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Heavy with data and information, brought to light and life with anecdotal reports

Revisado: 09-22-24

Overwhelmed by the serious issues, natural disasters and looming fate makes for a sobering experience

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Narrator voice for kids was distracting

Revisado: 09-13-24

Suspenseful story line with a happy resolution kept my interest, but the plot is predictable

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Description and details are vivid

Revisado: 08-28-24

Well researched epic account of a fascinating life story of the discovery of so many of the world’s geography

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Not my favorite

Revisado: 02-16-24

Read this because recommended by PBS Newshour or NpR best pick of 2023. Narrative voices varied, plot mysterious and fractured. I did think some of the writing was pretty prose but overall it’s not a compelling story, seems more of a contrived way of telling a moral tale with overly dramatic acting. If it lasts beyond the next year or so then I would be surprised.

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A new favorite

Revisado: 08-20-23

Grisham has created a quintessential southern novel, this is my new favorite and I highly recommend it

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Annoying and disjointed

Revisado: 05-22-23

I missed or losses the plot,narrative was heavily accented Irish to match the characters.

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Uncomfortable history but important to know

Revisado: 10-15-19

The early history of Ohio is horrible and heroic. The story of our frontier busting forefathers is important to know, but the gory details and the knowledge of the terrible sacrifices that were made to settle the west are hard to read. I had to skip parts that were too painful. Instructive rather than entertaining.

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good way to learn about Morocco

Revisado: 10-15-19

This is a good novel that includes a diverse representation of society through its characters, a rich depth of information about life and politics in Morocco in a modern historical setting. Its not great literature, but a very compelling story that carries you through to a dramatic finish. Since I speak french and I lived in Algeria for a year, the language, names and the combinations of Arab and french vocabulary were not that hard for me to follow, but I find it very disappointing that the reader had such terrible french pronunciation and her fake accents for the various voices was really annoying. I would recommend a different reader.

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Amazing saga of family survival

Revisado: 09-01-17

Where does We Were the Lucky Ones rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Wonderful story and a vivid recreation of a horrible historical event. In my view not well served by poor choice of narrator, the bits of French used in the text were not spoken with correct pronunciation, if they were going to try to do an accent then why not use a native? It was not written by a Polish francophone so why try to fake it?

What was one of the most memorable moments of We Were the Lucky Ones?

The Siberian work camp, for one.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Survival of a family against all the odds

Any additional comments?

Good work, amazing story of endurance and love

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Revisado: 07-30-16

This well researched story changes my view of Mormon history, a fascinating analysis lets you into a part of American life I never fully thought about. Very compelling.

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