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Beautiful story

Revisado: 10-19-24

I teared up at the ending. The author has evocative story telling skills that kept me listening for hours at a time.

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Got better toward the end

Revisado: 09-03-23

So many secrets held by Anna/Etta/Margie, it was hard to follow at the beginning. I think I would have enjoyed it more in book form. The narrator’s voice changed for the various characters, but was a bit too “girlish” for my liking. Still, the theme is strong and thought provoking regarding how we treat others and our first impressions of our acquaintances and friends. The book was written to remind us to learn from past mistakes and take personal responsibility for the things we can control.

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So fun to listen to

Revisado: 08-12-23

I read Tightrope Walker many years ago and don’t remember liking it much. There is a touch of “seeing” and “hearing” things that aren’t there, and maybe that’s why. I was never much for clairvoyance or paranormal. However, listening to it read by this fine narrator minimized the memory I had of it. I connected with Amelia Jones and love how she became a strong woman through the things she endured. It is an exciting murder mystery, and every time I thought we were at the climax, there was another plot shift. Dorothy Gillman tidies up everything at the end, which I appreciated. So often mystery writers seem to rush to the end as if to say, “Ok, all done!” This time around, I wholeheartedly recommend Tightrope Walker to mystery lovers.

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Outstanding

Revisado: 05-29-23

I have read this masterpiece 3-4 times, seen the film, but this is the first time to listen. The narrator does a fantastic job, and this is Richard Adams’s finest work.

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I get a medal for finishing!

Revisado: 03-13-23

Brandon Sanderson created an amazing fantasy world. I can’t fathom how his brain and imagination worked in tandem to produce such descriptive scenery and characters. I admit, I had a difficult time following the various story lines, which jumped around between characters and time periods. I would begin to get into one scene when the section would end, the narrator changed and we were off on another adventure with a different character and story line. Fantasy is not my favorite genre, and so my achievement is in persevering through the 40 hours of listening. So, can I say I enjoyed the moment as I experienced it, but am not inclined to read the next books in the series?

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Could have been more personal

Revisado: 02-21-23

Jinger reads her story as herself. For a memoir, it adds to the listening experience. She’s not a professional narrator, but listening to her tell her own story, she makes it like sitting down together. It took courage for her to go public with this book, and I knew it wasn’t a tell-all narrative, however, it didn’t make a clear enough distinction between the legalism of Bill Gothard, and salvation through faith. At times I thought she was engaged in theological hair splitting. She came close, but never outright called Bill Gothard a cult leader. And, it took a long time before she even mentioned Gothard never married, yet taught family, marriage, and parenting rules for success.
It’s difficult to rate a book such as this. It’s her story and she can tell what she wants about her own life. But it wasn’t deep and didn’t pull back her mask very far to see the real Jinger.

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Not what I expected

Revisado: 07-03-22

Unless I followed along with the print copy, I don’t know if this is an abridged adaptation or not. It seemed short, and was divided into parts rather than chapters. The parts were radio dramatizations and when each finished, the announcer said what we were listening to. I found that annoying and disrupting to the story.

A dramatization is superior to a narration since it includes sound effects of the battle scenes. I have watched several movie versions as well, but this one seemed overly dramatized to the point of not being able to understand the words. Without the visual special effects to enhance the groanings, gruntings and hissings of the antagonist creatures, I found myself longing for a straightforward audio book with a good narrator.

With all the criticism, let me add that any presentation of The Hobbit is an experience in nostalgia. I recall reading it myself for the first time in college. (My roommate was shocked that I hadn’t read JRR Tolkien and gave me a gift set for Christmas.) And I recall reading it aloud to my own children. The Hobbit is a literary masterpiece in every sense of the word.

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