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Good for a mindless read, not for enjoyment.

Revisado: 06-15-22

The writing was pretty poor. The author never let you connect the dots, she always did it for you. The voice actress did nothing to enhance the experience. She has a good voice, but her inability to read a sentence with the right inflection makes it really hard to listen to.

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Entertaining, but shallow.

Revisado: 03-04-22

I liked the take. I thought there was some good humor. I was just disappointed in the lack of complexity. As a book that's described as Holmes-ian, the book just didn't have that cleverness. Instead of fine details that only a genius could find or uncover, it was more mundane observations that panned out in the MC's favor.

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If the voice actor didn't sound like a robot?

Revisado: 02-10-22

Who uses Amy Landon as a VA? I have tried, multiple times, to read this book. Every time I start, I hear the robotic and unnatural speaking/reading tones. I give up.

It doesn't help that the first portion of the text is filled with short jagged sentences, so the roller coaster of the narrator's stilted voice is rammed unmercifully into your ear.

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A look at modern oral story-telling.

Revisado: 01-19-22

I really liked this book, but it did have a rough beginning and some rough portions in the middle.

First, I want to say that the book had some great elements: folktales, a loving atmosphere for the reflective world to take on life, charming characters, a way to look at oral story-telling in the present day, and a gentle dose of non-binary love.

It took me a little bit to adapt to the structure of the story. I can't put my finger on exactly how it felt different from other novels I have read. I think I am used to long paragraphs of description, and this book focused more on short bursts of description with lots of internal (and external) dialog. If anyone gets a similar vibe or can pick out why it is different, I'd love your thoughts.

The downside of this novel was some of the author's choices. The characters would say things that didn't exactly make sense with their characters or with the audience. At one point, the author described a cellphone and personal assistant (like Siri) to explain what they were and how they were used. It made it the beginning fairly stilted and hard to get through; however, I think it was a crafty ploy from the author. The novel follows a young girl who is doing her own style of oral story-telling by creating digital videos. I think the author was telling the story from an outsider (in this case, an animal person's) perspective and explaining the magic of the modern world to a people who wouldn't understand it. It's only now, as I write this review, that this understanding has hit me. I like the book a bit more now.

Sometimes the voice actors can be a bit silly with voices, but they did an excellent job. I could listen to them tell stories over and over again.

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