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Very Very Good

Revisado: 12-06-21

highly recommend. the reader has a very nice voice. the storytelling style was easily digestible. the story itself is absolutely bonkers. made even more bonkers by the fact that it's based in reality and was a real court case.

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Highly Recommended

Revisado: 12-05-21

One kf the best nonfiction books I've listened to/read. I think it is an especially important read for Americans to understand our own history and views on family, poverty, classism, antisemitism and eugenics.
while the book didn't go into racism as deeply as j think it could have, it did touch kn it and it's influence.

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Style and Time Period it was Made

Revisado: 08-16-21

this is written like a biography of Sparrowhawk. Ursula K. Le Guin is a good writer, I also liked the worldbuilding. its also really cool that a fantasy book has more then white people in it.
But about halfway through, and all the way until the end, the lack of female characters that really did anything got more and more annoying and rubbed me the wrong way.
Woman's magic is weak, and wicked. the first female character tries to magically bind Sparrowhawk into her service. The second tricks him into casting a ln evil spell. the third appears for one scene amd is pretty and pale. The second comes back, tries to trick him again, and dies. the last female character is a little sister and her personality is described as like a minnow. she cooks them food.
All the male characters were very interesting, but it felt weird for there to be no women of consequence at all.

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I liked the younger narrator, not the older one.

Revisado: 06-11-21

I like listening to books and dont mind as much when the narrator puts different tones into it because at the end of the day its the same story regardless.
poetry is not like that, a different tone or inflection can change the meaning of a line, and I feel one of the narrator's missed the mark for me more often than not.
I love wordsworth's poems regardless though.

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Only Listened to the last Chapter

Revisado: 05-20-21

only listened to the last chapter because I actually own the paperback version of it, but about 20 pages were missing and they were, of course, the LAST 20 pages. couldn't wait to buy another paper copy of the book so i got it here.
I really like the book so of course I like the story, but cant speak for the performance.

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I love this

Revisado: 04-04-21

The sound quality isn't fantastic, but Kimmerer sounds like a soft spoken mother telling you a bedtime story, or sharing a memory from the porch. The emotion in the book is easy to feel and appreciate. The science and spirituality blend seamlessly with her recollections.

I'm seriously considering going into bryology because of this book.

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Very Good

Revisado: 12-29-20

I am new to True Crime and to podcasts. I appreciate how professional the investigation seems to be and the focus on the victim and not necessarily the crime itself. at this point ive only listened to 2 episodes but it is very good.

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Lots of Information

Revisado: 12-27-20

very interesting, a lot of information that is well told and explained. Will probably listen to this at least once more to better understand it fully.

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Good Story, Okay Performance

Revisado: 11-20-19

the Canadian character has a US accent, not a canadian one. The other characters have british accents.
the story is good as long as you don't mind long winded explanations of sea creatures and their habits that have been debunked by modern science.
Still, being an artifact of its time its still fun to explore the oceans with the characters, even though there are some side plots that aren't resolved all the way.

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