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Beautiful descriptions but...

Revisado: 05-28-23

Her descriptions of Alaska are elegiac and magnificent, but the storyline is melodramatic and at times silly. No doubt the descriptions of people in the area at the time are factually based and historically true, but the mother and daughter in the story are unlikeable and histrionic. I found the narrator accentuated this.

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Terrible writing

Revisado: 01-22-22

This is ham fisted writing and a plot line that is plodding and obvious. It was such bad writing I couldn't keep listening to it, and I was sorry because I love the time period and historical references.

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Absolutely wonderful

Revisado: 04-14-21

I loved this. It’s serious and it’s playful. I’ve read most of Trollope and I think he is more perceptive of the feelings of women than any other author I’ve read.
The narrator does a magnificent job, though I did slow it down a hair.

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Interesting story, hate the narration

Revisado: 03-13-21

I wanted so much to love this, as I loved Deacon King Kong, but the narrator yelled every sentence. It was like being continually slapped. I just couldn't take it for more than a couple of minutes at a time.

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Masterpiece

Revisado: 02-28-21

I don't know how this would read, but on Audible it is a masterpiece. It is funny and sad and earthy and mystical, and the story is completely engaging.

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Dissapointing

Revisado: 08-26-20

I'm a big Daniel Silva fan and have read all the rest of the series. This one is disappointing. The storyline is weak.

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Total delight

Revisado: 07-27-20

This is a total delight. I recommend watching the video series also, on Amazon prime, as that gives additional color and dimensions to the story. This is such fun and it is beautifully read. The reader's voice brings each character to life and never gets in the way. Sometimes the Irish accent is a bit too thick to clearly understand, but that is ok as it is never a character essential to the storyline.

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Magnificent.

Revisado: 02-10-20

Of all the books to which I've ever listened, going back pre-audible to CD's and tapes, Martin Jarvis is the most compelling reader. He is perfect and the voices he gives the characters makes them as alive as if you were overhearing them speak. It took me a bit of time to warm up to the Oliver Twist storyline, but Mr. Jarvis's kept me listening, and the story is filled with horror and sweetness. At times, Dickens rambles on in a way that reminds me of The Christmas Carol, but it's a lovely story and well worth one's time.

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Juvenile

Revisado: 11-14-19

This has the dialogue of a bad TV show. Sentences may often be finished by the listener because so many are cliches, and the situations move from interesting to predictable. I continued listening for some hours, because parts of it are unexpected and creative. Before I was half way through, I quit. It wasn't enjoyable enough to compensate for the bad writing and the annoying voice of the reader.
The reader used much emotional emphasis on every sentence, and read in the voice of a child. Since the main character is a thirteen year old girl, it would be excusable if that style didn't continue through every character.

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Sappy

Revisado: 11-10-19

This is so sentimentalized and sappy I couldn't finish it. Since it is fiction based on historical people, she could have used this freedom to develop complex and nuanced characters. Instead they are one-dimensional and very emotional (all the time.)

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