Angela Ashar

Loved it!

Revisado: 05-31-23

Such a fantastic story. I absolutely loved it. The narrator was amazing as well. Very cottagecore!

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Meh...

Revisado: 04-26-18

What disappointed you about Good Neighbors?

The story was based too much on the main character's inner thoughts and quite often they were irrational and frustrating, but that wasn't the point of the story and didn't add to the climax.

Would you ever listen to anything by Joanne Serling again?

Maybe. I liked the idea of the story, but not how it was executed.

Which scene was your favorite?

None stands out in particular that I would call my favorite.

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

Not really. I kept waiting for something exciting to be revealed, but it never happened. There was no aha!! moment, no satisfaction.

Any additional comments?

Very anticlimactic.

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Meh...

Revisado: 06-06-14

What would have made The Last Chance Ranch better?

To be clear, I didn't make it very far into the story because for a couple of reasons. 1-The narration. 2-The story seemed to be modeled off of the style of story telling in 50 Shades of Gray. I didn't make it past chapter 2 of that book the writing was so terrible. Anyway, I really had a hard time stomaching the idea that this woman, just released from a long prison stay, was more wrapped up in her sexual feelings for the male lead, than a strong desire to make things right with her abandoned child. In one scene, her first dinner with her son after 11 years of separation, she was so distracted by her sexual thoughts about the male lead and his "male parts" that she couldn't manage using serving utensils. Really? With her son at the table? This completely ruined my suspension of disbelief and just made me disgusted with the main character for her complete lack of... character. I'm a huge fan of Barbara Samuel, I've loved each of the several books of her's I've read, until this one. I blame it on authors trying to jump on the 50 Shades bandwagon and focusing on sexual content rather than telling a good story. I'm hoping this is not the way of Barbara's future books, and that this is only because she teamed up with another author.

Would you recommend The Last Chance Ranch to your friends? Why or why not?

No. The women I share reading recommendations with are just as unimpressed with this type of over sexualized "literature". We appreciate and value an actual good story.

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator's accents were very overblown and distracting. His own voice was a little overdone for me too, it wasn't natural sounding, it was overly theatrical. I found that I was so busy trying to get past the narration style that I didn't get "lost" in the story.

What character would you cut from The Last Chance Ranch?

The main character, she disgusted me.

Any additional comments?

If you didn't care for 50 Shades of Gray, then you won't care for this. As a woman and a mother, I found it offensive.

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