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This series is hilarious. Perfect for road trips.

Revisado: 05-09-21

My daughter (14) and I absolutely love this series. We recently spent a ridiculous amount of time imaging who we would cast if there were a tv show. On a nearly daily basis we make Big Axe or Inspector Well Actually jokes. We love all the characters and there are too many hilarious ones to name but one of our all time faves is the “army of jerks!”
If you haven’t listened give them a chance. Get lost in the delightful inner workings of CUP and Andrea’s various relationships with family, friends and coworkers.
We cannot wait to see what happens next, in the series and other books from the author.

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Fun

Revisado: 04-23-21

Listened to this series with 12 and 9 year old boys, everyone really liked the story and didn’t want it to end. Please continue the story :)

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Love.

Revisado: 01-04-21

I second all the good reviews of this book, many of them written far better than I’m capable of.
This book is laugh-out-loud funny, non-stop action and all of the weird or confusing comes together in a perfectly satisfying conclusion.
This has become an annual listen and is just as enjoyable the nth time as it was the first.

My favorites: Ned. “Screamlets”. Hiding from Lady Shrapnel (that name! Lol). Cyril, more man than dog. Cats, extinct and un-extinct. Pen wipers.
Long, lazy summer days of rowing, floating, fishing and smelling the grass and flowers.

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Don’t Miss This

Revisado: 01-04-21

Connie Willis’ books are long, detailed, seemingly convoluted and utterly enthralling.
Doomsday Book alternates between the present (2050 I think?) and the coinciding timeline when Kivrin goes back in time to the 1300’s. The cast of characters introduced in both times are funny, kind, exasperating, appalling...and all of them so real I feel like I’ve known them personally.
I listen to and read hard copies of a lot of books, at least two a week for years, mostly fiction of all types.
Few of them have stuck with me the way Doomsday Book has. I rarely come so close to hearing the bells tolling, feeling the frozen chill of winter. Feeling as if I can clearly see Mr. Dunworthy, Mary, Colin, Agnes and Father Roche. Feel their desperation, hope, fear, ...all of it.

I just finished listening again and was shocked at the downright uncanny parallels to 2020 and the pandemic. From the lockdown, to poor Finch always trying to track down more toilet paper, to anti mask protestors, even down to some people calling it “the Indian flu”! I had forgotten those parts and could hardly believe my ears at some points.
This book is fantastic and well worth listening to. Stick it out to the end. Then get “To Say Nothing of the Dog” by Connie Willis for the absolute, sheer joy of it.

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Loved it more than Cletus loves his sausage.

Revisado: 03-20-20

I second all the good reviews of this final book and of the entire series. So satisfying and, while I am genuinely sad it’s over, I’m also looking forward to listening to all the books again in the future. This is a series that will stay funny and fantastic for years to come.

Now to go nurse my book hangover...somehow.

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Fun listen

Revisado: 06-30-16

This was a fun short-ish listen (I generally don't get anything less than 10 hours). Though many parts of the plot were unrealistic I think that's pretty much understood in this genre. It reminded me of Kristen Ashley's writing, characters and plot.
I wasn't sure if I liked the narrator's accent at first but it grew on me. I thought she got the inflection right and that is my biggest beef with narrators usually. I'm glad I saw it on sale otherwise I probably never would have tried it out. Worth a credit IMHO.

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Great book, bad narration

Revisado: 05-17-16

I like Bella Jewel's books. I have a hard time using a credit on anything less than 10 hours but I've bought a few of hers on audio and enjoyed them. This one I couldn't get past the first two chapters. The heroine has to be pretty tough, she's trying to make it as a bounty hunter right? To me she sounded like a high pitched, empty headed ditz. When she meets the hero it's mentioned he has a slight accent that she can't place. That's when the hero starts to sound like a bad imitation of Dracula or a Russian mob boss and I couldn't take any more.
I bought the book elsewhere and enjoyed reading it on paper so the hero could sound sexy and the heroine could sound like a grown up in my head.
I'm sure the narrator is great, she just missed on this one.

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Hilarious.

Revisado: 04-15-16

Seriously funny. I don't know how single adults feel about it but as a parent I laughed through the entire book. I'm not a connoisseur of Gaffigan so I don't know if he repeats stuff that's been out for a while or not as some of the other reviews said.

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Great listen

Revisado: 03-26-15

Good book, interesting story with a great narrator. I loved her accent. I don't usually buy murder mysteries but this had other elements that drew me to it. Drama, suspense, a little bit of romance. It wasn't overly long. I like books that are long AND good so I feel like I haven't wasted a credit or my time. This book was worth both, I won't forget the "Colleen roa". (Sorry if I spelled that incorrectly. That's the only thing I don't like about audiobooks, I can't see how names or places are spelled 😁).

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