J. E. JONES

Sometimes exasperating

Revisado: 07-21-20

I liked the story overall but at times I was really frustrated and exasperated at Lucy's vagueness. She said "Ask a question." and then "Now THAT's the right question!" but she never directly answered the question, or indeed, any question. Jess got kind of exasperating too because all she wanted to do was turn Star over to authorities because "somebody must be missing her," even tho Star said her mother and father were dead. Then Jess thought the authorities could find Star the loving home she deserved with a loving mother and father. I doubt a loving home is suddenly going to turn up when Star's foster home experiences had been so dismal. By the llast part of the book, I just wanted everybody to figure it all out already and get on with it.

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Just OK

Revisado: 01-11-20

Didnt really care for the performers. Josie had a very strange accent. Is became Uz, kidding became kudding. Very distracting. Kind of repetitious when everybody was dwelling on their past miseries over and over. The ending was pretty melodramatic too. I listened to the whole thing but didnt love it.

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Great story

Revisado: 09-28-19

The story weaves back and forth from present day to Paris in the 1940's, with the 2 coming together in the end. For those who love wWII fiction, this book won't disappoint. Always love anything by Saskia Maarleveld.

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Great book!

Revisado: 09-15-19

This was a great book! I don't often say that about any book but this one was truly original. Using the AI version of Abby as narrator was a phenomenal angle and the ending was a total surprise.

I always enjoy Saskia Maarleveld as a narrator too. I've listened to many books just because she was the reader. Highly recommend.

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Enjoyed!

Revisado: 05-24-19

Great story, lots of romance. Enjoyed it very much. The performance hit all the right notes.

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Great story!

Revisado: 05-02-19

i wanted to listen to this book because i love the narrator. it didnt disappoint. Lots of Irish history and romance. love the time travel aspect which is always intriguing. Highly recommend!

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Very slow paced!

Revisado: 04-02-19

Other reviewers have touched on some of the many issues with this book. Some of my pet peeves with it have already been mentioned - excruciatingly slow paced, extremely annoying characters in the 2050's, hours of repetition and people chasing other people, unable to find them. It's too bad the author couldn't have envisioned some sort of personal communication device that each character carried, like our cell phones. It would have easily cut off about 3 hours of the book, waiting for phone calls, full phone lines so they couldn't get through, not knowing where people were - some they never did find!

My biggest issue happens at the outset. These people of 2050 had the ability to go back in time but they were totally irresponsible about it. They send a woman back to the middle ages (in the middle of winter and a mini ice age) and then EVERY SINGLE PERSON who knows how to get her back goes on Christmas vacation and is somewhere they can't be found or reached. Don't you think they would leave a tech or two at the college to handle emergencies and monitor the device that sent her back? Everybody just walked away and went on vacation?

Then there is the virus that Kivren gets the day she goes back. She is so near death she receives the last rights but then 3-4 days later she is fully recovered and acting as nursemaid to the 2 little girls. Her miraculous recovery took place despite having no access to anything remotely resembling modern medicine and living in a freezing cold manor. All the while in the present day, the only man apparently who can run the time travel equipment is near death from the same virus for weeks, despite modern day medicines and others are dropping like flies, dying of it. How did Kivren recover so quickly?

The reason I gave it even 3 stars was for the historical detail. The parts of the story in the past were better and When they finally got to the black death, it got interesting. The modern day parts were so irritating I skipped through some of it, which I rarely do. I did finish it, which I guess merits 3 stars. The performance was good anyway.

Just beware, this book may irritate the life out of you!

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Totally Depressing had to return

Revisado: 03-18-19

I love the WWII genre and I know this story did happen to people in the aftermath of the war but to me it was so totally depressing I couldn't get past the first few chapters. The narrator was good when the characters were speaking, but the narrative part was overly dramatic.

I really like this author and have enjoyed her other books. This one was just too depressing for me.

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Good Story

Revisado: 03-16-19

I love World War II fiction and this one didnt disappoint. The present day romance and the mystery of Louise's diary was interwoven with Louise's story of being an Ack Ack bomber spotter in London. Louise discovered her strengths thro her work. it was a good slice of British history and women's contributions to it.

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Could have done without the commentary

Revisado: 12-17-18

The story itself and the narrator were good, although Elizabeth and 7 year old Maria sounded like old ladies having a man try and narrate them. I could tell from some of the rather preachy passages that the author was trying to relate what happened in Nazi Germany to America today. I could have overlooked it and still enjoyed the story but, no, at the end she had to plainly spell it out for us. If I'd wanted politics I'd have chosen a political book. Her commentary at the end ruined a fairly decent book for me.

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