B. Ford

Outstanding!

Revisado: 12-15-17

I was browsing the mystery section for a book that would keep my interest. I wanted the main character to be a woman. An intelligent woman, who was likable, but not perfect.
I wanted a story that grabbed the imagination, had some bite to it, but not be so dark that it was depressing to read nor so light that it felt shallow and unsatisfying.
I didn’t want a character that was lovably “kooky” or lacked common sense, who kept making the same mistakes over and over again. I didn’t want a character who continuously made life difficult for herself or those around her.
The mystery in the story needed to be mentally stimulating and make sense.
I also wanted it to be well written and, since it was an audiobook, well narrated.
Do you know how hard it is to find such a book?
Even if you find a well written, interesting book the narrator can make you want to put a pencil through your eyeball because their voice is so grating.
I enjoy Sherlock Holmes, for the most part anyway. His self-pity and drug habit is really irritating and sometimes I have difficulty getting past it.
The premise of the book, that Sherlock Holmes was actually a woman, really intrigued me. It’s an excellent story, and well written, thank God. The narrator has an excellent voice and is easy to listen to. It was everything I wanted. Thank you.
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Good Story, Not So Good Narration

Revisado: 11-23-15

I like the story, enough so that I want to read the second book but I will probably read it instead of listen to it.
The narrator was inconsistent in her reading of the book. At times she would speak haltingly, as though losing track of where she was in the material. I did find it endearing that it was evident or at least appeared to me, that she was caught up in the moments of sadness, as I was, and seemed to be trying to read through tears. Her best reading was done during the reading of the diary, when she was speaking as a different character. This makes me wonder if she were intentionally reading haltingly at times because she felt that best portrayed the character? Unknown, regardless the effect was off putting to me and took me out of the story more than in it.
I liked the heroine in this book. Which was a nice feeling since it seems rather hard to like the heroines in most of the newer fiction I've read in the past few years.

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