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An unpleasant story

Revisado: 09-23-23

I made myself listen to it until I just couldn't stand it anymore, which was disappointing because I was looking forward to hearing her story.

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Just loved it

Revisado: 09-23-23

This is the first Georgette Heyer book I listened to and it was so good that I couldn't stand it when it ended. So of course I wanted to try her other books too, but they didn't hold a candle to this one and a few of them I couldn't even finish.

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Absolutely fascinating

Revisado: 09-23-23

I was so enthralled that I listened to it for 2 days before I finished it.

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Absolutely hated it, I got maybe as far as two hours and am returning it

Revisado: 06-24-23

The first couple of hours are all but incomprehensible. So many characters thrown at you within the first 10 - 15 minutes, some of whom have a couple of different names, so it's very confusing as to who is who. And Fanny, who was in the previous book in the series, These Old Shades, has been recast as this supremely insufferable character who figures strongly in the first one to two hours. In addition, there has been no effort to acquaint the reader with any of the characters (character development) so you have no idea who they are or why they think what they think, say what they say, or do what they do.

So unlike These Old Shades, which was so well written and contained none of the aforementioned flaws.

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I fully expected to and was looking forward to loving it

Revisado: 04-08-22

Geraldine Brooks is a favorite of mine and a description of the book was very intriguing. And in the beginning it was very interesting and a good set up for what I thought was going to be a fascinating and really interesting story. Until it got so slow and so boring for so long that I just can’t make myself listen to it anymore. Maybe it gets better, and if it was a hard copy I could leaf ahead until it did, but you can’t do that with an audiobook and I’m not willing to torture myself by putting in the time to get back to something interesting that might never turn out to be so.

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Complete & total garbage

Revisado: 04-08-22

I have read all of the other Bridgerton books and they all deserved five or with possibly one exception, four stars. If it was possible to give this one minus five stars I would have. This one is so awful that I can’t believe Julia Quinn had the chutzpah to submit it for publication. Nor can I believe the publisher agreed to accept it. Both of them probably figured that people would buy it just because her name was on it and that returns would be minimal.

Don’t waste your time or your money on something so nauseatingly unreadable/unlistenable as this repetitively boring excuse for a story.

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Absolutely loved it!

Revisado: 02-06-22

I graduated from high school in 1970 and so much wanted to be a stewardess for a few years. but I ended up going to college and after graduation felt that I should get a job doing what I'd gone to school for and gave up on that dream.

Even now, when I think of regrets that I have in my life, not spending a few years being a stewardess has always been very close to the top of the list. And after listening to this book, that regret is even more painful.

Wonderful story, beautifully written, terrific narration, and as an enjoyable as it was informative . Highly recommended.

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Perfectly awful

Revisado: 01-31-22

The first half hour was so tedious I could barely stand it, so I jumped ahead to the second chapter and after 10 minutes realize that wasn't going to be any better, and then to the fourth chapter, which wasn't any better either.

Don't waste your time.

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Just finished listening to it for the second time

Revisado: 08-18-21

And I'm sure I'll listen to it another time because it really is one of the most fascinating books I've ever come across.

H
ighly, highly, highly recommended

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Riveting

Revisado: 06-19-21

I've read many memoirs soldiers nearly all whom served in Afghanistan. This is the first one written by an infantryman, and it was so very interesting and authentic. I highly recommend this book.

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