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Really enjoyed this book

Revisado: 10-25-17

Pluses:
-- Great story line. Had me engaged, and I had no idea what was going to happen.
-- Even 3/4 through the book, I could not go to sleep one night, as I was thinking about 'who did it'.
-- Multiple times, I yelled out loud at Samantha for making bad choices. Other times, I'm biting finger nails.
-- Narrator: ...Like wow... I love her performance. Very engaging, and how can so many convincing voices come from one person. I love how she interpreted the book.


Minuses:
-- I thought for sure that Samantha was going to have a stereo typical scene of running for her life on the fire-escape 13 floors up and needing to escape the killer my climbing down the fire escape. I just knew that her fear of heights was going to come into play. But still, it kept me guessing.

-- Last time I yelled at Samantha was:
--> Come on, be reasonable to Carter, don't be so picky... and eventually marry the guy!!

But overall, I truly loved book!

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Not what I expected

Revisado: 09-11-17

If you could sum up Recognitions in three words, what would they be?

Sad. Hopeful. Thought-provoking.

In general a great book. I had a long 2 hour one-way drive to take--
in order to help one of my sons fix his tractor. So, I logged onto
Audible and did a real quick search and decided on 'Recognitions'
because of the sword on the front cover. I was thinking this was going
to have lots of sword fights and generally gobs of blood and guts.
Instead, what I got was a really captivating story about how our past
lives affect our current ones. So, I was surprised that such a
sensitive book captivated my attention.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Years ago, when I was in the Navy (stationed in the far east) I was
really into: transcendental meditation; personal mantras, spirit
projection, out-of body experiences, etc. So, I was really engrossed
by the book. In fact, it passed, it passed my "got to take a bathroom
break as fast as I can test".

To me, it seems like a 'chick-book', lots of emotion, life issues,
and extremely limited blood and guts. So, it was not what I expected.
Further, I would have not chosen it if I knew what it was about. But,
still I really enjoyed it. Bravo. Next time I take a long trip, I'll
look for either this author or narrator.

Have you listened to any of Natalie Naudus Bradner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

The book itself was very disjointed. Jumping from current day New
York, to 1700's France, to 1600's Africa. You would expect that a
recording of such a book would be at least difficult to follow, But,
the narrator did a superb job at switching meters, tones, and accents
to give cue's as to where we were at. I kind of really enjoyed
listening to her quickly establish a place and time, by how formal she
spoke with: meters, tones, accents, etc.. She must have lots of experience
doing this, but I could find another book that she had narrated??

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes! I was engrossed in the book. In fact, it passed, it passed my "got to take a bathroom break as fast as I can test".

Any additional comments?

Maybe...... Just maybe...... I was meant to read this book.......

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