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Love it!

Revisado: 08-13-23

Love this book and the characters created by Nathan Wood. A world of magic and faith and tragedy and earth and sky.

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So loved this book!

Revisado: 06-07-23

So warm and intriguing! I will be looking for more by Nathan Lowell. Great mix of magic and heart and setting.

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Wonderful and so enlightening

Revisado: 04-21-22

This book has encouraged me to look at myself and those close to me in new ways that have helped my relationships and way of viewing the world.

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Lovely story. Narrator too breathy.

Revisado: 07-01-20

I enjoyed the story very much. The narrator on the other hand is too breathy and not great with the different characters. The main character is a New York woman. Her voice should be stronger and more succinct.

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Narrator sounds like she is reading.

Revisado: 02-18-19

The story is kind of interesting but I couldn't finish it because the narrator reads it without emotion or drama, like she is reading it for the first time.

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Lovely Historical Fiction

Revisado: 08-08-18

I enjoyed this so much. The characters and situations they were put into because of the politics after the Russian revolution and beginning of communism were insightful and I became totally engaged with the characters and their fates.

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My Favorite Scotland Street novel so far

Revisado: 08-27-16

My Favorite Scotland Street novel so far. That may Brust because I liked the ending so much. Culminations of love in this one and so much fun. I am a romantic. I like resolutions.

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Not Very Interesting Neuroses

Revisado: 12-14-15

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A more interesting memoir and a narrator who doesn't over enunciate.

Would you ever listen to anything by Heidi Julavits again?

No. Maybe. I might check out a novel by her from the library so I could see what it is like before I waste money on another audible book by Ms. Julavits.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator was trying too hard to enunciate. It was annoying to listen to her.

What character would you cut from The Folded Clock?

It's a memoir. The narrator who is the author. Too many neuroses that were not that interesting. Did she ever pee on the plane? She didn't finish that story. Just because you live in New York, use the F word a few times and worry irrationally does not mean you have an engaging memoir. I couldn't finish the book. I tried several times then finally deleted it from my phone. The title sounded so intriguing. I was very disappointed especially since it was recommended by someone I know who is also a writer and knows the author.

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Tried too hard

Revisado: 08-06-13

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A story without the overuse of cliche and giant words that were more about the author's ego than the story. I didn't finish it.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

He sounded like a 1950s used car salesman trying too hard.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Telling Room?

Not scenes, the story seemed intriguing, I just could handle the overwriting and over-narrating.

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