Chocola

Exciting and Dramatic

Revisado: 08-15-22

This story certainly does not deserve a 1-star rating. To account for the one review with a 1 star at the time of this writing, I suspect the reader may have had some qualms about the ending sentence...

1st half of the story has a domineering hero sort and a coquettish woman kind of romance. Inchbald's theater background shines through because there is no end to the dramatics and fuss. You'd think it'd go down to the typical ending but prepare to be surprised. The author loves to switch the whole situation around with a time skip. The characters are written with some amount of complexity but don't expect any deep deep dives.

Juliet Stevenson's narration is lovely as usual. In fact, she was the reason I picked up this read. I don't regret it.

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Personal experience of war

Revisado: 09-07-19 El oyente recibió este título gratis

While I didn’t agree with the author on a number of perspectives, it in no way undermined the importance of an experience. I couldn’t tell if it was the writing or the narration, but it felt so disjointed I didn't get the sense of an overarching narrative. I feel like the narrator and the author have two different voices while made the story seem disconnected.

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Better than expected!

Revisado: 07-06-19

A squabbling never ending vendetta like story. God I hated Kariana but I have to commend the political problems, the toxicity of her relationships, and the complexity of her drug abuses. Overall, its a unique story and I enjoyed listening to this. The ten hours blazed through like nothing. In the beginning it was hard to keep track of all the numerous point of views and characters, but it was easy to get familiarized about 20 percent into the story. Would recommend.

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Great short story

Revisado: 06-26-19 El oyente recibió este título gratis

Love the main character, and the colorful world of inhabitants! The narrator really brought the talkative Jimmy alive, with all the cursing you can wish for. Hoping for a sequel soon.

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Fun story

Revisado: 06-26-19

If only the narrator wasn't so flat in her reading. Without the change in POV with each chapter I wouldn't be able to tell the characters apart!

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Story great, narrator not so much

Revisado: 06-20-19

I enjoyed the story but the narrator often sounds like a robot (and making a bunch of jump cut like pauses). The narration flowed smoothly with the dialogue parts - he doesn't sound robotic! Despite my lack of familiarity with the West Virginian accent I'm assuming, I think he nailed it spot on. With the other parts, however, I had trouble getting immersed in the story from time to time because of all the awkward pauses and neutral tone.

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