Diana D.

Really nice story and production

Revisado: 06-07-24

A romance with echoes of English seventeenth and eighteenth century romances, with modern relationship advice mixed in. Predictable in all the right ways.

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Lots to think about

Revisado: 06-16-22

The non-canonical gospels are a voice from the past, hidden until their discovery in an Egyptian cave in 1945. Since then, scholars have studied and discussed how these gospels reflect what Jesus meant to those early communities of Christians, and what their Christian ideals were.
The importance of (mainly) one of these gospels—the gospel of Mary Magdalene—is gently explained and beautifully read. Lots to think about with heart and mind.
It’s a shame that Audible’s recordings of books like this one—books that have appendices and notes—don’t include a PDF with that material.

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Totally engaging

Revisado: 08-29-20

I grew up in the era of this story and found the book totally successful at evoking the innocence of children in a society that appears on the surface to be similarly innocent. The beauty and simplicity of the author’s language as his characters gradually understand the need to face down malice carried the story for me, malice that the boy (Cory) first encounters at a distance through a photo newsmagazine and later in the his own hometown. The characters will be with me for years to come. The narrator’s tone is a perfect match to the writing. I would guess that the story’s combination of humor and sometimes hilarious episodes of a boy’s awakening to life, choices, and danger would appeal to younger readers too.

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Liked the mix of history, art, romance

Revisado: 09-12-18

Others mention disliking the French-accented English of one of the narrators as inauthentic. I am no expert, but that part of the performance reminded me of my French-Canadian grandmother’s English. So personally speaking, I found the accent charming. In terms of function, I like how two narrators—one French-sounding and the other English-sounding—reminded me which era of the story I was in – especially toward the end, where story sections are shorter than in the beginning of the book.

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Deserves the prize

Revisado: 06-18-16

The writing in this book is amazing-complete, respectful of all people concerned, and lots of relevant facts.

As with many substance-based Audible books, though, I would like to see the Audible book come with a PDF with sources--and in the case, with some of the statistics Sanders gives in the last chapter. Guess I'll have to check the book out of the public library. ...

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Helpful but ...

Revisado: 11-19-12

The approach to helping the reader learn German is a good one--especially the explanations of how the language "thinks." Each module is also affordable.

However, there are no "chapter" markers for the beginning of each lesson in the audible.com format. So it is impossible to back up and repeat a lesson easily. Since repetition is basic to learning, this obstacle is aggravating to say the least.

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