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J. Mattison

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A *Christmas* Story?!

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-04-24

Career gang hitman gets one last list of victims right before Christmas. He does his job. Nothing Christmas about this story. WTF did I just read?

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What Did I Just Listen To???

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-11-24

I understood that this was a weird story and approached it with an open mind. But... this was just too weird. A man nearing a mental breakdown writes his brother about he and his wife's loss of a pregnancy 1 month before term. OK. But the therapy for the wife involves adopting two rabbits to breast feed and mother?! I sympathize with the man nearing his mental capacity trying to understand all this. Is this some comment on men being overlooked for empathy after a pregnancy loss? Who knows. Just too weird.

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Convoluted, complex, yet intriguing new world

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-20-23

I think this is going to require another listen in the year ahead. I was already familiar with LMB's World of the Five Gods, but the tightly intertwined world of politics, history, religion, family connections, and avenues to power were more complex than in her other books in this universe. The narrator skillfully handled the various male and female voices with creativity.

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Total CRINGE the whole story!

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-28-23

I've enjoyed the rest of these slice-of-life tales about young women in the big city and how they react to the entitled assholery of the men they run into. This story, however, was Cringe throughout. A wealthy client of Alicia's bank makes an offer to Alicia with no discernable motivation. Alicia then spends the rest of the first-person narrative on mental hysteria, moral contortions, frantic internal dialogue, and a total lack of judgment, spine, self-esteem, and ownership of her own actions and desires. "Yes, No, I Changed My Mind." Own it, girl!

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A MUST LISTEN!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-14-22

Gripping narration and beautifully written and compelling religious drama story. What truly brings this story to life in such a visceral way is the author's voice. I bought this book two days ago and finished it barely a minute ago. My favorite book of the year!

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Great Book, But Should Be Called The White City

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-30-20

I really enjoyed this book, however as a true crime aficionado I was expecting more of a story about HH Holmes. The book is a fascinating retelling of the building of the Chicago world's Fair, which in and of itself is an amazing feat to behold. however, I would say about 75% of this book is about the Chicago world's Fair and only about 25% is a look at HH Holmes. I was expecting a little bit more about homes, and in that respect was disappointed. But overall, I would highly recommend this read.

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Crown Duel Audiolibro Por Sherwood Smith arte de portada

Exciting plot. Terrible Narration.

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-26-20

To echo other reviews here, Emma Galvin did a stupidly terrible job in narration and I will be sure to NEVER buy a book she's narrated in the future. I had to steel myself to ignore her mid-phrase pauses, her lack of difference in voice or tone between characters and did I mention her pausing in odd places unwarranted by punctuation or natural flow of speech? Nearly gave up on the book after the first chapter or two.

Aside from the narration, the story was exciting, well-plotted, with interesting characters. The underlying romance is typical of 1990's style with a stalwart, enigmatic hero and a courageous but emotionally immature and insecure heroine who hates the hero, constantly misunderstands his actions, but who realizes her mistakes before the finale. Reminds me of romances I used to read 30 years ago.

The plot has more intricacy than expected. The politics and factions are well represented. The battles and cross country journeys are vivid. The climax is unexpected, but well set up. If you can get past the narration, this is a fun, diverting escape.

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Great book, the reader's voice is atrocious

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-21-20

The book is very informative, but the reader's voice is terrible. Her overwrought vocalization of each word and continual stress on the word "moreover" is beyond irritating. Would highly recommend getting the hard copy version.

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Imaginative, thought provoking, but...

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-21-19

Why do male authors have such trouble writing women? Still emotionally irrational after 4 lifetimes?

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