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No one mentioned that it is read in British dialec

Revisado: 07-31-19

I'm beginning to think that these high reviews are mostly written by people from Britain. I could hardly understand the dialog in this book! No one mentioned in any of these reviews that there is so much cockney slang in it. I had to back up constantly to try and understand what the narrator was saying. I'm really not sure if I like this book or not. I just got tired of having to go back and forth to try and comprehend what she was saying. I'm from the UNITES STATES and we don't know what knackered means. We don't call people "mates" unless we're married to them. So many cockney slang words I didn't know the meaning of.

The narrator ( Cathleen McCarron ) must be British too because she READ in the British dialect and that made it almost impossible for me to understand even the English words. SIGH!!

Then I got curious and looked up the author Gail Honeyman and, low and behold, she is from Scotland and is British herself. NO WONDER this book is narrated in that dialect and has so much if it in there. I wish I had known all of this before I bought the book. I don't watch shows or movies with British actors speaking that dialect and I don't want to listen to my books in that either. It's not that I'm prejudice against them.....I just can't understand them.

Total waste of a book credit for me because I won't be listening to this book. Maybe if I actually READ the book that's written in English and not SPOKEN in British, I could understand it better. But, unfortunately, I can't sit up and read anymore because of some spine damage.....that is why I get recorded books so I can listen to them.

I'm VERY disappointed in this book and don't know why it has so many rave reviews.

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I find the "boring" narrative very refreshing.

Revisado: 07-17-11

I am listening to the audible version of this book as I write this. Contrary to some other reviews, I find the boring, blah...whatever you want to call it. But, I have been pretty unmotivated for a while since a breakup from a long relationship. I've listened to so many audible books with people who sounded like they were SO upbeat...but it sounded false to me. I didn't want someone on the other end to try and inspire me with all the "hype", excited sounding voice.....and so on. I'm already feeling that this audible book IS going to motivate me...or I should say, help ME to motivate MYSELF. It's helping me see I don't need these "get over your breakup" books; I just need to get motivated to begin a new future and the only one who can do that is ME. One thing among many that has helped me see some things that are holding me back is "turn off the TV"...I've been "hiding" in mindless TV for a while now...it's NOT going to be turned on today. I've already been motivated by several suggestions and I have not even finished listening to this book. I love it that he is not "acting" excited, sounding so "upbeat" that it makes me want to stop listening before I finish...he's just speaks in a matter-of-fact sort of way and I find it very easy to listen and take his suggestions to heart. I also love the fact that he doesn't have any psychological "babble" inserted, no history of how psychologists have discovered WHY I'm not motivated. I didn't want to hear any of that...I've heard it all before and I just don't care. I just wanted suggestions...and that's what he gives....#1 through #100 and he explains in a short manner ways to put that suggestion into action. I'm going to be listening to this one over and over and over and....well, you get the idea. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants WAYS to get motivated without any mindless psychobabble.

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You wish you lived there and knew these people

Revisado: 04-20-09

The Mitford Series books are those I want to read over and over. I'd give each in the series 10 stars if possible. I love them because it's like reading about old friends and 'going home', even if you never had a home like that, you'd want one. The stories are funny, some suspense, mystery and everything else a good book has. You can get lost in them and feel like you are right there in Mitford. And, for some reason, while reading these books, they give you a comforting and peaceful feeling...I just feel good when reading them and after reading them. These people are ones you want to know and hope really exist someplace, somewhere. I'd recommend them to anyone who loves reading about small town life, feeling you know the people you're reading about, and like the comfort you can get when reading a good book. I just LOVE the series.

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