D. Wright

Touching and Gritty and Real

Revisado: 12-05-24

As a nurse and woman, I loved this book. I immediately connected with Frankie, even though I would not have made the same choice that she made. Nurses have a deep understanding of each other, especially those of us that trained in the sixties and seventies. IRL I am 10 years younger than Frankie and I remember the Vietnam War years very well. The returning veterans were treated terribly and women like Frankie had no voice. This book brought me to tears more than once and I will be thinking about it for many days to come. If you are a caring person, a woman, a nurse, a war veteran… you will be changed by this book.

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Eh.

Revisado: 07-12-23

Stuck it through, but it wasn’t worth it in the end. Well written but just not interesting.

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Love the story, not the singing

Revisado: 09-12-20

All of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s stories are wonderful and remind me of when I was a young girl and read the books until they fell apart. I’m sorry to be judgmental, but Cherry Jones should stick to acting and narrating, and skip the singing. She sings all of the songs in the books, and I found myself skipping ahead. Otherwise, nicely done!

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Sr. Eve is Growing as a Character

Revisado: 08-25-17

This is the third book of the Sister Eve Divine series. The first book was a little hard to get into and I almost put it down, but plowed through and enjoyed it enough to go on to books two and three.

We find Sr. Eve still trying to make a decision about her future (which sounds rather implausible- I don't believe the Benedictines would let a nun take multiple leaves of absence). This story takes her to the monastery that has been her home for twenty years. The keynote speaker for a conference on The Blue Nun has been murdered and of course Eve has to solve the crime.

The story is good; however there are loose ends and odd plot devices. I would have given it 3.5 stars if I could have. There are rabbit trails about the Catholic Church and the improbable story of a co-ed monastery. I grew up as a Catholic and have never heard of a co-ed monastery with a male abbot overseeing the spiritual direction of women. And Hilary Huber's narration is so slow that I had to play the narrative at 1.25 speed.

I will read a fourth book, if one is written, but if Eve hasn't made a final decision by the end of the fourth book, I will not read a fifth.

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Narrators ruin it for me

Revisado: 01-20-17

I realize that this a totally biased opinion, but the narration bothered me so much that I decided to read the printed book instead. The narrators for the previous books were iffy at best but the two on this book (whom I have liked on other books) mangle attempts at accents. I can't separate that from the story itself.

The story is good and I enjoyed the read. As always, I had to read it in nearly one sitting. I'm sorry to see the series end but of course it had to conclude.

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Best Yet!

Revisado: 07-25-16

As a misunderstood techie myself, I have enjoyed watching Lexi Carmichael exceed her original programming! In this book we see her fight to stay alive, in part by relying on the one thing she didn't have until recently- relationships. Slash, too, continues to become more human as he and Lexi explore what love and relationship mean. I wish these people were real!

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Did the narrators talk to each other?

Revisado: 07-01-14

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The book would only make sense to someone who has read the other books in the series.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

The narrators used different accents for some of the characters; for example, one narrator gave Murbella a generic Eastern European accent, while the others used their own accents. The character Scytale was pronounced as "Skytale" by one narrator and "Sigh-tale" by another. It was distracting.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Too long.

Any additional comments?

I love all of the Dune books.

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Love the story, not the narration

Revisado: 01-30-13

What made the experience of listening to Iced the most enjoyable?

The female narrator is very hard to understand. The pitch of her voice varies a lot, forcing me to turn up the volume to hear the lower pitches. This makes the overall listening experience less than acceptable. Her use of an Irish accent also varies.

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