ada hathaway

Good Book

Revisado: 05-25-22

I liked this book a lot. The story line was good and I liked the characters. IMO the story did drag a bit with too much descriptive narrative. I would defiantly want to listen to more from this author.

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I kept thinking it would get better.

Revisado: 05-09-22

I like the idea of the book, but had a difficult time bonding with the heroine. She said one thing but was always doing the opposite. It seams like every other paragraph has some kind of verbal sexual byplay. IMO it got to be a bit much. I'm about half way through the book so it might get better

Edited to add: The sexual byplay turned into some explicit sexual scenes. If that offends you then don't get this book.

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I miss Stephanie Daniel narration.

Revisado: 04-17-21

I love all the Phryne books. This book is full of short stories that I have read before and a couple of new short stories. I was hoping for a novel length new story. I could not get use to a new narrator. Stephanie Daniel is Phryne in my mind and this new narrator just didn't have the same panache.

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Not enough fun

Revisado: 11-30-19

Usually there is a lot of fun in Nora's stories, even in the most gruesome stories, but not this one. Just a lot of doom and gloom. I finished this book but it's not one I'll be reading again.

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Unusual that I didn't like this

Revisado: 07-02-19

I have read other Miss Silver mysteries and found them enjoyable but couldn't finish this one. There was just to much female person explaining why she thought a thing was so and male person being oh so reasonable explaining why female was wrong. Will have to return this one. There is always this kind of by play going on in Miss Silver books but this one was exceptionally annoying to me.

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Ok

Revisado: 03-26-18

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed the characters and how they interacted with each other. The mystery was obvious from early on in the plot. If there is a second book, which there probably will be, I would be willing to spend a credit to listen to it.

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Don't expect much

Revisado: 05-29-16

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I don't think Linda Howard wrote this book. It was so not like anything I have read from her

What didn’t you like about Tanya Eby’s performance?

Tanya did the best she could with such a slow moving boring book.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Troublemaker?

Way to much of the plot revolved around the dog. I was really sick of that dog by the third chapter.

Any additional comments?

very very disappointed.

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Very slow going

Revisado: 01-06-16

Would you try another book from Elizabeth George and/or Davina Porter?

Not sure if I will try another book by this author. I made it to the end of Part 1 then skipped to the end of part 2 so I could see who did it. I found this book to be very slow going and had a difficult time differentiating the various characters.

Would you ever listen to anything by Elizabeth George again?

Not sure if I will listen to another book by George?

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Davina Porter?

I liked the narrator's voice but for me the voices of the different characters was not clear enough for me to make out who was who. Perhaps the problem was there are so many characters that finding voices for all of them would be impossible for any narrator.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

I really liked the plot of this book and kept trying to plod along with it but just couldn't manage. Skipped to the end to see who did it.

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Very disappointed.

Revisado: 11-03-13

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I did not like the narrator at all. It ruined the story for me. The narrator was over the top annoying. Way to much breathiness (probably not a word?).
Maybe if I read the book instead of listening to it I will change my mind?

Any additional comments?

Listening to this book I kept wondering if some other author wrote it. I could not connect with the characters so didn't much care what happened to them.

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It was OK but not what I expected

Revisado: 08-01-13

Would you recommend The Butler to your friends? Why or why not?

I am not sure? I bought the book because I thought I would hear what the butler thought about the different presidents he served under or maybe his take on different events that happened while he was a butler, but that isn't what the book is about. The book is more of a narrative on Africa American history in the United States than about the white house.

Any additional comments?

I feel as if this book was an expensive advertisement to get people to go see the film and it worked because I want to see the movie.

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