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Disappointed in Scottoline

Revisado: 05-18-18

The first two thirds of the book dragged and were dreary. When the action started, it moved fast but was too convoluted and too pat. Scottoline is usually a much better writer.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 10-21-17

I eagerly purchased this book because Dan Brown occasionally offers new perspectives on old paradigms. I am taking away little from this. Pace is too slow bogged down with way too many details. Ending was not much of a surprise.

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Don't Let Go

Revisado: 09-30-17

I listened to most of the book while driving. I listened to the last hour without doing anything else. Enough said!

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Stupid Premise, Stupid Plot, Stupid Boox

Revisado: 12-29-16

I had a difficult time buying into the idea that a man would fall in love at first sight with a woman who would then torture him and yet he continued to love her blindly. This book had a convoluted plot involving a team of rescue dogs who magically lead the heros to safety. I had to listen to the ending twice to try to understand whether or not the mysterious bad guy got his due. I think he did but I never did completely understand why he was after the good guys. If you're thinking of buying this book--don't.

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I Do Not Understand the Rave Reviews for this Book

Revisado: 02-05-15

There is nothing much to like about this book--especially not the characters. The "heroine" is a drunk and I found the opening of this novel dreary and depressing. I persisted listening and it only improved marginally. The narration was difficult to follow for an audiobook because all three of the readers had fairly similar voices. I was excited to have potentionally found a new author to follow, but I will have to continue my search.

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Disappointing to Fans

Revisado: 10-12-13

When I heard that this book was a "rerelease", I was worried with good reason. DeMille must have a bad case of writer's block to inflict this again on his followers. It is a weak version of "The Da Vinci Code" at best. Many issues that I thought would be key--how do they get the treasure out of a war zone and why do the key players belong together?--were resolved in a few paragraphs while many other chapters were devoted to minutiae. Please don't waste your time.

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Cannot get into this book

Revisado: 06-29-13

Please let me exchange it. Audible advertises this service but they do not make it easy to actually accomplish this task.

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I Would Rate this Book "U" for Unsatisfactory

Revisado: 06-10-13

Unsatisfactory character development, unsatisfactory length (only four chapters), unsatisfactory narrator (her voice for the sister sounded like a cartoon character), unsatisfactory topic development (the impact that the performance of abortions has on the physicians who offer the service), and a very unsatisfactory ending. I thought that I had either downloaded the book improperly or missed part two. I don't mind listening to uncomfortable topics when offered new insights or different perspectives, but this book offered neither. I rarely feel this way, but I regret the time that I spent on this book. It was not an enjoyable or an enlightening listen.

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An interesting read

Revisado: 06-09-13

if you are thirteen. The first book was a fun read but this one is full contrived angst. It features a navel-gazing "heroine?" who consistently avoids dealing with her problems. When she finally gets around to taking action, the author serves up a jump in time--eg. she has a huge fight with her husband and best friend and suddenly it is a year later. No insights about dealing with the conflict, only the results. I kept envisioning Meryl Streep in the movie and hoping for a follow up. It is a good bet that we will not see Ms. Streep in the sequel because hopefully, Hollywood will overlook this bit of nonsense as should most readers.

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Enjoy this Beautiful Book!!

Revisado: 06-05-13

Hosseini is an author that I stumbled upon in a search for something different to read. I am so glad that I did! The author reads the book, and I was a little concerned that the names in another culture might be confusing in an audible format. I occasionally got a little lost, but I later "reread" the sections--something that I rarely do. I have to say that Hosseini's narration really enhanced the listening experience. He writes in a unique voice and his descriptions are expressed in a way that crosses all cultural boundaries. This book is one to be savored.

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