Cortney

LOVE!!!!!

Revisado: 07-10-20

This was an incredible story with interesting and engaging characters. A story of trust, manipulation and sacrifice. Sneha Mathan did an amazing job at delivering Alka Joshi's story of a henna artist that built a life for herself fighting against societal standards of oppression. I loved the descriptions of settings and how the stories all intertwined and played for and against one another. I loved everything about this story and the lessons that were learned throughout. The culture is fascinating and interesting while also devastating. Definitely recommend!

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Interesting Concept

Revisado: 07-10-20

This was a very strange listen for me. I thought that Kate Rudd narrated it the best that she could, but the nature of this and the references to retellings for old fairy tales just seemed so odd to me. I stuck with the story and, as odd as it seemed to me, I refused to DNF. I think the fairy tale references sort of kept me engaged to see what happens next. The ending was very strange how everything came together. I am not sure that I was adequately prepared for what this book offered, or even what it was about. I very much believe that it was the nature of how unprepared I was for this story which contributed to my lack of enjoyment. At one point I believed it was a strange retelling that incorporated many tales, but without offering spoilers, it was not that at all. It was very sci-fi fiction ish.

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This rating does not reflect my misunderstanding

Revisado: 07-10-20

I thought this book was okay. I went into it thinking that it was a continuation of Every Day, but it was actually Rhiannon's story which was disappointing. However, I did find it interesting to know her reactions to meeting a new person and some of the things that were going on in her head, but realistically I felt like the author just added some additional content in Rhiannon's POV and left the rest of the information the same as the original story. There was nothing really original about it and while I understand that things cannot be entirely different due to the nature of this story, it still seemed to fall short with content specifically related to Rhiannon. Given the change in POV I expected a little more from Rhiannon unfortunately.

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Interesting Enough

Revisado: 07-10-20

I felt that Yareli did a great job performing this audiobook. Jeanine Cummins also did well to build her characters but I found that Lydia fell a bit flat for me, Javier was okay, but Luka appealed to me the most. The view from a child's eyes of how they moved from their home and traveled to cross the U.S./Mexican border. The opening scene was horrifying and devastating, but I did feel as though the story lacked something, I cannot place my finger on it though. This book did open my eyes to POC authors and #ownvoices authors. I would love to listen to first person experiences as opposed to fiction to get a grasp on what really happens.

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Hard Things

Revisado: 05-11-20

This is a "hard thing".
We can DO hard Things!

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Believe in yourself, be your true self and do not conform to the molds others have presented to you.

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A roller coaster ride for sure!

Revisado: 09-14-17

This was an amazing story, Jeanette provided a fantastic performance of her own story. I was unsure what to think of this at first, and I found myself upset at how the children were being treated. Once j started focusing solely on Jeanette and her story I was able to feel what she felt and move along and prevail much as she did!

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