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A pretty good retelling/modernization of Jane Eyre.

Revisado: 02-18-24

Didn’t love the narrator. She was too monotone and failed to bring the characters to life. Also didn’t love the gratuitous swearing. It didn’t elevate the storyline and wasn’t necessary.

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Good story, but too scientific for me

Revisado: 11-24-23

Henrietta’s story and contribution to science and modern medicine are important, and for this reason I’m glad I read the book. But it was too scientific with a lot of detail that I didn’t really need to hear about. A short Wikipedia article was as much attention to this as I needed.

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Cute story, but a little complicated to follow.

Revisado: 08-17-23

I would have preferred two narrators to help define the Joyce chapters and the third person narrator. The narrator was enjoyable, but didn’t do a great job of differentiating between characters. The plot was good, but there were A LOT of characters to keep track of, which is even more difficult in audio format.

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Lots of sex and the *f* word makes for lazy writing

Revisado: 08-22-22

Interesting plot, but so much graphic sex and the *f* word instead of character development felt lazy and caused me to disconnect from the stories and the characters. Glad I didn’t have to use a credit for this one, or I’d be asking for a refund.

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Meh

Revisado: 12-26-21

Not especially original, and I got tired of Noel and her emotional issues. I would have liked it better if the songs on the playlist actually played, and if we could have heard Nick and Noel singing. And that the narrators just voiced one part to each other, instead of one person reading the whole chapter and then switching off. Won’t be bothering with the rest of them.

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Failure to execute

Revisado: 08-31-20

As a huge JA fan, I was excited to read this. What a disappointment! Both the story and the narrator failed miserably for me. I was not able to connect with the main character in a way that made me care about her. The author failed to portray Jane Austen in a way that made me feel like I knew her better (even though I know that any such portrayal cannot be verified), and the narrator made her sound like an old stuffy snob. The ending dragged on and on. I would have preferred them to stay in the past. The story just lacked real interest and I even stopped listening for a week and only went back to say I had finished it.

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So great!

Revisado: 01-10-20

Laura Dern is the perfect narrator! I love these originals that have a whole cast of voices.

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Pretty Good

Revisado: 10-17-19

The book switches back and forth in time, which was a little confusing as an audiobook, so the chapter headings that indicate the year are important to pay attention to. Lucy does the female voices well, but I didn’t care for her male voices, especially Edward.

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Just okay

Revisado: 09-02-19

The story was okay, not really a big plot, just a telling of people’s lives at a particular time. I didn’t care for the narrator.

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Lovely story.

Revisado: 07-08-19

I am a sucker for any story set in WWII Britain, and this story didn’t disappoint. Marisa does a great job on all the accents (English, French & Canadian). My only complaint is that women narrators don’t usually do men’s voices very well, and I wish the publishers would pay for male voices. But overall an excellent story and production!

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