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A moving and comprehensive account of a very dark time in Boston

Revisado: 03-22-25

This listen offers everything I ask for from an audiobook: a very moving story of human persistence in the face of terrible adversity and narration that respects the source material.

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Lots and lots of graphic sex

Revisado: 03-06-25

After I listened to the first 45 minutes (~7 very graphic descriptions of sexual intercourse), I pulled up the description of the novel, sure I had missed something. I had not. It's described as thriller suspense and psychological. I mean, it might be, but any suspense that might be there is so overwhelmed by a veritable Kama Sutra that I failed to feel it. The narration is ok, if you like listening to the noises other people make while they're having sex. I cannot comment on the storyline because it too is drowned out. In all fairness, I think the description should have at least mentioned the graphic nature of the narrative. It was the daily deal, so I won't be getting my $5.99 plus tax back. All in all, a real turn off.

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Christian Fiction

Revisado: 11-19-24

If I wanted evangelical fiction, I would search for it. This book was not at all my cup of tea.

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I should have heeded reviews of the narration

Revisado: 02-12-23

I bought this book as a daily deal, so there is no hope of a refund. I should have trusted the many reviewers who found the hyperbolic valley girl inflection of the narrator...irritating. For me, it was a verbal assault. I would go as far as to argue that the narration disrespects the book, sorority sisters, and, maybe, women in general. I have learned my lesson.

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Oddly repetitious…

Revisado: 02-12-23

… like a sophomore lit student trying to make the word count on an essay. The sisters plot was heartwarming, but there are better who/how dunnits.

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Condescending voicing of female characters

Revisado: 11-10-22

I am a fan of the Lynley series in all its forms. I enjoyed reading the books, watching the tv series and, until now, listening to the audiobooks. George's novels are long, sprawling works, perfect for long walks. I thoroughly enjoyed earlier narrators, especially Davina Porter (who wouldn't?). But John Lee offends my ears in myriad ways. His exaggeratedly theatrical delivery quickly becomes grating. His voicing of female characters, especially the beloved DS Havers, is so, so condescending that I sometimes fast-forwarded. I am relieved to see that Simon Vance voices the next few novels.

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Impenetrable institutional intrigue and infighting

Revisado: 09-14-22

I bought this title because I am an academic who loves academic satire (this is NOT academic satire) and because I enjoy tightly focused history. But both the book and the narration rendered this (should be interesting) story impenetrable. The narrative gets badly lost in the weeds, and the narration is uninspired and flat. I tried hard to stick it out, but I gave up at less than halfway through.

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Overwritten and over-narrated

Revisado: 08-23-22

The first novel in the series was ok, but this second installment is flawed in a few ways. The early passages are very confusing and unengaging. The story itself suffers from way too much telling and not enough showing. The author takes three or four sentences to make a point that could be conveyed in a phrase. Other reviews of novel one described the melodramatic, breathy narrator. She didn't bother me too much in the first novel, but her reading is unbearable in this one.

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The showy narration overshadows the plot

Revisado: 09-06-21

I tried to stick with it, but I could not engage with the story because of all the voice changes.

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Altogether too sappy for me

Revisado: 08-05-21

I celebrate a healthy alternative to the hard-boiled, self-destructive legal eagle, but the family scenes in this novel (performed by this narrator) are cringe-worthy. I had a hard time believing that the writer who penned this novel also wrote the Tracy Crosswhite series (which I quite enjoy). Just not my cup of tea. Returning after the first 10 minutes.

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