Diana

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Revisado: 02-07-25

average to plot. resourceful women characters. cookie-cutter plot. great nature/animals details and was informative and interesting.

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narrator is superb

Revisado: 07-03-24

This series gets better with each additional novel. Character development is as important as interedting plot structure.

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great character development

Revisado: 05-27-24

Again the narrator is simply one of the very best. i enjoy following the maturing of the main character as she develops and changes through each progressive novel. i also am learning more of the time period from WWI through WWII.

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Interesting re world of art sales.

Revisado: 05-17-24

reader was adequate and the plot moves you along ...got me through lots of yard work!

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Superb reader and interesting plot.

Revisado: 05-13-24

Maise Dobbs' novels get better with each subsequent effort ...and the consistent excellence of the Narrator makes the experience...you want to begin the next in the series.

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narrator is superb

Revisado: 03-28-24

transports you in time and place ..
almost like watching a BritBox mystery... totally immersive experience

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I wanted to like this listen.

Revisado: 01-17-22

I wanted to like it but mixed is the best I can do. Descriptions of the natural world and landscapes were evocative. I remember the "Mountain Lion" warning signs that would sometimes be out when I'd go for walks when I lived in the Bay area below San Francisco. Nice to have Mtn. Lions in the plot instead of bears for a change. By the end, the negatives had piled up to the level of souring the experience of the story. The reader is asked to willingly participate in crazy stretches of the imagination all along the story ...way too many eye rolls. The conclusion held no surprises. The "bad guys" were weirdos from start to finish. What did it for me at the end was there wasn't a single character that I wanted to be around or really cared about. The main character is a confusion of Painter, Fisherman, and part-time PI and his official role never makes much sense. While he's not particularly clever or humorous, his fiancé is the elected Officer in charge and provides the reason for his sideways entry to the action. It seemed the women central to the story were very two dimensional and came across as strange, distant, and without depth. I wondered if the author just wasn't as invested in making rich believable women characters. It threwii me off that Martha, Sean's fiancé and lead elected Officer, was consistently cold and inexplicably prickly whenever she showed up. There were no subtle meanings or hidden clues to find. In the end, beautiful descriptions of landscapes and wildlife could not make up for incongruous actions, flat characters, and stupid leaps of faith. The author didn't give much to enjoy.

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superior narration, beautiful prose, just OK plot

Revisado: 12-21-19

I finished because of narator's top tier efforts and suprisingly impressive writing ...even though used with a oh-hum plot.

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Nice to hear all the story. They really suffered i

Revisado: 12-28-18

They suffered and then more from incompetance of bureaucracy. Should not be forgotten. Did not know of message scrawled on Little Boy.

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Highest Review I've ever given.

Revisado: 09-17-17

Fascinating story. Narrator is natural sounding for multi-voices. Sentences often breathtaking. Historically accurate. Transporting entertainment.

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