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Superbly written and informative

Revisado: 04-26-23

The best writers can turn tragedy into art, art that can make the unbearable bearable and give hope for human happiness in the worst circumstances. With this book, Adiche enters the ranks of such writers. She depicts characters, emotions, landscapes and heart-stopping events in beautiful and moving detail.
The narrator's voice is expressive and articulate.

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Excellent mystery, great narration

Revisado: 10-13-22

Narrator did a wonderful job with the online game and Twitter scenes. I had no trouble following the chat strings. Author handles Robin and Strike's relationship perfectly.

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Excellent

Revisado: 07-06-22

Wilson's best in this series so far. Very well plotted with a minimum of thriller elements.

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Disappointing in the end

Revisado: 04-20-22

Interesting setting, good but somewhat simplistic gender politics. As a chocolate lover, I was hoping to learn more about cacao production, but this part of the novel was superficial. Cumbayah ending is more suitable to YA readers than to full adults. I found the first two-thirds interesting, but the promise was not fulfilled.

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The Hero's Journey meets Picaresque road trip

Revisado: 03-29-22

At first I didn't like this novel, mainly because the troublemaker Duchess kept sending the two heroes (Emmet and Billy) off course, endlessly deferring their arrival in California. Eventually I gave in to the flow and thoroughly enjoyed the adventures (while still frustrated by the roguish Duchess). Towles creates wonderful characters: 8-year old Billy, who functions as historian, mathematical genius, and moral center of the novel; Sally,, who refuses to be left behind in Nebraska to cook and clean for her father, and as helper functions like a modern day Nausikaa from the Odyssey; Woolly, whose intent is always good but who follows different intellectual/imaginative paths from "bormal" people. Even Duchess, the thorn in the novel's side, is given depth and sympathy. Minor characters like Ulysses the hobo and Professor Abernathy the storyteller are also fascinating characters. The story is beautifully constructed.

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Elementary-school humor harms interesting plot

Revisado: 01-04-22

I am halfway through, and I think I will stop here and never find out who done it. The interesting plot is ruined by un-funny humor mocking body shapes, choice of underwear, clothing and nakedness. (Some characters think that a naked body is the most disgusting thing imaginable.) There is bathroom humor involving a porta-potty. The main character is ex-CIA and scares witnesses into talking by nastily suggesting she will use CIA techniques against them. Violence is in the atmosphere, as when Fortune tells a witness/suspect that if he troubles the injured mother of the sheriff by telling her the truth about her husband, the sheriff will rightfully shoot him. Huh? I just can't bear listening to the unkind banter. i rarely return audio books, but this one is going back.

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Powerful writing, unappealing genre

Revisado: 12-08-21

I would have given five stars, but I don't like auto-fiction. The novel is full of excellent insights and well-developed characters.

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Almost as good as Never Let Me Go

Revisado: 07-08-21

Engrossing, moving, raises important and interesting issues. Word word word word word word word word

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Dark, dark, dark

Revisado: 10-10-19

These poetic tales are full of violence, revenge, hate, and only occasionally love. I have Norwegian ancestry and was dismayed to discover the culture apparently produced by the hard life in cold northern countries. The poems are fascinating and well read, and those who are not horrified by the violence will find them quite engrossing.

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Beautifully written, humerous, and very violent

Revisado: 05-07-19

Gorgeous performance by Samuel Jackson. Brilliant writing by Himes is marred by excessive violence. The best thing is that it is a story about Harlem with 99% of the characters black. Victims, villains, police. A refreshing perspective.

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