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Good story, preachy ending

Revisado: 09-23-24

The rags to riches story is very good, engaging and heart warming. The last few chapters preaching about what should be done to save others from poverty is a poor way to end it. He should have let the message of the story stand on its own.

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no story

Revisado: 06-08-23

it's just people sitting around discussing and comparing religion. by chapter 8 I gave up. I've liked all the books before now and George Guidall is great as always, but there's no story. nothing happens!

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I'm so happy

Revisado: 04-18-23

I am so happy that George Guidall is finishing off the Tony Hillerman Leaphorn/Chee books... looking forward to the whole set being finished.

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She got better

Revisado: 10-11-22

Not the best Agatha Christie novel. This is an early work before she hit her peak. The narrator was very good. Some reviewers have said her American accent is bad, but I've heard worse. As an American, it wasn't offensive. The material Agatha gave the Americans in the story to say, however, ... Yikes! It was mass cliches and misused early 20th Century slang, no doubt gotten out of early American movies, over cooked and served with frosting. Some say the adversary was obvious. I disagree. Sure, it could only have been 1 of at most 3 of the people ... unless she pulled a spectacular cheat and introduced someone last minute (she has in other books so a definite consideration - especially given the title) but the end result, while not shocking, was not who I guessed. At least she played fair and the clues were there even if there were equally as many clues, if not more, for another. Worth hearing.

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Early Agatha Christie

Revisado: 10-08-22

Well written with engaging, although unbelievable, characters. The plot is not up to later Christie standards. It's a whodunit without any means for the reader to follow clues, but it makes an enjoyable light read. The performances are excellent and using two narrators was a great choice.

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the shark has been jumped

Revisado: 08-28-22

sags in the middle, too much exposition, and lacks a lot of the charm of the earlier novellas.

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disappointed

Revisado: 04-25-21

I followed Anne's growth as an author since taking over her father's series. The writing and storing telling improved up to Cave of Bones. The Tale Teller was off quite a bit. This is just awful. There's no suspense and no excitement. The perpetrator is given away and the other characters cleared just by how they are presented. The middle is boring rehash after rehash of the evidence, and the resolution was quick, unsurprising, and bland. The change of reader was a mistake, as well. This guy is hard to listen to, reads like a High School student - emphasizing words that shouldn't be and vice versa. He uses the same voice for several characters and changed voices for some characters. Very disappointing overall.

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So informative! Very timely

Revisado: 10-27-20

I'm not sure I like that Cruz is the hero of each story, but if you can set that aside, there is a lot of very interesting, important, and timely information about the US Supreme Court. Pabon doesn't sound at all like Cruz and there are places I think he missed Cruz's emphasis (and there's a "safety" editing mistake), but he did a fantastic job of keeping what could have been dry recitation of facts engaging.

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A master work of intrigue but a slow burn

Revisado: 01-16-20

it's not a dollar coaster spy novel, but more like watching a personal chess match by two renown masters. The spy-craft is not satisfying, but the verisimilitude holds up well.

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Great adventure, mediocre narator

Revisado: 12-10-19

An editor could have helped this narrator by removing breathing, swallows, and awkward pauses that are distracting. The narrator isn't bad, but in places doesn't perform the characters consistently or emphasizes the wrong part of sentences. The stilted style of the book, and the author's "voice," as a character of 1st person POV, lend versimilitude but detract from the flow. The story is good. It's a slow but humerous start that ever builds toward a wild action ride, that pays off well. The characters are thick and juicy.

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