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Intriguing story

Revisado: 05-04-25 El oyente recibió este título gratis

Great story that was tightly written. The narrator was hideous. He never varied his voice between characters. So a kid might be talking and then the dad, but they sounded the same and it was very difficult to distinguish between the characters. Also, the narrator tended to be pretty monotonous (great if you listen to go to sleep, but awful if you’re driving!).

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Best Orphan X so far

Revisado: 12-01-24

Fast paced and well written as always. Love that there are multiple Orphans in this book. Very well performed.

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Great character

Revisado: 09-24-24

Loved this book and a new “action hero”, the Nowhere Man. This man’s very interesting background makes the story complicated enough to be believed. Never boring!

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Another interesting Icelandic murder mystery

Revisado: 05-16-24

I find this author’s books very interesting. The Icelandic culture is enough different from American that it adds quite a bit to the story.
Narration by George Guidall is outstanding, as usual.

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Interesting with great variety

Revisado: 04-21-24

Unlike most post WW2 books, this mixes everyday life with post war military work. Not a lot of gruesome descriptions of the holocaust, but it is definitely in the background of this story. The characters are very well developed. From Edith’s naiveté to Dory and Jack’s experience at deception, each character’s personality is built up with layers of description through the book so a real connection is present for each one. The pace can be a little slow for those who are interested in action. Overall, a great listen.

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Interesting narrative

Revisado: 04-08-24

I expected more of a historical novel from this book. Instead, it is more like a recitation of a woman’s journey to understanding of her history.
For a Christian, some terms were unfamiliar and it would’ve been helpful to have a little more detail to understand things like saying Kaddish and the Jewish traditions.
I have to wonder how people and places in Ukraine that are central to this story have fared since the Russian invasion and war that started in 2022.
I appreciate the prologue and epilogue.

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Espionage, murder and time

Revisado: 03-19-24

Interesting story that bounces between Cold War in E Germany and current times. Erlendur is his usual dogged detective who digs to find out about the skeleton that is found after some of a lake drains away and he ends up finding out the identity plus he gets an old Ford Falcon that is new to him, but still quite the relic, like he is.
Pace is a little slow, as most of the Erlendur stories.

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Good story with a Galway, IRE setting

Revisado: 02-19-24

Plenty of twists in this story that kept me engaged. The characters are quite interesting and it’s just the right length. I listened to it and finished in 2 days, which means it was very good.

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A great read and teaching!

Revisado: 02-15-24

I’ve never read anything by Jodi Picoult before. She is a wonderful author. This book has great story and character development about a very difficult subject—racism in America.
Thank you Jodi, for writing this book. I learned so much and I have some concrete actions I can do to address racism.
I very highly recommend this book.

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Arrogant and privileged young man

Revisado: 02-10-24

This story, while it is true, is told with such a small minded approach that I was disgusted by the author after the book was about 1/2 ways through. He is obviously very entitled and sounds like he expects to be not only respected by everyone without necessarily deserving respect but also honored for all he does. I find his story pretty sophomoric.

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