Kimberly Shephard

Compelling journalism, bad editing

Revisado: 08-27-23

This podcast definitely took me down a rabbit hole on MJ. I’ve never been able to reconcile the great (the music and dance) with the awful (he likely molested multiple children) and the weird (plastic surgery, Neverland, and skin lightening.) While I still can’t totally reconcile those things, this podcast added a lot of nuance to my thoughts on all of them.

HOWEVER. This is the absolute sound editing I’ve ever heard on a professional podcast and some amateur podcasts. The overly long pauses, breaks, and at one point an interview cuts off randomly into another interview. It’s horrible and takes you out of your listening mind. It’s ironic that the credits are so very long with so many people having worked on the podcast and they post what is essentially a rough draft. Slow Burn never sounded this bad. This knocks off a full star for me.

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Warm and tender depiction of mental health issues

Revisado: 12-04-22

Lovely narration. This book is a quiet and moving story of a woman’s mental health issues and the people who help her manage them. I liked the nuance and the heart portrayed here. Nothing is considered “solved” which is very true of real life. A lovely book overall.

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Not as good as Bowen’s mysteries

Revisado: 02-24-20

I felt like the author spent way more time “telling” than showing me character development in this book. Emily herself has very few specific characterizations, we don’t really see why she loves Robby so much and why she is so appealing to Lady Charlton. Finally, there’s som serious drugs ex machina in the plot and it all just didn’t coalesce for me.

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More of a moral treatise than a novel with a plot

Revisado: 04-21-18

While there were some interesting applicable ideas to our current enormous divide in This country, this book wasn’t really worth the time. Witherspoon is not a professional narrator and you can tell (though she does a passable job.) you can also tell that Lee didn’t want this book to be published because it’s not a complete book. It starts a story but doesn’t quite go anywhere then ends in an overly facile way. I wish I hadn’t read this and had just left To Kill A Mockingbird intact in my brain.

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Classic Georgie, but a rushed ending

Revisado: 03-22-16

I really liked this installment in Royal Spyness. It had good royal characters and added some depth to the secondary people in the series. Mild spoiler: My only complaint is that the ending felt forced and inorganic, particularly with the ghosts. This isn't a SciFi mystery series.

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Good, but not the best Molly Murphy mystery

Revisado: 08-17-15

I'm a huge Rhys Bowen fan and this was a satisfying Molly Murphy book, but not the best. There were too many strands to the mystery (seance, sisters, cousins, Justin Hartley, neighbors, Jakob, etc) that none really got quite tied up in the end and we're basically abandoned in the middle. Plus, the way that the book ultimately tied up was confusing and without foreshadowing. However, Molly was her usual delightful, charming, progressive self and I could listen to Nicola Barber read forever. If you are a fan of the series, read it. If it's the first Bowen book you've found, go back to the beginning or go check out Her Royal Spyness.

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Critical for understanding American Rape Culture

Revisado: 07-17-15

Krakauer presents an unflinching look at what it's like to be a woman who has been sexually assaulted. He captures the essence of the idea that rapes are considered consensual unless proven otherwise. He indicts not just Missoula but our entire justice system which revictimizes the victims. He also turns many rape myths on their ear. I hope this book is read and absorbed by many and not written off as a piece of muckraking yellow journalism.

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Not as good as Lick, but still a worthwhile entry

Revisado: 03-14-15

This book is a fitting part of the series. I don't think that Lena and Jimmy gel as well as previous couples, but it's still a must-read if you are into Stage Dive. The hot scenes were extremely hot.

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Good for fans, but not the best

Revisado: 01-21-15

Not the best Royal Spy mystery, but still worth a listen. I'm a little to the point where I just want Georgie and Darcy to do it and get it over with. ;) The narration is superb, as per usual. This book bites off a big chunk--it both covers a trans-Atlantic voyage and time on a movie set in California, and I think it would have worked a little better if the author had stuck to one setting and developed the story more richly there. However, it's still got the same charm that all the Royal Spy books have and is worth a listen for fans.

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Classic book, mediocre narrator

Revisado: 11-03-14

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I've read this physical book probably 6 times in my life and was excited to listen to it. The book remains as good as always, but this narrator was frustrating and annoying. I found her voice flat and her characters insipid. She also shifted in and out of a southern accent. I liked Scarlett O'Hara less than I ever liked her before based on this performance. I would love to see perhaps a great multi-cast production of this book.

What three words best describe Linda Stephens’s voice?

Flat. Mundane. She mis-pronounces common words.

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