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More depressing than funny

Revisado: 04-12-25

I thought the content of this book (dementia, abuse) was depressing and didn’t feel like it was very comedic. The book had its lighter points but overall I wouldn’t call it a dark comedy

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An unexpected favorite

Revisado: 09-29-24

I wasn’t into the story at first but got totally sucked in and loved this book. The authors accent threw me off at first because it doesn’t match where the characters live but I ended up really enjoying her narration.

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TW: SA

Revisado: 09-10-24

This book contains a very important message and Victoria James is brave for telling it. I do want to warn future readers there is sexual assault content as part of her story.

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Remarkably unethical

Revisado: 06-18-24

An interesting book in basic idea and a look into mental health care in the past, though I’m not sure I can call it care since it doesn’t seem the patients received any actual treatment. The study was pretty wildly unethical but I know a lot of studies at the time were. It was still worth a listen

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Did not finish

Revisado: 11-03-23

I only got about an hour and a half into the book before I had to quit. I was already somewhat on edge with the awkward imitations of black people speaking, then encountered the story about the Japanese couple in which the author spoke in a racist sounding voice when quoting what they supposedly said. There’s also crass sexual language. No thanks!

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Needs a trigger warning

Revisado: 06-06-23

This book really drew me in, I listened to it in one day. The only thing I wish I had been aware of was the content including rape and child sex abuse. I typically avoid content like this. Leaving this info for others to decide if they want to listen or not

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Taking issue with parts including the locals

Revisado: 12-12-21

Overall this story is good, however I have been cringing throughout the book at the frankly racist sounding voices done for the local people. While I understand this must be in part due to the way Christie wrote what they said, the narration of their voices makes it much worse. It also bothers me how the characters are so irritated with the people that live in the country they chose to visit. I get that this book was written in a different time, but it’s still disappointing!

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A signature twist

Revisado: 08-25-20

I really enjoyed this audiobook. Every Liane Moriarty book has a great twist I don’t anticipate and this was no different. I liked the setting of the book and also how everything was wrapped up. I also sometimes get annoyed by books jumping between the point of view of different characters but I actually enjoyed it in this story.

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Review of City of Girls

Revisado: 10-09-19

There was a lot more to this book than I expected, but I really enjoyed it. I ended up “binge” listening to a lot of the later parts of the book. I thought the narrator really helped bring the characters to life.

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