Dawn Coppock

Interesting but in need of editing

Revisado: 04-07-25

I am retiring this week. I'm very interested in the decisions I'll be called on to answer and the answers that a thoughtful person came up with to those questions. This is that. I found it thought provoking. But it is about 60% too long and would benefit from some context at the beginning about the authors life pre retirement and then a postscript on what has happened since the book closed. Writing an entry everyday was a good way to come up with a manuscript but it needs a brutal edit. It is repetitive and full of cliches. I read it while doing other things so tuned in and out. I'd like to see it re-edited an reissued. It is a topic that needs more resources.

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I understand San Francisco culture better now.

Revisado: 01-13-25

The variety of points of view and solid writing made this a quick and enjoyable read. Thank you.

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Fascinating

Revisado: 01-10-25

I love knowing this science and thinking about the policy, hope and stewardship implicated for us all. Thank you!

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One of my favorite Brunetti mysteries

Revisado: 01-01-25

The story and characters were complex and interesting, even more so than the ones before.

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Redemptive but not, as some have said, a light read, if light means little to take with you and ponder.

Revisado: 11-13-24

It felt a bit like a parable. Well formed and likable characters grapple with loss and identity alone and in community. While the situations sometimes feel constructed to serve the story, that is convenient for the writer and the reader, to efficiently present circumstances to serve the characters life journeys and insight. All the characters make progress and I did too. The book creates the expectation that positive progress will continue, and gratefully, ends without a happily ever after. That feels real.

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Two stories of Burgundy, modern and during WWII,

Revisado: 09-23-24

I cared about the main characters and the pace of the story kept me engaged. Difficult family history was artfully raised. The grappling and resolutions were less artful but the book ends with satisfying and positive resolutions. This book lead me to ponder important issues of history and family and I learned a bit about wine culture and the French occupation during WWII. A worthwhile read.

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Moving, classic

Revisado: 08-13-24

I don't know what I expected but I didn't expect to love this book. I read it only because I am traveling to Ireland and wanted to read some James Joyce. I loved the tender and sharp insights and the beautiful writing. I'm so glad I read it. Thank you Audible for this production.

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Not a whole lot of fresh info. Not efficiently communicated

Revisado: 07-24-24

I was disappointed. Not packed full of unique tips or even well organized info easy to find on internet. Rambling, repetitive, rehash. Skip it.

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I like the series but this one, less so.

Revisado: 07-08-24

A man limited by his beliefs about himself, is a common human condition not often explored by such a good writer. Her nuanced observations are interesting. But I felt we plowed the same ground of Jack's tortured internal dialog over. His progress painfully slow. While this is how change happens in life, insights for the passages were thin
after the pattern was established the use of some literary devices and trusting the reader to fill in some of Jack's thinking would have made a more readable book. Also when the story offered a bit of variety, that would have been a good time to expand and offer the reader a bit of a break. The ending felt tacked on and unsatisfying, not nearly so elegant as the other books. This felt hastily written and like some of it was to get up to a word count.

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Well researched and written

Revisado: 02-19-24

A complete and balanced presentation of an intriguing and loaded topic. It left me with a great deal to ponder.

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