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The Late Bloomer's Revolution
- De: Amy Cohen
- Narrado por: Amy Cohen
- Duración: 7 h y 6 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 10
Amy Cohen always imagined that by age 30 she would be juggling a thriving career, a devoted English husband, and two adorable children who had shag haircuts and a room in their loft where they could play the drums. But at 35, as she struggled to come to terms with the loss of her adored mother, she found herself "between jobs" (she'd been fired), "between boyfriends" (she'd been dumped), and "between apartments".
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1 out of 5 stars
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Shrillness vs. wit
- De Marie en 07-23-07
- The Late Bloomer's Revolution
- De: Amy Cohen
- Narrado por: Amy Cohen
Shrillness vs. wit
Revisado: 07-23-07
I'll never know whether I would have found this book amusing if I'd read it instead of hearing it performed, apparently, by someone huffing helium every other sentence. It seemed as if the producers decided to up the funny factor by coaching the reader to be as shrill and nasal as possible (and to experiment freely with bad fake accents).
I also wish I'd been warned that the book's "humor" would consist of an endless, predictable string of Jewish-mother tropes and cutesy women's-magazine one-liners about catching/keeping/losing men. Ugh.
I knew it wasn't going well when I started forwarding through 10 minutes at a time, then 20 minutes at a time, hoping the mother character was going to shut up or die or something. She didn't. And neither did the main character.
I usually don't mind a dose of chick-lit, but this was truly so cloying and pointless that I'm actually sitting here venting in a nasty review. Double ugh.
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