enthusiasm. I would recommend this book.

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Good but not enough Ikigai

Revisado: 12-17-18

I enjoyed this book. The narration was excellent. The book was interesting. However, I bought it to learn more about Ikigai. It does cover that, but I think it gets a bit lost in the details of Japanese society. I felt I learned more about Japan than Ikigai by the end.

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great story, needed a different narrator

Revisado: 09-19-18

I read this novel a while ago and loved it. I was excited to see it as an audiobook. Unfortunately, this narrator was not a good choice. He has a very pleasant, clear voice. However, this is not his genre. He's clearly reading it and not bringing it to life. I did speed it up a tiny bit which helps. If they continue with other audiobooks in the series, I hope they choose another narrator. I think this narrator is better suited to other genres.

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Very helpful

Revisado: 07-11-18

I got a lot out of this book. I'm glad that Peter Walsh was the narrator. He does the best at narrating his own books. He just has warmth and caring in his voice that is helpful when dealing with subjects like clutter of all kinds.

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I enjoyed this book.

Revisado: 10-28-16

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I had bought the ebook of this a while ago, but for some reason just couldn't get into it. Then I saw it on audiobook and thought I would try it. The narrator really brought it to life for me. The story was very well done. I've read a few books that were preachy about how difficult and dangerous it is to be gay, but this story just brought you into the characters and their circumstances and let the reality speak for itself. It was very powerfully and effectively done. The characters are compelling as is the time period.

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Too much time spent explaining

Revisado: 10-17-16

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This book had some good elements about it and a lot of potential. The characters were interesting. However, I feel at least 70% of the time the author was just explaining things. She did work most of it into the dialogue, but it was still too much explanation. The narration was good, and probably the only reason I kept listening even though he did mispronounce a few words.

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enjoyable but could have been better

Revisado: 10-10-16

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This book would have been better if it was shorter and thus quicker paced. I think the whole first hour was just back story, and there continued to be a lot of that throughout the story. I enjoyed the narrator, but he needs to do more to distinguish the characters. A few times I caught myself wondering which character was supposed to be doing the speaking.

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Enjoyable

Revisado: 07-27-16

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There were parts of this book where the banter got to be too much and too silly for me, but then there would be a passage that redeemed it. Overall, I did enjoy the book. The narration was excellent. All the characters had very distinct voices, and their personalities came through in the narration.

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Too much explaining

Revisado: 04-12-16

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The story itself is a good one, and the characters are interesting. However, I gave the story a 3 because the author keeps stopping to explain this or that aspect of the world he's created. Its like having to stop and read footnotes constantly. I credit the narrator with keeping me "in the story" as much as possible.

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Interesting story

Revisado: 02-05-16

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This is not the kind of story that I usually like. The hero is an anti-hero. He's pretty evil. Yet I found it well written and intriguing. The narration was excellent and helped to draw me into the story even though the hero was not really likable. I would recommend it, and I plan to get the next in the series.

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