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Nicolas Sparks set in Montana

Revisado: 08-11-19

Very dramatic. Very soap-operaish. Clearly should be made into a movie. Hollywood would love this!! Me? Not so much. The horrible raspy voice of the lead character is HORRIBLE! Glad I only spent $1.98.

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A long slog without a payoff

Revisado: 10-18-18

I had heard this book very positively reviewed by several people but I found the whole thing very unsatisfying. One depressing story after another with none brought to resolution, There are lots of time shifts which in an audio book are hard to follow. All in all, blech!

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Maybe I was expecting a steel magnolia

Revisado: 09-24-18

What Sally should have done was write this book and then put it in a desk drawer. I'm sure this was cathartic for Sally but it just got too whiney and self-consumed for my taste. There are some parts that are somewhat humorous i.e. her tale of The Way West but everything else in her life seemed so fraught. She talks about all the laughing she did but shares very few tales for the reader to laugh with her.

Then she should have written a whole new book for publication that has more of a steel magnolia vibe, some humor and a much lighter touch.

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First person narrative...loved it

Revisado: 09-18-18

This book wrapped me in its literary arms from the beginning. Well developed characters populate this book. Be sure to listen to the author's note in the last chapter. He tells how the basic framework evolved and developed. This book is very atypical for this author but very very good.

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Sad teenager...Demented kidnapper...Bad marriages

Revisado: 07-31-18

Yuck! Two hours into this book I just wanted it to go away. Here is one device authors use that I do not like: getting into the mind of the perp and the whole drama of girls/women being held and abused. I really like mysteries where we really don't know what happened to the victim.

Now if I can find the place on Audible's site to return it?!

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Believe it or not you will root for the perps

Revisado: 01-13-18

Silence has a very intriguing and complex plot and I binged on it. This is the only book I have ever read in which I was rooting for the perps as well as the good guys. That takes clever writing and makes me want to read more of Thomas Perry's books. However I certainly could have done with a bit less back story on the main characters. To me the backstories were the slowest parts. But I loved the ending! Perfect!

This book was recorded in 2007 and yet to this Californian's ears I had some real problems with Kramer's pronounciations of streets/towns. I cannot not believe that Tantor Media did not redub the mispronunciations of the reader. Here is the list of mispronounced streets/towns:
La Cienega (C-N-ega accent on "N")
Sepulveda (Sa-pull-va-da accent on "pull")
San Rafael (he did get it right once--San Rafell--but wrong about every other time)
Simi (seamy)
San Luis Obispo (San Lewis A-bispo).

I realize that most people live in areas without Spanish names but if you are a reader for a book set in California you might want to bone up on pronunciations.

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Loved, loved, loved this book

Revisado: 01-29-17

This book robbed me of half of a night's sleep. I had started the book. It was 2 am and I decided to listen for "just an hour." Then I had 4 more of those hours, then got up and finished the book. I laughed occasionally, wept ALOT and had to ice my eyes to try to get rid of the puffiness!
A day later I listened again to parts during which I may have nodded off and missed. I love the way the romance built and the 4 voices were terrific.

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Predictable but oh such fun to listen to

Revisado: 12-23-16

I must admit that this is like a Italian meringue, sweet, light without much substance. But it sure is fun to listen to. I will say it got a little too Perils of Pauline-y for me at one point but, quelle surprise, it all comes out OK .

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Scottoline's BACK with a humdinger

Revisado: 08-16-16

The plot here is so heart-rending that I tear up just thinking about Part 1 of the story. Any author that can make me care that much about a fictional character, is a master indeed. She also had me rooting in the court room scenes (and please, attorneys, don't burst my bubble by telling me how unrealistic it might be)

This would be a wonderful book club book especially if there are attorneys in the book group. Kate Burton (daughter of Richard, right?) does a very good job. Jennifer LaVoy of book 1 was called on to do a far broader range of characters which she did masterfully. But Burton does everything the book calls for very well.

I love you Lisa Scottoline!

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Not nearly as good as Accused

Revisado: 08-16-16

This book is written in the voice of an associate, Judy at Rosato & DiNunzio the all-female law firm and the subplot continues from Accused, book no 1 in the series. The narrator is not even in the same league as book no 1 AND in fact, Scottoline uses the exact same plot device at the climax of this book as she used in book 1. I swear I could copy and paste a line out of book 1 and out of book 2 and they would be identical.

There is a subplot that has to do with coping with breast cancer and all its attendant therapies, misconceptions about attitude's role in healing (bottom line: attitude does NOT affect healing-see American Cancer Society page on this) and ideas about "fighting" cancer. It makes me wonder if Scottoline was undergoing treatment while writing this book. "Chemo brain" might well have caused her to forget that she had just used the same plot device in book 1. ( am not being sarcastic here but simply trying to figure out why the slip by this fabulous author,)

What's good: surprise villain, great characterizations and a oh so intriguing ending.

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