Julie

Attention to detail makes the difference

Revisado: 09-17-17

Such a tight story, but the lack of attention to detail prevents me from giving a overall 5 star rating. The writer's (and many reviewers on this site) constant use of "virus" for "infection" is like nails on a chalkboard. He clearly identifies pneumonic plague as a bacterial infection, but then writes "the plague virus" when other words such as infection, illness, or disease are correct. Neither the US Navy or USPHS wear "dress whites" for day-to-business. The correct term is "working whites" for both services. Metal rank devices (gold for LCDR and silver for CDR) are not worn on either the dress or working whites. Shoulder boards carry the gold stripes that identify the rank on the working whites, and sleeve stripes identify the rank on dress whites. Khaki uniforms are the ones where officers pin the metal rank devices on the collar. There are others, such as the terminal rank of Mac's mother, but I'll leave those alone. Despite these annoyances, this is a great story. I'm about to listen to book 2 albeit prepared for the "plague virus" references!

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Wasn't what I thought- it was even better

Revisado: 08-10-16

I think I bought this off the daily deal thinking it would be tougher and more along the lines of a spiritual awakening. I went back and forth between giggling, eye rolling, irritation, and back again. At some points, I felt like I was listening to a millennial version of Cheryl Strayed's Lost (and I'm probably the only person on the planet that hated that book) and was irritated with the snarky Helen and all the too frequent use of "seriously??" for my tail end baby boomer liking. At times I wanted to smack Helen and say, "Get a clue, dummy," but the story had an easy going flow that didn't come across as an in-your-face tale of self-realization filled with meme worthy inspiring insights. I ended up really enjoying Helen's see-saw emotional moments, her self doubts, her cluelessness to the obvious, Jake's dogged determination to win her over, and Grandma Gigi's gentle way of clueing Helen in. I'm happy the book never digressed into pulp romance or awe-inspiring "let me change my life" platitudes. The healing of family, enduring love, and boundless hope are the themes that won me over.

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Wonderful listen

Revisado: 07-06-15

Charming, delightful, witty, sad, melodramatic, maudlin.... just not enough adjectives to encompass the range of emotions in this incredible memoir.

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Yes! The paranormal sets in!

Revisado: 06-20-15

I'm enjoying this series with Det. Hodges. Will Patton is A+ with narration. Now I can't wait for the next installment with cuckoo Brady!

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Narration not great, but fantastic story

Revisado: 05-31-15

Rations as in nations, "0h" instead of zero with 24 time, and a few other odd way of saying things (T O C, instead of "toc" as in tick-toc) made this an annoying listen, but the story overcame those minor irks to make a great listen.

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Wanted to give it 3

Revisado: 05-07-15

This is the second Santa Montefiore book I've listened to, and although charming, just not as good as The Beekeeper's Daughter... until the epilogue! I was dropping chick flick tears on my commute home!

My only complaint was every now and again the narrator sounded like she had a head cold, which was a bit distracting.

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Nothing ordinary about this book

Revisado: 04-14-15

I was so pleasantly surprised by this book. I thought it was more of a mystery, but it turned out to be a story of love, healing, and forgiveness.

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Two parallel stories intersected by a fair

Revisado: 04-12-15

Interesting and informative story that is really two stories in one. I doubt nothing I write hasn't already been captured in the numerous other reviews here, but unlike some of the mediocre or negative reviews, I found this book fun, captivating, creepy, and thoroughly enjoyable.

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Really glad I never saw the movie!

Revisado: 03-10-15

Thrilling up to the last sentence, and I'm glad I never saw the movie to spoil the ending! Now I'm wondering if the Jackal was British or not!

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Light years beyond the American Sniper book

Revisado: 02-28-15

Only complaint was the constant reading of time as "oh" instead of "zero". That's it for negative comments.

The epilogue, written in 1999, pushes the button on continued failures to adopt "lessons learned" for the GWOT. This is a must read for anyone who wore the uniform and went into theater. No lessons in American Sniper, but this book is crammed full of them.

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