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The author's note at the end.

Revisado: 11-30-24

I enjoyed it but I felt towards the end, it started to get "corny" for lack of a better word. Overall, an entertaining read, depending on your politics of course.

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Reads like a romance novel

Revisado: 09-23-22

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This had all of the makings of a romance novel - naive good girl meets wealthy "I don't believe in relationships" bad boy. Then he can't stop thinking about her, sex scenes, and marriage. All this to say, the writing wasn't great and neither was the story. The only thing I will get behind is that women shouldn't stay in abusive relationships, especially with children.

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Not good

Revisado: 08-31-22

Like what others have said, the book is just not good. The main characters complains about the same thing for all fifty something chapters. It's hard to even root for her. The story itself also is not good. It attempts to be a feel-good come back story, but it didn't accomplish that for me. It went from an unrealistically naive "woe is me" woman, who stumbles into a neighborhood where she encounters one stroke of luck after another, while she complains about it.

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Melodramatic

Revisado: 05-22-22

The book started off light and entertaining, with funny quips and seemingly the anti-romance novel. But then it drags as we keep hearing the main character's martyrdom over and over. The narrative, I feel, attempts to paint her as a selfless misunderstood successful hot shot New Yorker. Instead she comes across as this "woe is me" person with an unhealthy attachment and possessiveness with her sister. That got old really quick. And enough with the long dramatic descriptions about Charlie's eyes already.

Julia W. was great as always however.

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Hard to finish

Revisado: 01-28-21

I suppose it's what you'd expect of this genre. While this book was going for that feel good,rom-com delivery, it often landed on cringy bad clichés.

I liked the Vietnamese culture in this book and it's really what I was interested in. But aside from that, it was a hard book to listen too without rolling your eyes.

The narration was pretty good actually. She did the different voices and speech patterns well.

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Inspiring Book

Revisado: 12-19-20

This is a great story and truly makes you want to run your worries away. Dr. Brown reminds us to just keep running.

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Didn't enjoy it

Revisado: 05-21-20

None of the characters were likeable. Everyone seemed so self absorbed. Much of the dialogue seemed terribly over dramatic. "Ma's" narration and script were cringe worthy. She sounded like a voice changer was used. Sylvie's breathy "woe is me" voice was also very annoying.

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Empty

Revisado: 05-11-20

None of the characters were likable, except for the toddler Briar. I loved Briar's random ramblings. Other than that, the dialogue was cringe worthy and awkward. I'm not sure what Alix's deal was with Emira. White guilt? Lonely for a friend? Savior complex? Girl crush?

Also, there didn't seem to be any resolved. The characters all just go on to continue to be their disappointing selves.

I thought the narrator did a good job, even though the character depiction was a bit stereotypical

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Too textbook like

Revisado: 07-15-19

I thought this focused too much on Psychology 101 and not enough on the story or characters. Might be interesting to someone getting into or already in the field but not for me.

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Great listen

Revisado: 01-13-19

I enjoyed the story and the writing very much. the narration was also good overall. The only character's voice I found a bit annoying was Kya's. This isn't a knock on the narrator though. Perhaps the accent is accurate, and the childishness/ timidness of her speech is to portray Kya's upbringing so it's just my opinion.

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