Cynthia Freeman

Not sure why it's so famous

Revisado: 08-20-21

The narrator was very good. The story was so so. Maybe it was more interesting in the time period it was written. Now, it just seems kind of sad and more than a bit misogynistic.

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I Wished the Author Would Just Get On With It

Revisado: 03-29-13

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Probably not to most of my friends. This book is kind of an intellectual exercise. Most of my friends would probably not be thrilled by that. Not to insult my friends' intellect, it's just that this book doesn't really have a compelling plot.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

That was it!!! I was expecting a little bit more of a resolution.

Have you listened to any of David Hilder’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not that I'm aware of.

Do you think The Second Coming needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No, I can't see where another book would go. It seems like more of a stand-alone story to me. There's not a plot that lends itself to a sequel.

Any additional comments?

This book is well written but I wouldn't call it a truly compelling read. There were few places in the book where I was all that interested in finding out what was going to happen next.

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Not a Happy Story

Revisado: 09-08-12

Where does Gone Girl rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's pretty far down the list. Although it's well done, it's pretty depressing.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The book was full of plot twists. Not what you expect.

Did Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

They did a good job of portraying the characters. They brought out my emotions.

Any additional comments?

This book is pretty evocative but the plot is not really my cup of tea. Call me old fashioned but I like to have at least one character that I really like and this book didn't offer that. In fact, I kind of felt like I needed to take a shower after I finished to wash off the depressing remnant of the ending. If you're looking for a happy ending, this is not the book for you.

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Dry, Dry, Dry

Revisado: 01-07-12

This book wasn???t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

You have to be a hard-core historian to really enjoy this book.

What three words best describe Clive Chafer???s performance?

Cultured, dry, emotionless

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Twelve Caesars?

Some of the really long passages in Latin.

Any additional comments?

I was doing OK with this book even though it's pretty dry material. I expected it to be a bit on the scholastic side. I know enough about Roman history that I was getting by and enjoying some of the bits and pieces. You have to have a pretty good knowledge of that history to even have a chance at understanding what is going on and recognizing the names. There are so many names to keep track of.

And then, I ran into an extraordinarily long passage in Latin that just about put me to sleep before the narrator finished it. Maybe if I understood Latin, I wouldn't have found this so irritating but it would have been better done by translation to English. I can't imagine that there are many who have a full enough knowledge of Latin to understand the passage.

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A Little Outside the Norm

Revisado: 11-22-10

Stephen King can write to evoke emotion, there's no doubt about that. My problem with most of his work is that it's so dark and the ending is usually pretty unhappy. That being said, this book comes the closest of anything of his I've read to having a happy ending.

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Well Done

Revisado: 11-22-10

Interesting book. I liked that characters and the plot was interesting and mostly plausible. The narration was very well done.

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Interesting Book

Revisado: 11-22-10

I thought this book was rather better than the other reviewers did. It probably could have been tightened up a bit without damage but I thought the characters were well drawn and the plot was interesting. The narrator did an OK job but she seemed to get mixed up a bit with ascribing East coast accents to the Californian protagonist in places.

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Not Funny

Revisado: 05-13-09

Contrary to the synopsis of this book, one thing this book is NOT, is funny. I mean, if you think it is, you must be a little twisted. It's well written and evokes a number of emotions but mirth is not one of them. I'm not terribly picky but this one is not really my cup of tea.

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