Nora R. Barth

A fun premise

Revisado: 10-02-21

High school level writing but enjoyable. But hard to really rate the book because the reader was so bad. None of the characters rang true but the women were truly awful. If the next book is by the same reader I think I’ll skip it.

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Narration through syrup

Revisado: 06-22-15

What did you like best about And Only to Deceive? What did you like least?

Interesting period in British history relating to the role of women in society. Again, it helps to be very wealthy for physical comfort, but hell for individual right to achieve. But the naiveté of the main character was annoying. Things easily explained if folks just talked to each other.

Would you be willing to try another book from Tasha Alexander? Why or why not?

No, not really. Not interesting enough in terms of the development of the characters.

Would you be willing to try another one of Kate Reading’s performances?

Absolutely not. Sounded like she was reading to three year olds who needed time to absorb each word - narrating through syrup. This is the second book from Audible I've had this problem with. I wonder if they are actually asking their narrators to slow down instead or reading at a more natural speaking speed.

Do you think And Only to Deceive needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Not that intersted in the characters. Too shallow.

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Don"t Even Bother

Revisado: 06-04-15

Would you be willing to try another one of David Chandler’s performances?

Not according to this reading. It's as if the recording was done in slow motion, and each word was pronounced as if he was reading it for the first time and did not want to make a mistake. I've listened to him before, and enjoyed the experience, but not this time. Fire the producer.

I disliked this book, but I wonder if it was because I REALY disliked the reading. But I also found the plot thin, characters two dimensional, and the story switched from a focus on the protagonist, our friend, Cork O'Conner, to that of his daughter, Jenny, - and then you really disliked her father as seen through her eyes. What a mess of a book.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not really. Mostly the characters did not continue to develop and grow as they have in the previous books in this series.

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Thoroughly Modern Western

Revisado: 11-23-08

C.J. Box has managed to write a Western novel, with all the standard elements, silent but tough cowboy, horse riding escapes, quintesential bad guys, and mysteries from the past. But all occurring in the present, where the culture of the last truely Western states are under assault from land hungry West Coast dropouts. No copouts either, both good and bad guys get hurt and die. But the best is that the characters and their actions make sense in context. A completely compelling read (well, listen).

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