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Masterpiece...but the narration

Revisado: 03-19-20

I completely agree with the raves for this absolute masterpiece. Unfortunately, the narrator could not handle all of the different characters, and this definitely distracted me from the stories. This would 5 stars and above with a diverse cast of narrators.

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Sadly, easy to solve

Revisado: 09-30-17

Was looking forward to this one, had such great reviews. Was so easy to solve and not as well written as I hoped. I do like the narrator, but the story was just so so.

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Strong in academics, Weak in story

Revisado: 03-13-17

I really wish that the metaphorical use of an actual railroad being underground wasn't used as often as it was in this novel. It really took me out of the story because of it's implausibility. With that said, so much of what is covered in this book is valuable to every American to read. My teenage son is studying exactly what is being told in this story at school at this time, so it made for interesting conversation and comparisons as to what is actually covered and what isn't in our American History classes. What struck both of us is how differently so many of our states handled the horrors of slavery, the reaction of the north and south to the Fugitive Slave Acts,--a true learning lesson and perhaps why some of the states we live in today still bear the scars and lessons of life before the Civil War. For some reason, the story felt more like a tool as well, teaching as it went, instead of immersing us completely. Overall good, but not as moving and strong as I had hoped.

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More believable than Gone Girl

Revisado: 01-22-15

Is there anything you would change about this book?

It became obvious who did it about 3/4 of the way through, but was fun up to that point.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The least interesting was the character whodunit...strange as that may seem. The most interesting aspect is how each of the female characters are unhappy as wives...definitely a theme going on there.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

Always able to tell which character was speaking.

Was The Girl on the Train worth the listening time?

Yes, fun-certainly not a serious read, but fun.

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i never wanted it to end

Revisado: 01-05-15

If you could sum up We Are Not Ourselves in three words, what would they be?

very thought provoking

Who was your favorite character and why?

Eileen. Her strength in all situations, having to grow up so quickly, her work ethic, her perseverance.

Have you listened to any of Mare Winningham’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not that I can rememember.

Who was the most memorable character of We Are Not Ourselves and why?

Ed...his descent into losing his memory.

Any additional comments?

I have listened and read so very many books in this last year and I cant remember one that has stayed with me as long as this one has.

(Spoiler alert)The topic of Alzheimers is interesting to me as I am aging, and those around me are dealing with it within their families. But, it wasn't just that. It was the family dynamic between the main character Eileen, her husband Ed, and her son Collen(spelling?).

This book is so well written. As you enter the world of each character through the author's telling, and then hear about it, in the same way through another characters interpretation of the same- you realize, or at least remember, how different everyone's experience is in a family.

We are Not Ourselves follows the life of a woman and man, through their ups and downs, and their disappointments with each other. They have a boy, and they extend those circumstances as we all do in the raising of this child.

Before the characters in the story do, we begin to realize that something is wrong with Ed, and, well...that it is his mind--this most cherished part of his intellectual life.

What follows is such in incredible narrative of his descent, and the effect it has on all who surround him.

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