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What a tale!!

Revisado: 04-08-25

I loved the characters, their relationships, and the scenes/era portrayed. Narrator did an excellent job.

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Domestic violence from many perspectives

Revisado: 11-18-24

This is a well-paced, well-reasearched book on a difficult and deeply disturbing topic. I learned a lot including from the perspective of victims, perpetrators, and folks working "in the system". It's helpful to understand better just how hard it is for a victim to leave especially when kids are involved. It's also helpful to understand the roots of the violent behaviors. It is helpful especially for mothers of sons to consider how culture and coaches and political leaders and other role models may inadvertently be encouraging behaviors that are borderline coercive/abusive. Highly recommend.

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Just not for me

Revisado: 07-15-22

This was recommended to me by someone who also doesn't typically read this genre. Nice to see neurodiverse characters, but for me, it was uncomfortably graphic and everything worked out a little too perfectly. Narration was solid.

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Even better than I expected

Revisado: 09-13-21

Highly recommend! Though, warning, it's hard to put down... Audible, more Phillippa Soo and Lily Chu please!

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Entertaining even for non-chess player

Revisado: 04-24-21

Listened because I saw a friend give it 5 stars on Goodreads, and this was free with my membership. Glad I did. A scintillating, moving story of a chess prodigy, Beth Harmon whose lyrical prose around the games makes it readily digestible and edge-of-your-seat enjoyable even without prior chess knowledge. Though, at times, the injustice of how Beth's being a woman meant her struggle was worse/much less supported than the male chess players' was infuriating.

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Thought-provoking educational moving must-listen

Revisado: 02-25-21

I really appreciated the different perspectives about what end of life means and how it can be approached. It's easier not to think or talk about death, for sure. I thought I knew what my aging parents and I wanted, but after reading this, I realize it's not as "simple" as I have been making it out to be. It's rare and helpful to have insight into what others have gone through at end of life -- in a very digestible, clear and engaging format -- especially since we will all get there one day.

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Starts a little slow but worth the wait!!

Revisado: 06-14-20

Historical fiction set during apartheid in South Africa at the time of the Soweto uprising (1976), told through two very different lenses from two excellent narrators. After a bit of a slow start, the story developed to be quite absorbing, as well as disturbing. Makes me want to read more about the history.

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The Bloom is Off This Rose

Revisado: 02-09-20

Eh. Think I'm done with this series. Great narrator, but the story lacked much of the verve and creativity that made the original series so fun to listen to.

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Awesome & Gruesome

Revisado: 02-09-20

Wow. A lot of awesomeness (the writing, the narrative structure, the development of the voice/situation of many characters put in a larger context) and gruesomeness (self-destruction, despicable behavior, despair, injustice) for one book -- pretty amazing that it's a debut novel.

Wonderful narration by the author.

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Possibly the best Gamache yet!

Revisado: 12-31-18

I've listened to all of the books in this series, and think this could be the best yet!! Highly recommend it even if you haven't read all of the others.

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