Jennifer

This should change laws. Captivating and somewhat mournful.

Revisado: 06-11-24

The reader, Malcolm Hillgartner, was well chosen for this type of non-fiction. The theories are well presented and believable. This books begs the question: why isn't there a national, unified group of crime investigators, who could do a much better job of criminal profiling and of preventing the taiting of evidence ?

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I couldn'tget past the artificial canned laughter

Revisado: 11-09-23

If a comedian has to add prerecorded laughter to a show it's because it's not funny.

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Perfect performance. Creepy & well-written story.

Revisado: 11-08-23

This story's subject matter is not for children or the faint hearted though the details aren't overly gruesome; so I never felt scandalized by images I could not get out of my head. Actually I couldn't get enough of "Holly" by Stephen King and found that the calm voice of the reader, Justine Lupe, helped me to focus on mundane tasks at home, which I normally cannot do without a struggle. I am hoping for a sequel as I have fallen in love with the heroine as well as all of her (well-developed) supporting friends and colleagues.

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When a Dauntless reporter decides to become Oliver Twist

Revisado: 06-12-20

The audio version of Nelly Bly's "Ten Days in a Mad House", read by Dawn Harvey, is an entertaining and quick read. The writing is wonderfully unembellished; the subject is fascinating and the delivery was well done.

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Ever been put down? This will raise you up.

Revisado: 02-24-15

1) You do not have to be a liberal Democrat to appreciate Maya Angelou's works. I am a fiscally conservative Catholic and this book, still, moved me beyond words.

2) There are a lot of funny stories intermingled with sad events, all peppered with intuitively wise, and sometimes ironic advice, from which nearly anyone can benefit.

3) This book may be short, but it is definitely worth listening to--if only so you can say, that you have read one of Maya Angelou's works.

4) Though "Letters to my Daughter" is not meant to be a self help book, I've nonetheless gleaned more from its short 2 hours and 34 minutes, than I would have after enduring months of psychotherapy.

If ever you voluntarily or involuntarily replay the internal broken record of self-criticism, self-abasement, or self-deprecation that has either arisen from personal feelings of inadequacy, or that has been instilled in your psyche by parents, peers, and/or lovers, then this book is for you.

Get it now. You won't regret it.

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Twisted. Unpredictable. Addicting. GREAT NARRATION

Revisado: 04-07-13

Would you listen to Gone Girl again? Why?

Yes I probably would--just to hear Kirby Heyborne narrate the "I know more than you think"-voice of Detective Bony.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Gone Girl?

The first turning point. I don't want to spoil this book. But there is much suspense and rising action--with many climaxes and an ending that you won't expect. The book just gets weirder and weirder. You won't leave dissatisfied.

Have you listened to any of Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not but am about to purchase one.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes. I felt like I was at a game--an intense one, but one in which I kept forgetting or changing who I was rooting for.

Any additional comments?

Many many books BORE me. I couldn't get enough of this one.

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Boring and mundane, devoid of action or suspense

Revisado: 04-07-13

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I have read fascinating autobiographical stories of the hardship of growing up in poverty with wacked-out parents or in the heavily oppressive FLDS church; so I thought this book would be an equally guilty pleasure. But this story is simply a stale day-to-day listing of the BORING tasks Jenna had to complete as she went through cadette and Sea Org training. I kept waiting for something exciting to happen--as I FORCED myself to continue.

Also, I could not relate with or even despise any of the characters. That's one of the best parts about reding/listening to a book. One WANTS to root for a protagonist and hate an antagonist. But there is too little character development for this to happen.

In the other macabre autobiographies I have read, I could learn to understand how and why the authors' parents acted as they did, for example, the parent drank away the food money because he was so physically and mentally addicted to alcohol; or the FLDS mother stayed with her physically abusive, polygamous husband and made her twelve-year-old daughters marry 65 year old men because she herself had been brainwashed as a child by fear and she had no knowledge of any other way of life, but all I could think of when listening to this story, besides how boring her life was, was that Jenna's parents were complete idiots. It's one thing for a child to be brainwashed into following her parents' beliefs, but it's another thing for parents to abandon their children in order to be overworked for little pay and only the promise to help better the universe--at the price of personal and familial happiness. At least the Mormons believe they will be the god (or wife-goddess) of their own planet if they work hard in this life. What a goal for which to strive! But what does a Scientologist get? Just a new body after death with no promise of being elevated into a superior being, like the Hindus believe. What's the point?--especially for them as they do not believe in God, Heaven, or hell.

I'm stretching here, but essentially a sin for a Sea Org member-in-training is misunderstanding a word--and their restitution is to look up misunderstood words in the dictionary. And Jenna "spices" up her story with repeated accounts of putting off her chores to look up definitions. I mean come on! How much more boring can you get?

I tried skipping some chapters hoping to get to some juicy action--but just more boring tedium....

What could Jenna Miscavige Hill have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Action, suspense, colored accounts that make the reader feel her pain--SOMETHING, ANYTHING, besides accounts of white glove-cleaning and dictionary memorization.

What three words best describe Sandy Rustin’s performance?

Ms. Rustin did an amazing job TRYING to bring life to this BORING story.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Beyond Belief?

I would have cut 2/3 of the book and asked Jenna to add some interest rising action and climaxes. I also would have advised her to learn the art of character development.

Any additional comments?

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