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The Bad Seed

Revisado: 09-03-23

As I began listening to this book, I thought of the movie: The bad seed.

This was an entertaining story, for a book purchased on the daily deal, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I guessed the ending, as it was nearing, but that was okay. I still enjoyed the storytelling, and the narration.

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Good second part to the series

Revisado: 02-28-23

The book continues almost exactly from where the first one left off; more of a continuation of the story than a second book with the same characters.

The narration is excellent. The author's choices in this story just left me sad. It's not that it's poorly written, I just didn't get a sense of redemption. If a third in the series is written, I'll read it though.

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Just too sad and long

Revisado: 01-26-23

I guess it's understandable that it's too sad. It's written about the saddest time in our world history. I thought 15 hours was a little long for it. I think it could have been 8 or 9 hours and it would have had the same story to it.

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An enjoyable read for a woman in her 60s

Revisado: 11-17-22

An enjoyable read for a woman in her 60s. Excellently narrated. It was a pleasant change of pace to have a story with my peers as the main characters. And hearing the descriptions of French country living was like being transported there.

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More of a romance novel

Revisado: 07-25-22

This story is more of a romance novel than a mystery novel. The story was okay, I was able to hang with it until the end, but I'm not a fan of romance novels, so my review of a romance novel maybe jaded. The author paints pretty images and and the use of scents to describe everything was interesting. It was like you could smell these things, too, and help to paint the picture and imagine the imagery.

About the narration: I agree with others that this whispering-breathy voice was annoying, although the narrator's character voices were good. The characters were well defined by her choice of voices and you didn't notice her whispering-breathy style nearly as much with the character voices. Yhe whispering-breathy style was mostly all during her narration.

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A story of friends and faith

Revisado: 06-10-22

I became a fan of Walker Hayes through his breakthrough hit "Fancy like" in 2021. I had renewed my interest in country music during the pandemic. I needed music that had a story and, most of the time, the stories are uplifting and sometimes, inspirational. While opening myself up to new and old country music, I found Walker Hayes' music. I don't think he writes a song that doesn't have a story. Listening to his music, brought me to this book. You don't have to like country music to enjoy this story. It's a story that will fill you up, no matter where you're coming from... but you might want to keep a box of tissues somewhere nearby.

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Another good one

Revisado: 05-14-22

I seem to always enjoy Andrew Mayne's novels. I wish they were longer. I'm always sad when they end, and look forward to the next one if it's a series.

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Romance novel

Revisado: 05-09-22

I'm a mystery reader. Not much of a romance novel reader. This book read much more like a romance novel so it was not for me.

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Poor editing

Revisado: 02-14-22

This is the first audiobook I've been countered that has such poor editing. There were gaps in the dialogue and volume changes and sometimes it felt like it skipped some of the narrative. The narration was good, the story was a little confusing. Maybe intentionally so, but it had me rewinding the book and listening again to parts.

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Narration was troublesome

Revisado: 02-01-22

I struggled with the narration of this book. The story was wonderful, but they kept the same voice through the entire book, which bothered me because the book is told as a remembrance. The man telling the story is 100 years old and retelling a story from his past, but he uses the same gravely voice to go back to when he was 17 and 18 years old. I wish they would have changed the style of voice for when he was younger compared to when he was older. Anyway, it was my struggle with this book. The story is wonderful with a bit of history and a love of animals.

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