Kingfisher

Not at all sleep inducing

Revisado: 12-29-18

This is more a dramatic reading than it is soothing storytelling. The narrators’ voice changes for new characters and their expressive exclamations with shouts at varying volumes do not make for relaxing listening at all. I found it far more jarring than relaxing.

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Far-fetched but not how you think

Revisado: 08-07-18

Ok, so we know there’s an evil child. There may be a possession. There’s mention of a witch. Perfect so far; I am in.
I won’t give anything away but after the mother gets a whole host of crazy unloaded on her, she sends her one source of safety away to buy champagne and strawberries. And THAT is where my suspension of disbelief ends. Not to mention that the author drops an entire plot line so we never find out what that really meant. I only finished it because the narration is excellent and my commute is long.

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Painful. Necessary.

Revisado: 06-13-18

It’s not going to be all unicorns and rainbows, to paraphrase Mel, but listening to this shows there’s always hope to problems that can seem insurmountable. I am better for having listened. I am humbled by the people who shared their story. I am in awe by Mel’s insightfulness to each individual’s story but also her practical takeaways that can apply more broadly. This is humanity at its best.

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Cloning and horses in the living room

Revisado: 03-29-16

Your understanding of nature vs. nurture will not be complete until you listen to this.

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Not for public transport

Revisado: 03-23-16

...unless you want to look like a madman for laughing suddenly aloud to yourself uncontrollably.
(This is true for all in this series.)

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Inconsistent volume

Revisado: 03-21-16

I honestly couldn't get too far in this because the narrator kept changing volume, which meant it went from calm monologue to loud yells sporadically. To save my ears, I quit.

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Boring and unsatisfying

Revisado: 12-09-15

Imagine someone you know has lived through an amazing, major historical event and you ask them to tell you about it. And they do--with excruciatingly superfluous detail. I only continued listening out of pity for the narrator who had had the displeasure of trying to emote through boring dialogue and tediously dull battle scenes. Don't expect that detail to extend to the aliens or to a deeper philosophical query. Instead, the author, like your senile grandfather, will tell you the same joke twice that his drinks were all bought for him--even though they are free for the CDF. So unsatisfying.

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