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She should be nominated for Sainthood

Revisado: 12-25-24

I finally just stopped listening.
L.E. Wilder couldn’t catch a break in life if it was handed to her. Good grief.
But, she persevered and saw and wrote about the silver linings seen in lifes clouds. Despite dust storms, insect swarms, freezing weather, Great Depression, disease & constant illness - we got stories of humble cheerful plains pioneers. Her life was Hell on earth.

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A saga of conquering the frontier

Revisado: 11-12-24

Great story of family history in Texas. Tremendous tales of survival, There is ample torture and Indian society living and sex woven in. Graphic actually. Then… then the story just runs out of gas. The final chapters whip up lose ends (about 50 after you decipher the lineage) and then, over and out. Its a deep colorful dive into these characters challenging and sad lives for 4/5th’s of the book. The performance is well done and contains multiple narrators.

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Long & winding story

Revisado: 09-08-24

Ms. Pilcher racks up another gentle meandering tale about life’s chapters. The beginnings, middle and end points all scripted and deftly described and brought to life with her characters.

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Fabulous story & presentation

Revisado: 08-24-24

Rich characters with a great deal of moving & shifting directions in their lives. And Jack B. is in the middle of it all just trying to get a hold on the personal & political madness Performance was outstanding.

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Well, that was that….

Revisado: 08-23-24

Not exactly refreshing. Such a hollow shift from the optimism, despite the obstacles, one felt with Lonesome Dove. Mr. M. derailed on the violent deaths to his characters (both good and bad ones). The majority of them get shot, stabbed, burned, snake bit, trounced, give up on life, mutilated or drown almost to death. Even dogs and sheep die a slow miserable death. Times were difficult in the 19th century, but enough already.... I just sort of wanted it to end.
And the character named Maria....was she to be regarded (throughout the ENTIRE story) as some Saint ? I feel sure that even Mother Teresa had boundaries.

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Excellent story of Determination

Revisado: 05-18-23

Reminded me of stories my family would tell about going through life, giving the best you can to really succeed. Grit, commitment, focus & drive along with humility and deep respect got you there. Not whining, politics, social media or money.

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Enough Already.....

Revisado: 03-14-23

I just flat gave up, If you like reading what would be the equivalent of hearing a broken record skipping and starting over and over and over and... this is for you. Imagine reading the first 3-4 chapters of a book as the preface for every single chapter in the damn book. After about 7 runs of the same beginning occurring in each new chapter, and then a new twist arriving at the end, it became pointless. I just stopped caring which way the road would fork this time, BECAUSE, it was going to start over THE SAME in the next chapter and then wind around to some new ending.

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Wonderful read

Revisado: 03-14-23

Excellent story, narration and content. Story moves with adventure, consequences and human drama and kindness. I'll listen to it again!

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Not the greatest

Revisado: 01-26-23

This lady had many more issues than alcohol consumption. The story spent too much time on her journey down. I wanted to learn more about her recovery, hope and success. That part was packaged into one chapter. The narrator was something else. Non-stop sullen, melancholy and morose. She could make winning the lottery seem like a gloomy undertaking.

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Characters had no character

Revisado: 06-13-22

Characters were out of sync & their decisions were just plain incongruent & spineless. Powerful & brilliant people letting life’s shifts paralyze them…. hardly. But - thats a novel.
This book must have been a publishers requirement. Ms. McCullough had a quota.
Ms. Sterlin’s performance was very good.

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