Theresa Morley

Was more young adult than expected

Revisado: 01-18-20

The story is told from the viewpoint of a 12-year old girl, who is very melodramatic, and the story is too slow to be enjoyable. The crux of the story happens in the last 25 minutes and by then I wasn't invested in the characters, especially the protagonist, and was just ready for it to be over. Although the narrator was pretty good at distinguishing characters with her voice, the main character was annoying and therefore hard to listen to.

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Started out okay

Revisado: 01-04-20

The story started out interestingly enough but then started to drag on and the ending was implausible. By then I didn't really care that much about the big reveal, which was disappointing and unlikely. The narrator did a god job with the voices so you could tell the characters apart. Many of the main characters were not that likeable and the book equated the gay son with being a freak. It actually used that word. It's 2019, I don't think being gay is that big of a deal. It also cracks me up how quickly people fall in love in some novels.

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Interesting and Unexpected

Revisado: 10-13-19

I bought this based on the recommendation form the Audible editor and I'm glad I did. It was an interesting story, a detective tale set at a high school in England, but with kind of a ghost story mixed in. The characters are interesting and well developed and the narration switches between a few main characters. I'm not a big murder mystery fan, but found this story entertaining.

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It was soooooo looooong

Revisado: 10-13-19

Although the concept was interesting and original, it was so very long. The entire dramatized works of Henry James, a prolific author, was three hours shorter than this one book. The story could have been told in one-third to a quarter of the time and had the same, if not more, impact. Also (*Spoiler Alert*), if I had known that half the story had been about spiders I probably wouldn't have bought it. I don't hate spiders but I'm not going to lie, giant, intelligent spiders are creepy. The writing is good and the story is well thought out and detailed, painfully detailed, but just toooooooo loooooong.

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Moving story of the missing women of Juarez

Revisado: 10-13-19

Although this spoken play was only an hour long, it was very moving and well done. It brought tears to my eyes as the characters in the play recounted their stories and what had happened to their daughters, if they were found. I had heard that Juarez was dangerous but I didn't know so much of the violence was targeted against young women and how powerless the families are to do anything about it. It was also heartbreaking to know that these women have no choice but to get on the buses to go to the factories and work 12 to 14 hours for $5 a day and then never come home. I wish there was something I could do, but I don't know what that is except recommend this play so more people find out?

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