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Meh..

Revisado: 11-10-24

This book has some interesting detail in it but those moments are few and far between. The author herself is (respectfully) not a great writer… I find her stories boring, rambling and somewhat cringy at times- not because I am squeamish but because her writing is just super dorky. Maybe this wouldn’t bother some folks but her narrative voice and content are both a miss for me, and I’m very interested in the funeral industry, death positivity and death culture.

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Can’t even finish it

Revisado: 07-24-24

I don’t know why but I just don’t like this book. The stories are disjointed and hard to connect to. I was excited that this was based in Thailand and while there are insights into the cultural structures of the country, I just can’t get into this book. One of the male narrators is really grating and obnoxious for me… I am only 2/3 done and I am giving up. I wish I had used my credit for something else.

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Crazy twists in turns in a very easy to digest story.

Revisado: 07-07-24

Wow. I definitely spent the first several chapters of this book wondering if it would just be another predictable mystery but it had a great, ever winding storyline and lacked the macabre/depressing bent a lot of thrillers lean on. Honestly this was a great book- it has some of the campiness of a game of Clue but with a very impressive and epic story arc. Super fun.

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Just ok for me…

Revisado: 07-06-24

This was a classic, easy listening thriller. Nothing extraordinary- simple and predictable like a 90s movie. Often my biggest gripe is the narrator and I will definitely say the narrators attempt and doing a Tennessee accent was a total fail: i found it extremely grating. The author reused distinctive words, descriptive sans phrases multiple times, as well. Not the best writing but a decent background story if you’re looking for some mindless escapism.

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Hmm….

Revisado: 07-05-24

Ok… I did not enjoy this book but can also agree with the reviewer who said this should be a classic. It’s a very interesting book with a very unlikeable protagonist whose true underpinnings require a great deal of patience and compassion to reach, as the reader. The tone of the narrator contributes to the abrasiveness of the protagonist greatly. Unlike many other reviewers, I found the ending quite fitting and poetic- an outcome I suspected was coming but in a context I did not. Overall this is a great work. I did not particularly enjoy it but am glad I consumed it nonetheless.

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Her best work yet

Revisado: 06-25-24

The reviews for Miranda July’s book never reflect the brilliance of what she does, because her work is so provocative at times that it can be repulsive to some. To me, the fact no one ever has a particularly ambivalent reaction to her work suggests she is truly making great art- everyone feels something, whether it’s awe or disgust. This was the first of her books I listened to before reading (although about 30 pages in I knew I would read it again and again ordered the hardcover). Her voice really is the cherry on top of this book, which in her own words “cuts close to the bone.” Holy smokes, she wasn’t kidding,

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My least favorite Jen Beagin book

Revisado: 06-15-24

The first book I read by this author was Big Swiss, which was absolutely awesome. I couldn’t put it down. I enjoyed listening to Pretend I’m Dead, as well- although it definitely didn’t hit me like Big Swiss. Although the characters are still quirky and interesting, I felt the story itself lacked the level of development I had hoped for based on Big Swiss. Vacuum in the Dark was actually hard for me to finish. I found it boring, intensely dialog driven, but with boring dialog… it was disjointed and at times I debated whether I could finish. Not every artwork can be a masterpiece, and I will say this book just wasn’t for me.

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Enjoyable but not a home run for me.

Revisado: 05-26-24

I love Jen Beagin and I liked this book. It was an easy listening but didn’t knock it out of the park like Big Swiss, for me. Still worth a lesson. Didn’t totally love the narrator either. Some of the time female narrators doing male voices just makes the characters sound as if they are dumb or at least unbelievable. Just a personal preference.

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Absolutely intoxicating

Revisado: 05-14-24

It’s been quite some time since a book drew me in like this. It’s beautifully written and is somehow epic and strangely ordinary at once… this book is a very beautiful piece and I will buy the physical book and read it again. I didn’t find it “funny” in terms of laughing out loud but rather funny in the way it illustrates human absurdities, which did make me smile. I couldn’t stop listening. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but it was most certainly mine.

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Not My favorite Picoult book

Revisado: 12-02-22

This book is well written and researched like all of Jodi Picoult’s work, but this book wasn’t my favorite for a few reasons…

This book definitely has an agenda, which is to increase awareness about racism in the USA. While this is an important topic the book came across a little bit preachy at times. As someone who is very aware of the realities covered in this book, I found myself a little disappointed that it wasn’t a bit more character or story driven. I also found the white narrators doing “black voices” very cringey… I guess this is a personal preference thing because I feel similarly about men doing “female voices” and vice versa… I would rather the narrator simply read the story than try to act it out. Maybe my issue, because it seems common with audiobooks and it’s why I still prefer to read books myself when I can. Sometimes the cheesiness and cringe factor takes me out of the story. Overall, this is a fine book and has a lot of educational aspects if the topics covered are unfamiliar to you, but I personally could have passed on it.

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