Melissa

Dan Stevens does a fantastic narration job

Revisado: 02-17-25

Great listen for fans of Agatha Christie. Dan Stevens' narration is excellent and helps the audience keep track of the different characters amd really get into their emotions. The tension and horror of the story builds and will keep readers guessing until the very end - like all good stories from Christie.

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Cozy mystery

Revisado: 11-02-24

A cozy, small town mystery with great characters, a mystery within a mystery, and generational secrets... I couldn't stop listening! The narrator does a lovely job and had me hooked. Very excited for the sequel to come out next spring.

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2nd listen, does not disappoint

Revisado: 10-08-24

Another great installment in this series! Fans of the Karigan-Zachary plot line have much to look forward to.

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Best book yet in the series!

Revisado: 02-20-24

I loved the first two and the third one did not disappoint! I loved it!

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Pop history with all its defects

Revisado: 12-19-23

This book is largely a waste of time. The author takes great pains to stretch it out into an appropriate length, but he ultimately doesn't have very much to say. The history of the Oxford Dictionary and the two characters at the center of this book are certainly interesting, but there simply isn't enough primary evidence or historiography to make the length of the book necessary. The audio book's runtime is further padded by a list of additional books to read (many of which would probably be better books to read for anyone with more than a passing and casual interest) and an interview with the author. Finally, as a pop historian with no historical training, the author makes several choices I found distasteful and unexpected. In his own voice, not quoting any source, the author repeatedly and degradingly referred to prostitutes as "whores" ... which hardly constitutes professional or academic writing. He regularly sensationalized Dr. Miner's mental illness as "madness;" despite offering an evolving understanding of the schizophrenia that plagued Dr. Miner near the end of the book, the author prefers the sensational terms that should arguably not even serve as hooks for professional writing, much less be repeated throughout the book.

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Other titles provide a better read

Revisado: 04-06-22

If you're interested in the start of WWI, I recommend Sean McMeekin or Christopher Clark over this title. Both provide more detailed accounts of the events leading up to the war and have more original ideas. Fromkin's book reads as an elementary review of the subject and draws more on the work of other scholars than adds to the existing historiography itself.

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A good quick read, cool new history!

Revisado: 07-14-20

Lots of amazing women and their contributions to the profession of journalism, as well as the contemporary American understanding of WWI. It's a quick read and I would definitely recommend if you're interested in WWI and/or women's history. Bernadette Dunne is a great narrator!

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A great book about post-WW1 feminism

Revisado: 04-03-20

I loved it! The narrator does a good job pronouncing non-English names and words, but does read kind of slowly. I listened at 1.20 speed. The book is well-written, the narrative is engaging, and I learned so much and about women I'd never heard of before!

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Mindblowing!!

Revisado: 12-19-19

An amazing book!! A definite must-read. The narrator does a great job, and the story is thought-provoking and at times disturbing.

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Good information, but problematic

Revisado: 11-21-19

The narrator pronounces most words correctly, but consistently mispronounces "Muslim" - which was distracting to say the least. The book itself is very British-centric.

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