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Good story, poor narrator

Revisado: 09-29-24

When the story is a first person narrative, the voice should match the character. Casey is in her 30’s, but the narrator sounds much older. Also she read in a very strange and distracting cadence, and she didn’t vary the characters’ voices at all. It really took away from my enjoyment of the book. I wish I had sampled the narration before I purchased it or at least read the reviews.

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One of my favorite series.

Revisado: 06-03-23

I love Josh Lanyon, and Adrien English is my favorite series. Chris Patton is a lovely narrator. The characters are easily distinguished and he really catches Adrien’s sarcasm and humor. This is a fun series and I’ve read it a few times.
I saw a couple reviews call it homophobic, but it’s not the book that’s homophobic, but a few characters that are. Adrien deals with them the same way he deals with everything: stubbornness, sarcasm and humor. This series makes you laugh, cry and growl in frustration.
I love Adrien with an E.

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So, so good!

Revisado: 04-22-23

I loved this book. It made me laugh, cry and growl in frustration. I’ve enjoyed many of this author’s works. I love her writing style. The narrators were both excellent, conveying emotion convincingly and making the characters all clearly different.

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Good plot, okay performance

Revisado: 04-04-23

The story itself is pretty good. I’m not quite sure if it’s the narrator or the text, but it sometimes sounds emotionless. It almost feels as though Jane is dead inside. I mean, she had a hard life, but the strong emotion on which the original is based seems absent. It’s otherwise we’ll written. She does have a very relaxing voice though.

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I loved it!

Revisado: 10-28-22

It’s funny how so many people can read the same book and have such vastly different reactions. I enjoy the author’s writing style and sense of humor.
I’m a fan of several genres, so I don’t always read romance. If you’re looking for deep and meaningful, this probably isn’t it, nor do I think it’s intended to be. It has fun moments and moments of seriousness.
The main character, Nora, is not a perfect romantic heroine, nor is Charlie a stereotypical hero. They’re flawed, funny and, of course, made for each other. But I don’t like my main characters to be perfect.
It just depends what you want in a romance. For me, the author’s witty writing style is spot on.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 10-05-22

I have a friend from Minnesota and this was hilarious. I actually know people who talk like this. It was hilarious. I loved all the characters, especially her parents. This was such a fun story of self discovery. Even though I loved the ending I was sad to see it.
Also, Andi is one of my favorite narrators. A narrator can ruin a great book or make a mediocre book better. She always makes a book great. That she had a hand in writing this just makes it better.

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Not at all accurate to the original and poor sound quality

Revisado: 08-17-22

First of all, Dom and Billy are as amazing in this as everything else. They do a great job.
I didn’t make it to the end. I’m a fan of the original books. For one thing, Sherlock would never pass up a chance to show up the police, especially in a foul mood. He loves to prove his genius. He would never proclaim someone guilty based on a letter and the police’s crime scene analysis. He wouldn’t trust them. Also, why would they enlist the help of someone like that?
So unless you want a totally different story that reverses the story in a way the barely resembles the original, you probably won’t enjoy this. If you’re willing to listen to it as something unrelated to the original, you may like it.
Beware, it does a lot of jumping back and forth in time, which some find hard to follow with audio. Also, the sound gets very tinny. I don’t know whether or not it’s intentional. The sound effects did add to the story. It felt like an old radio program.

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Why?

Revisado: 07-09-22

I wanted to read the book, because I found the movie meaningful. Usually the book is so much better. I can’t figure out why someone made this into a movie. The narrator was great, but the story was like Cliff notes. It really read like a summary of a better story. The grammar wasn’t that great either, but I feel like that was intentional. I was left unsatisfied with the story. I had a teacher tell me once, “Show, don’t tell.” Each scene would give a little information, then suddenly we’re jumping to another scene.

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Surprising

Revisado: 04-24-22

The title was a little misleading. This was a lot better than your average beach read. There was a depth of feeling and meaning that I didn’t expect. I liked the characters. They seemed very real and three dimensional. I became invested very quickly and I loved this.
I also loved the narrator. A good narrator is important.

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Richard Armitage

Revisado: 04-21-22

Let’s be honest. I would listen to Richard Armitage read a dictionary. Of course he was amazing. The story was well written and it built up to better pace, but I’m not entirely sure the narrator didn’t affect the quality of the story. I did enjoy this audiobook, either way. Some people just have a voice for reading. And Joy Ellis writes an intense mystery.

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