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Loved this!

Revisado: 09-28-24

This was included with my audible membership and it ended up being one of my favorite books! Excellent narration, also!

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Hilarious!

Revisado: 12-08-21

Had me laughing out loud multiple times. Looking forward to reading other Lucy Vine novels.

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favorite Moriarty work thus far

Revisado: 10-08-21

SO good! May even re-listen! I could not stop listening and finished it in 3 days.

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Ugh

Revisado: 07-28-21

I usually reserve reviews for books I enjoy, as I don't actually get any satisfaction giving poor reviews.

But I cannot hold my tongue on this one. The story sounds like it was written by a precocious, 17 yr old virgin who wants to be edgy part of the time. SO SO SO cheesy and obscenely predictable. Not funny as I was hoping. No one in this story is a believable character. No one acts like this in real life. Especially 29 year old women. Or any human for that matter. Redundant I know but I cannot stress it enough. The narration wasn't intolerable, but when you do a Bostonian accent, you have to do it for all the words. Not just Martin, or like 2 others. Also, Chelsea and her whole family are supposedly Boston natives as well, yet they all sound like their from a wholesome college town in southern Wisconsin. Weird. Anyway I 150% do not recommend. I wouldn't have finished it but I couldn't return it and honestly I just thought "how much worse can this get?" The answer is infinitely. Infinitely worse.

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Nonsensical

Revisado: 07-13-20

Really disappointed in this book. The Milliner's Secret by Natalie Meg Evans is one of my favorite books, so when I saw this one come out on audible I was truly excited. Unfortunately the story line is all over the place, there's a poorly done supernatural premise, and the ending doesn't even make sense. The protagonist is also a passive idiot. The accents were on point, however the narrator's voice sounds like an elderly sheep farmer's wife and doesn't fit the 20 something protagonist at all. I wish I had skipped over this one.

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Life-altering

Revisado: 07-01-20

Whenever someone asks me what my favorite book is, I always struggle to find an answer and usually end up naming a few, stating "so many...hard to decide on just one." Well, no longer. This story touched my soul. The descriptive prose is beautiful and painted the images of Tartt's world like one of the master works that are constantly present in the book. The emotions are conveyed in a way that made me truly empathize with the characters, often moved to tears (but not full-on sobbing). I don't ever pick books based on their awards, and I saw that The Goldfinch received a lot of criticism while reading reviews. However, this is one instance when I can say it was wholly deserving of the Pulitzer Prize. Is it dark and seedy in some places? Yes. But for me, it just added a sense of depth that other stories cannot reach; turning serious novels into fluff-reading by comparison. This story is magic and I loved it beyond measure.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 04-15-20

I've been reading criticisms of this book regarding clichés and it being just like all of Maas's other novels, and while that may be a little true, it didn't take away from the fact that I 100% absolutely loved this book. The characters were well developed and the twists and turns were truly shocking. It seemed to draw some inspiration from Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy, in regards to people having a unique scent based on herbs/spices/flowers and the whole male dominance mating possessiveness issues, etc. But I loved Harkness's novels and it only adds to this one. The world Maas created was unique and interesting, I was sad when it ended and cannot wait for the sequel. Also I cried. A lot. But in a good way. A great pandemic escape read overall.

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Unpleasantly surprised. DNF

Revisado: 03-26-20

I could not get through this book, despite it being my favorite specific genre (female-centric, wwii, in Europe). Charlotte's story was boring and quite frankly, made little sense. The Eve story was better and should have been the only story. I like the premise of Alice du Bois, queen of spies. Would have been excited to read more about that. Overall do not recommend.

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annoying but necessary

Revisado: 03-26-20

I loved the Rosie project SOOO much that I had to listen to book 2 immediately. That being said, it was punishment to finish. The entire thing was so sad, Rosie wasn't even like the same person and had transformed into a completely awful human being, in my opinion. Parts were funny but not enough to redeem the whole story. I'm still looking forward to reading the 3rd installment as the reviews are mostly positive and I really enjoy Don's inner monologue.

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Epic storytelling

Revisado: 01-26-20

One of the richest and most dynamic stories I've encountered in a while. Truly loved this book. I wasn't crazy about the narration, the cadence was too theatrical for me. And someone who could do some NYC accents for the native NYers would have been nice. However it didn't ruin the story for me. Highly recommend.

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