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13+ Hours Should Have Been 3

Revisado: 09-18-24

This book has such glowing reviews that I thought it must be me. Then I went back to Audible and read the one and two star reviews and found out that I was far from alone in my opinion. Tedious is an understatement. I like the homage to Hitchcock, and the story itself is good, if too derivative and way too over written. I started fast forwarding as much as an hour more than once, and I didn't miss a thing. The so-called twists were obvious. The only conclusion I can come to is that the author was enamored of his own prose and fancied he was writing the Great American Novel, and instead only managed to pound out a mediocre (not so thrilling) thriller.

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Surprisingly Good

Revisado: 09-14-24

I had my doubts about this title. So many of the female protagonists in this genre are not the intelligent leaders the narration purports. Then there's the narrator. I usually avoid any title read by the author because they rarely have the skill to do it properly. But the main character of this novel was strong and up to the task, standing her ground for what she believed. Even more surprising was the excellent narration by the author.

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Yadayadayada

Revisado: 06-24-24

Every part of the book played out too long. I understand the need to draw out the denoumont for suspense, but when it is so over the top that you are fast forwarding at what should be the most compelling part of the story, you know it's over the top.

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Ten hours too long

Revisado: 06-17-24

Was looking forward to a new series. I'd listen to most anything narrated by Angus King, but even he couldn't save this tour de force of self-pity and repetition. Half way through I started fast forwarding and every time I never missed a thing.

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Pretentious

Revisado: 02-09-24

The title of this review says it all. Unless you want to add unnecessarily drawn out.

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Purple Prose

Revisado: 12-03-23

Listed catagories for this book are misnomers. Gave this dreadful book one star and didn't even deserve that. Multiple narrators, each as bad as the one before. Maybe with better narration, my opinion would be less harsh.

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I must be missing something

Revisado: 03-21-20

This book has gotten mostly great reviews, and I can't figure out why. The writing is pedestrian and the narration amateurish. The story is pretty decent, I'll give it that, but the negatives were so strong for me that I couldn't get past the first third of the book. I rarely don't finish an audio book I paid for, but I really couldn't waste my time on this.

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Overblown and Overwrought

Revisado: 02-16-20

Not to mention endless exposition. If I had wanted to read a novel about dealing with grief and the unhappy memories that feed it, I would have chosen that sort of book. The constant angst of all the characters, and I do mean all, didn't do much to advance the story line because it consumed most of the novel. About two thirds through the book I had to skip ahead when this went on and on and on. Turned out the outcome wasn't worth it. I should have just stopped listening.

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Don't Worry Ma It's Only a Flesh Wound

Revisado: 07-01-19

Over the top thriller cliches but a story that was fun to read. The Gray Man was beaten, stabbed, shot, etc. but he kept on ticking. If you like assassin thrillers in the style of the Vince Flynn genre and can get past the writing that sometimes feels like high camp, you will enjoy this as much as I did.

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A Big Disappointment

Revisado: 06-12-19

I've read a number of books by this author and while I am not always crazy about everything she writes, this has to be one of the worst books I've ever read. The story was less thriller than a study of the main characters' wretched pasts. Angst ad nauseam. A can of tomatoes ought to have tomatoes inside not creamed corn.

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