Irina M. Flowers

Not impressed

Revisado: 12-05-22

My professor is crazy about Alice Hoffman, so I bought this book based on her recommendation. Maybe I just bought the wrong book, maybe I am not getting something but the story and the style feels flat to me.

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I greatly enjoyed this book

Revisado: 04-15-21

I don't know how I bought this book, I usually don't buy random content. To my surprise, I really enjoyed learning about a subject that I have no interest in - writing nonfiction (I know, somehow I misread the title). However, the book is so well written and narrated that I could not stop listening to it until the end. Besides, it doesn't matter what you are writing - fiction or nonfiction - the principles of a good story apply to both. Thank you, Jack, for sharing your experience.

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It is what it is

Revisado: 03-15-21

It’s a pretty entertaining listen that turned out to be much better than some reviews claimed. This is by no means a literary fiction but if you want to take your mind off things over weekend or just make your long commute less boring, I recommend this book.

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Unrealistic

Revisado: 10-06-16

Would you try another book from B. A. Paris and/or Georgia Maguire?

I can not believe this book was rated so high. THe story falls apart after just a few chapters, and nothing in the story is believable. Although it's a contemporary story it feels like it's set somewhere in the 1800s, which was also confusing. The main character, who is supposed to be a strong woman in her 30s (she has a good job and looks after her sister) overnight transforms into a weak incapable of making any decision person, And I think she is more intellectually challanged than her sister, who has Down syndrom.

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Great story

Revisado: 01-27-16

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I actually didn't know about this book or rather series of books until I saw the TV show. After watching a few of the TV episodes I realized that it's based on a novel, so I purchased the book. Honestly, it was kind of hard to get into it. But when I finally did, it was impossible to put the book down until the end. I loved the characters, especially detective Miller.
I will definitely buy the rest of the book series. Surprisingly engaging and solid read, good narration.

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I loved it and then I didn't.

Revisado: 08-21-15

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I really enjoyed the story, even when the author insisted that Karl Marx was Russian. I am originally from Russia and I know that many people confuse Russia and Germany, but I would expect that someone - an editor? the audio book producer? - would catch the error. Nope. “Dostoyevsky? Lenin? Marx?” This is just terrible.

However, I forgive the author. Let's Marx be Russian. Who cares anyway. But the story just went downhill after Nora escaped from the hospital: predictable and not believable. I think the author, like her main character, just got tired. So very tired...

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Almost an exact replication of The Tutor

Revisado: 06-19-15

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I just finished The Tutor novel by the same author and actually enjoyed it. Picked up this book which turned out to be almost the same replication of The Tutor, only with different antagonists. Also, the narrator's constant swallowing and deep breathing made this audio book less enjoyable.

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Dumbfounded

Revisado: 06-09-15

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I really not sure what to think of this book. I did like the writing, and even enjoyed the story in places... but somewhere in the middle of the book I wished it would end!. Yet, it just dragged on and on, without any new twists or... anything really. I mean, I can't say, "what a horrible book", because it is not, and the author has created a believably crazy character. However, it bored me to the point of not wanting to listen to it.

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Over dramatic

Revisado: 05-07-15

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I didn't hate the book, I actually enjoyed it - however, it was too much of lip biting, teeth grinding and cheek chewing for my taste. I can't understand why authors think that it's cute when the character suffers through this kind of lip-mouth-face manipulations, considering that prolonged cheek chewing may cause inflammation.

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Sad gentle story

Revisado: 02-05-15

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I didn't want to purchase this book since many comments refer to this book as "depressing". I didn't find it depressing. Yes, it is a sad story, but it is a story you don't want to stop reading, or in the case of the audiobook, playing. The writing is good, the story is well told. The narrator is incredible. I would recommend it to those who doesn't mind tearing up a bit while reading a book.

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