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Structure is tedious

Revisado: 04-11-25

Using what’s-app, emails, etc communication as the structure made this so repetitive that the clues and mystery got buried. The characters were also not really all that believable - esp Gem and Gella - so annoying.

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Subtle and real

Revisado: 04-03-25

The narrator’s voice was really soothing. The story was as much an homage to the narrator’s mother and her mother’s kind nurturing ways as anything. Wise women both mother and daughter. Loved it!

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Meh…too much fighting ugh

Revisado: 03-23-25

The fights between V & R were silly and went on and on 😏 Also, the descriptions of the battles dragged on, too. The narrator’s voice has the most annoying edge. Story is good.

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Much ado about a so-so book

Revisado: 02-05-25

There was so much chatter about this book I really thought it would be a good read. It was just ok, honestly. The story was not really all that predictable but when all the reveals happen so close to the end, it feel’s gimmicky.

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Love the connection to historical events

Revisado: 01-20-25

Good story, good narration (if a little too nasally at times - not too distracting though!). Love the Brits and their peculiar class traditions. I figured out the end long before the story ended so this was more about how the characters got there - nice read. I would want to live in a world with these characters.

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These stories work better as movies or comics

Revisado: 01-05-25

The narrator’s voice was actually sort of punishing at times - I think because of the sharp, repetitive tone. Also, her accents were meh - not horrible but they felt fake. The story was ok but too predictable to really sustain high interest. I love the character (JJ) and her rough-around-the-edges trauma survivor vibe.

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What the actual heck was that!!??

Revisado: 12-20-24

I’ve never seen the play and have yet to see the movie but this story was such a crazy, scandalous romp I am genuinely curious why anyone thought this would make a good musical!?

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Excellent story

Revisado: 12-03-24

First of all the narrator was SUPERB. The story was a little complicated in parts but this is what made it interesting. The protagonist was a cheeky girl who surprised me all the way through.

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Ugh so dragged out

Revisado: 07-18-24

First of all, unless you’re Scottish, it’s really hard to understand most of the clips interspersed between narrations (so from
The pov of the production, I would have suggested NOT using those clips). Secondly, this could really have been 1-2 episodes, NOT 9. I’m all for creating suspense by setting up events but every set up was a let down. The bigger, more interesting story might be how a culture of abuse could have existed (and still does exist in many places in the world) so openly. Why does this happen and why aren’t children better protected!? I’d like to hear from the other women - like Mary, the narrator’s mother - who, for probably good reasons, felt they could not come forward and put these disgusting pedophiles in jail for life. Or your father’s aunt!? WT actual f*ck!! It sounds like he (Alec) may have been abused - which does not excuse his behavior but may explain it a bit? I’m so sorry this happened to you and you show such courage by tenaciously dogging your own father all those years but that story could have been a lot shorter, more condensed, more concise.

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Ack!! I had to stop listening

Revisado: 01-10-24

I’ve never met more vapid characters. A couple that has been together since they were 16 but can’t tell anything about each other? Implausible and annoying. Readers are smarter than that.

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