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Perfect

Revisado: 07-18-24

Highly recommended, particularly if, like me, you lived through this period and knew some of the principal characters. An intimate family saga of joy and sadness, of success and tragedy, of blame and forgiveness. Griffin does a beautiful job of bringing both the humor and the pathos to the reading. Look forward to the next volume.

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Well researched, well written, well read, but...

Revisado: 03-26-24

...so many errors, both in the writing and in the reading. For example, THE LION IN WINTER was not written by William Goldman but by his brother James Goldman. Lots of bad pronunciation - who is James Aggie? And so on...Does anyone ever "proof read" audio books???

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Enchanting and moving

Revisado: 09-24-23

Beautifully written. The author reads it with great compassion and sensitivity. Highly recommended. Hope a film is in the works!

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Just awful

Revisado: 06-18-22

Couldn't get through this. The premise is so unbelievable - though maybe it redeemed itself at the end. I couldn't be bothered to wade through it to find out. Mostly, though, I couldn't stand the first reader's voice: whiny, fake accent (from where???) and numerous mispronunciations.

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Powerful and incredibly moving

Revisado: 02-02-22

One of the best approaches to World War II I have read. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, it is a scary investigation of the genesis and pursuance of World War II.
One comment re the narration: Why don't producers and readers thoroughly research the pronunciation of proper names, particularly in a work such as this? For instance:
Duncan Sandys - correct pronunciation: Sands.
Lord Cadogan - correct pronunciation: Ca - duggan.

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Ruined by the reader

Revisado: 02-24-20

This is a terrific book, "factual fiction", a gripping story well told, if a little long. However, the whole experience was ruined for me by the absolutely awful reader, who seems unable to complete even the shortest sentence without drawing a new breath between two or three words. She sounds as if she's running a 10K race while reading the book. If I had the time, I would re-read the book in hard copy just to get this dreadful voice out of my mind.

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Brilliant

Revisado: 01-07-20

Mr. Le Carre can do no wrong, especially when he reads his own work in a rich, plummy voice which perfectly mirrors the character he is portraying.

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Beautiful book, terrible reader

Revisado: 01-07-20

This is one of the most boring, soulless "listens" I've experienced in a long time. The reader uses a one-note tone which completely deadens the drama in the book. No characterization, no emotion, just a droning on and on of this beautiful text. Ann Tyler is a brilliant writer who never fails to move me - except in this instance, where she has been severely under-served by a reader who seems to want nothing more than simply to get to the end of the book.

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A classic

Revisado: 09-07-19

One of the finest theatre autobiographies ever written. Beautifully read - with the exception of Bow Bells, which is pronounced Boe Bells, not Bough Bells. Don't producers ever check these things? Oh well. it's still a great book.

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Bad reader

Revisado: 04-29-19

I lost interest in this book because the reader was so bland and uninteresting. He's a pretty good actor, but a terrible reader.

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