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I couldn't put it down

Revisado: 02-03-23

Not only is this a fantastic story but it is told well in the voices of both the interpreter and the deaf blind man. Within the story, without lecturing, we learn about American Sign Language, we learn about issues facing the deaf/blind community, we are confirmed in our expectations about how out of touch and unloving religious fanatics actually are. I wish Arlo and Cyril all the best going forward.

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Good Coming of Age Story

Revisado: 03-11-20

Well developed characters and relationships show us the journey we've all taken into adulthood. Well narrated too.

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Has no heft

Revisado: 01-15-20

I chose this book because of how much I enjoyed Moore's novel Heft. This doesn't compare. It rambled. It explained things in detail that it had mentioned in detail 3 hours earlier. Sure it had plot twists but nothing extraordinary. She is playing in the space of police procedurals which so many other people do better. Perhaps a different backdrop for her character study would have suited her better.

Her sense of place and architecture is strong.

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Not just a romance novel

Revisado: 11-18-19

Yes, there is some bodice ripping passion and at first I thought I was going to be disappointed by this book. But within an hour, I was hooked. The twists and turns are well plotted and the bodice ripping, it turns out, had its reasons. A good first book establishing the characters of the series. I'll certainly listen to the next one to hear how they all get on.

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No Driving While Weeping!

Revisado: 07-11-18

Once again a beautiful book full of well developed characters, plausible events, hard truths and some hold-my-breath-listen-in-the-garage moments of needing to know the outcome before being able to turn off the car and go inside. I wept with both joy and heartbreak. Fortunately I listened to the last hour while cleaning house; it was safer than doing so while driving.

Do read Beartown first.

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When will it end

Revisado: 06-24-18

There were way too many plot twists. It went on way too long. I could have quit but I did want to know whodunnit - if it had been a book, I might have actually flipped to the end. The narrator sometimes sounded as though he were giving a lecture on points of law or some such - perhaps that is also the author's fault.

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The key to this book...

Revisado: 12-12-17

Tom Hanks narrates his own thoroughly enjoyable short stories. Sometimes, however, I was aware of him narrating - which is not necessarily a good thing

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I laughed. I cried. I listened. I heard

Revisado: 11-02-17

This is an important, well written story about Islam in America today told from the vantage point of a woman who has lived - and effected - the changes and reforms that are bringing Islam into modernity. Her personal stories will resonate with anyone living as a minority especially but not only mothers and women.

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understand

Revisado: 07-28-17

Any additional comments?

This story helps us to understand that children know themselves and that adults must listen with an open heart and mind.

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Breathless and cliched

Revisado: 05-01-17

Would you try another book from T E Kinsey and/or Elizabeth Knowelden?

No thank you

Has A Quiet Life in the Country turned you off from other books in this genre?

nope

What didn’t you like about Elizabeth Knowelden’s performance?

too breathless and the characters were almost indistinguishable - It was especially hard to tell when the speaker changed from a woman to a man.

Was A Quiet Life in the Country worth the listening time?

It was a light weight road companion

Any additional comments?

It wasn't so very awful that I didn't finish it but I don't expect to continue with the series.

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