Bradley

CHAOS, CAMP AND CLOSURE

Revisado: 04-22-25

Night of a Thousand Darlas was a light, chaotic, and emotionally satisfying read that delivered camp and catharsis. It followed Liza, who returned to her eccentric mother’s estate only to find herself in the middle of family drama, a fake funeral, and a second-chance romance she wasn’t ready to admit she wanted.

Loved the humor and banter, it kept the pace quick and easy.

Liza and Scotty’s past was a little murky as to why it didn’t work out. Maybe I missed something.

Darla, though? She stole the whole show. She gave Norma Desmond theatrical energy. So over the top, Hollywood turned soap opera diva. Her decision to stage her own funeral and have every one attend dressed as one of her iconic movie characters was pure camp. Loved it.

The sprinkling of millennial pop culture references warmed my nostalgic heart.

The overall tone was light so I didn’t expect the book to go too deep into the emotional dynamics between Liza and Darla but it still hit emotional beats well and had me a little misty eyed.

I’m going to read Abrams’ debut next. It has an astrology element and I’m all about that. If that book hits for me too, this author will be a new auto-buy for me.

Narrator did an amazing job. I’m glad to see that the same narrator narrates Abrams other book.

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INTERESTING BUT A LITTLE TOO LONG AND REPETITIVE

Revisado: 03-12-25

A lot of the cases and people mentioned here I’ve never heard of, so those parts I found very interesting and insightful but towards the end I started to get fatigued and checked out by the repetition of the diagnosis.

Narration was good. Nothing to enhance or detract from listening experience.

I would recommend this to anyone interested in this topic.

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I WISH IT WAS THE BOOK DESCRIBED IN THE SYNOPSIS

Revisado: 02-15-25

From the plot synopsis I thought this book would be about a woman defying the odds and succeeding in the male dominated world in Wall Street stock market. We do get that in the beginning and at the very end but the middle was filled mostly with her personal life, which was cool but not what I thought the book would mostly be about. I would have liked to know why the dow being at 260 points is bad. I only knew it was bad because of the countdown to the stock market crashing on Black Tuesday. Also, her happiness seemed too dependent on the men in her life and her character didn’t give that impression at the beginning, so it all felt one dimensional. I never fully connected to the plot or characters and the ending was too perfectly tied up.


I’ve listened to a few books narrated by Helen Laser and she really does elevate the material. Amazing job. She saved the book for me, honestly.

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REALLY GREAT AUDIO PRODUCTION FOR A NOT GREAT BOOK

Revisado: 02-06-25

I’m really interested to see how this will translate from book to film.

I just kept waiting for the actual story to get going. It would progress a little then we’d get extended flashbacks and exposition. In a book like this world building is to be expected, it has to explain how everything works. But this fumbled a really cool and interesting idea. Even the philosophical questions it brings up aren’t fully given attention.

Overall it just felt flat. The humor and Mickey’s flippant attitude started to grate the more the story went on.

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IT’S A CLASSIC BUT NOT ENJOYABLE READ

Revisado: 01-07-25

I’ve always wanted to read Dracula. Glad to check off another Classic Lit off my TBR.

The reason for the low rating was because of pacing. It started off strong but after the about the 30% mark I quickly became bored. No doubt being so familiar with the vampire tropes hurt my enjoyment and immersion. And the letter / journal format didn’t help matters either. That became tedious.

I can appreciate it for all it did to define the vampire genre but yeah it wasn’t an enjoyable read.

I would recommend reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi by Robert Napton. The artwork is beautiful. And it cuts out a lot of the filler.


Narrators did AN AMAZING job!

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IT WAS OKAY

Revisado: 01-03-25

It was okay overall. Normally predictability and ridiculousness doesn’t lower my rating but being boring does and I was bored for a lot of it. Only saving grace for me was Savannah. It just felt too long.

Initially I didn’t like the narrator but it grew on me.

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FINLAY DONOVAN CODED

Revisado: 12-13-24

I was looking forward to seeing what this author would write outside of the Finlay Donovan series. This is basically Finlay and Vero in real estate instead of running from the mob. I still liked it. Still has the same kind of humor that I like in the Finlay series. Short so don’t expect depth but still a good read.

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AN ICONIC STORY READ BY AN ICON

Revisado: 12-03-24

Tim Curry really brings this familiar story to life. An icon reading an iconic story. First time read. Enjoyed it a lot.

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IT WAS OKAY

Revisado: 12-01-24

I should’ve read the tags before purchasing. I didn’t know that it was christian fiction. It wasn’t a huge part of the plot but I was already not feeling the story.

I didn’t care or connect with the two present storylines. I thought the past story with Tabitha was way more interesting by far. I would’ve DNF the book if it was just about the two sisters. After about 50% in I just started skipping their chapters completely.

I don’t think I’ll read another book by this author.

Narration was great though.

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SO FUN AND SURPRISINGLY GORY

Revisado: 09-27-24

Perfectly paced and length. Dawson is an auto buy author for me. So I didn’t read the synopsis and went in completely blind. After the reading the premise Ready or Not is an apt comparison.

At the beginning it was an okay infiltrate the rich type story but when things turned violent I was locked in. Highly recommend

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