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Plot heavy and disappointing narration.

Revisado: 12-12-24

I thought this book was plot heavy and I really missed the presence of Three Pines and all the other wonderful , rich characters. I’m sorry to be so critical. I have always been a HUGE fan, have felt like I would fit right in to the wonderful community you have so consistently created. I am disappointed. And I’m sorry Louise, but I do not agree about the new narrator. I know he is authentic, but I did not think the characters were distinct. I wish I loved it, because I have LOVED all the Gamache books, up until this one. This one I will not listen to again. 😥

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Heartbreaking, funny and so moving.

Revisado: 07-05-23

I loved this book. It is beautifully written and wonderfully read by Jim Broadbent. Deep, complex and it really rings true. Psychology.

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A great story here, but for me it’s not brought to life.

Revisado: 08-14-22

I am not enjoying this narrator. He’s skillful, but he’s seemingly reporting about the story and characters instead inhabiting them.
Also the writing is full of info but it feels more like an elaborate report rather than an engaging story. Too many facts, not enough art.
I have not finished it, at well over halfway through it seems like stretch, the weaving together of Holmes and the Chicago World’s fair.

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Good but…..

Revisado: 04-27-22

The author repeatedly, in others of his works, uses the phrase “ colored girl” to refer to a nurse in a hospital, or some such profession. It’s jarring. It’s racist. And it pulls me out of the story. I feel the author ( and the recordings of the books) should make adjustments accordingly. These books are recently enough for the writer to be held accountable.

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Beautiful, powerful and heartbreaking.

Revisado: 06-17-21

Alma is a heroine to remember. I loved her, the story and the brilliant performance by Juliet Stevenson. It is a remarkable book. I was NEVER bored for a second and did not want it to end. I knew I would miss the characters, the unique story and the unusual journey Alma takes both literally and figuratively . I literally wept at the end, not just because I was so moved by Alma and her courage and vision, but because I knew how much I would miss the world I got to inhabit in this remarkable and unusual book.
And the writing is exquisite. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time.

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Lousy reader

Revisado: 04-23-20

I have loved every Sam Blake novel Ive listened to, since I discovered them. But this one......,even though I THINK the story is good, with interesting, compelling characters, it was hard to tell because the reader was so lame. She sounded completely amateur, like she been pulled off the street to read a story to children, almost no expression. No character differentiation.
It was hard to stay with the story because it was hard to know which character was talking.
Bad. Evanna Lynch. I will avoid books read by her in the future.

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The wit and grit of the Irish

Revisado: 07-25-15

Good story, wonderful characters. Sweet and funny and eccentric as only the Irish can be.

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Good stories, great characters.

Revisado: 08-13-12

Would you consider the audio edition of A Sudden, Fearful Death to be better than the print version?

I love this series. The stories are secondary to the very rich and complex characters Ms. Perry creates. She focuses each story on an aspect of social history in 19th C England, making it very personal. And Davina Porter is a brilliiant interpreter, bringing nuance and clarity to every single character. I have not "read" the books on the page, but I am sure Ms. Porter's reading of them improves an already good story.

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