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oh dear

Revisado: 11-27-24

I had read multiple rave reviews about this book, and when it was on a "2 books for 1 credit" option, I chose it. What a mistake. It came across as sentimental claptrap, and the scene in which Hamnet dies instead of his sister- I found myself thinking "YOU MUST BE KIDDING!!!!" I want to return this book, but since Amazon took over Audible this has become virtually impossible.

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not worth the time

Revisado: 09-03-24

Had hopes- Galway, narrator with wonderful Irish accent for Irish characters, unpleasant US accent for the main character- who is distinctly unlikely. Plot= contrived, unconvincing, and comes across as "let's throw in the kitchen sink" whenever at a loss for coherence. Glad to have finished it, will not be listening to another by this author

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couldn't wait for it to end

Revisado: 08-16-24

I listened to "The Martian" AFTER seeing the film, and projected that experience onto the characters. I had not realized how crucial the actors' performances were. I have hopes for the film that will be made from this, but I plowed through the book only because I had started it, and wanted to find out what happened. That the author does show how painstaking real science is, that you learn things by trying stuff out and learning from your mistakes- ok, useful, important. But the almost endless blow-by-blow got so so tedious.....

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well-written, intriguing plot

Revisado: 08-01-24

held my interest throughout. The idea of re-visiting the case each decade felt new, and added a dimension as characters aged and new ones grew up. Recommend it highly, even if the "surprise" ending felt a little too....cute.

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disappointing

Revisado: 04-30-24

I loved Dennis LeHane's earlier detective novels, and Mystic River, and even The Given Day. This one felt so didactic I could barely make it though, had difficulty believing in any of the characters as 3D people. Not what I had hoped for.

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Oh dear

Revisado: 12-08-23

I had read the Pulitzer Prize winning "A Midwife's Tale" years ago, so was intrigued when I saw that a novel had been based on it. This was...ridiculous. This author turns this woman's complicated life, marriage, and work into pablum- Martha Ballard becomes a 21st century woman who time-traveled to the late 1700s and has a romance literature sexual bond with her spouse, Then she throws in the kitchen sink to spice it up. Give me a break. Can't believe I listened all the way to the end. At least she gives some disclaimers in the author's note, but ...I am returning this, and will re-read A Midwife's Tale to get the taste of this out of my ...ears.

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insufferable

Revisado: 09-11-23

I couldn't wait for this to end. The author comes across as believing her every thought and feeling and sexual act is intrinsically enthralling to the reader. Not to this reader. Who in the world wants to spend her time reading this stuff? And her narration does not help.

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Love the story, TERRIBLE narration

Revisado: 06-25-23

I am halfway through, having just listened to "The Crossing" with an excellent narrator. If it were not Cormac McCarthy, I would have stopped already

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Disappointing

Revisado: 05-10-23

I have been a fan of Dennis Lehane from the first, and have liked almost all of his books, including "The Given Day"- the first of this trilogy. This one I found so predictable, with characters and plot points that were .....less than compelling, and often jut hard to swallow. I am returning this book.

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Wonderful

Revisado: 02-03-23

Loved it! Excellent narrative, complicated plot and character development, great narrator, left me hungry for more.

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