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An interesting topic that turns to god

Revisado: 09-18-18

For me it stood on its own until it was overtaken by religion. Had I seen a warning in the book’s description, it would not have been purchased.

I felt the power of friendship is a sustaining virtue.

People quite often achieve success on their own.
No need to burn a candle.

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Narration quite sub par

Revisado: 12-03-17

Feels like being read to by a kindergarten teacher, and you are forced into ultra enunciation of each word. Painful.

My mind was on the bad narration rather than the story.

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Doesn't read like Maeve Binchy - Too many characte

Revisado: 05-29-17

What would have made Chestnut Street better?

Reduce the number of people being introduced. Can't keep track once it went past 20 or so.

Has Chestnut Street turned you off from other books in this genre?

More turned off on the author than the genre. I have read and really enjoyed her stories in the past. This one was more of a collage across people, time, problems, and most of it negative.

What didn’t you like about Sile Bermingham’s performance?

Sometimes the tenor of the voice seemed to be confused between male and female characters.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Chestnut Street?

All the ones that make the female characters stand out as a bunch of uneducated, never left home, abused by men, can't think for themselves women. That would be about 90%.I don't think that is a realistic picture of women in the western world, I hope not...

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A polemic, a rant, a sad way to think of 30-years

Revisado: 09-21-15

Tim, life is so much a happier place than how you tell it. Even the ending on meditation is misplaced. It isn't the world'd (Italy's) fault. It is your negative perception.

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Sounds like our story

Revisado: 09-15-15

This story is much like a story of villagers from the remote villages of Spaniards in northern New Mexico. The narrator starts off with a bitter tone but then fades to reveal a beautiful way of life which is unfortunately fading, sadly fading.

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A lot of road time

Revisado: 06-15-15

Lots of historical information in a serious story. I did not get the feeling that the author enjoyed the trip. Much more "just the facts". An interesting view on the age of religious mix in various regions and relative strength of belief and how that is represented by the individual. I was reading it for the history of the apple.

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Difficult to follow Narrator's character's voices

Revisado: 02-26-13

Would you try another book from Håkan Nesser and Laurie Thompson (translator) and/or Simon Vance?

The story was good but the narrator didn't seem to be successful in knowing when to change between voices of different characters. It was often difficult to tell if it was the Inspector's lines or another's lines in the narration. They kept tripping over each other.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Borkmann's Point?

The point at which I was finally able to recognize all the characters became memorable.

Would you be willing to try another one of Simon Vance’s performances?

This performance was one of, if not the greatest, weak links in the telling of the story.

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