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excellent

Revisado: 05-19-21

I need book three like YESTERDAY please

Moira Quirk kills it on the narration like always

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truly a delight!

Revisado: 02-25-16

Aw man, this was amazing. Emotional, hilarious, sweet story. I laughed (more like "cackled like a loon at my desk at work"), I cried, I suffered intense second-hand embarassment. I fell in love with the characters and I cannot WAIT for the sequel with Sandy/Helena and Darren.

The narration was PERFECT. Michael is a gift.

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Better than expected.

Revisado: 11-10-12

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes - it held my interest all the way through and kept me entertained. I genuinely wanted to find out what happened.

Have you listened to any of Angela Dawe’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I had not, but would be happy with it in future if she happened to be narrating another book I wanted to "read".

Any additional comments?

I really liked this more than I'd expected to... mainly because every time something made me want to roll me eyes and think, "typical YA fiction, blerg" the author redeemed it. No, this is not great literature or serious sci fi or even the most shining example our world building and characterization... BUT. I liked the characters. I cared about them. Rose was very very passive at first but there turns out to be any number of good reasons for it - plus, her character arc is about her developing a sense of agency. I loved the arc of her relationship with Xavier, and her relationships with Bren and Otto.

The world building needed polish but it was functional and the romance was not overdone and not the focus of the plot. I enjoyed watching it play out in flashes through Rose's recollections and the realization of what had been done to her.

And finally, I like that the book had a proper ENDING even though it was kept open enough for a possible sequel.

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would make a fantastic movie

Revisado: 08-23-12

What does Anne Flosnik bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

I thought she differentiated between the characters well with slight changes in tone and accent, so even if I missed the name at a perspective switch due to inattention, I always knew who was speaking. And she also dramatized it well, ratcheting up the tension so I really empathized with the kids' fear without feeling it was over dramatic.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I spent at least the last hour and fortyfive minutes of the book all but wringing my hands with terror and suspense. Whew!

Any additional comments?

Well-crafted story, if a bit of a slow starter. Very atmospheric, the characters felt real, and I think the mystery and suspense were well-paced. The slow build of the fear and the reveal of what was happening were satisfying and I thought it paid off at the end.

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The Graveyard Book

Revisado: 03-25-11

I first "read" this book by listening to this audiobook. It is a wonderful story (as I expected from Neil) and as he's reading his own work & I love his voice anyway, the narration is perfect. I actually liked this story so much I ended up also buying a print version.

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unable to finish

Revisado: 03-25-11

I have not yet been able to get to the end of this audiobook - I have been thinking that I might try and pick up the printed version so I can find out how it ends at least. There's nothing especially original about the plot or particularly special about the writing, though both are decent and like I said, I would like to find out what happens. I like Margrit a lot; she's kind of a bamf, but strong without the annoyingly overbearing qualities Anita has taken on in the later Anita Blake books.

The problem is that I just cannot stand the narrator. What bothers me may not drive other people as crazy, but she's constantly throwing me out of the story. If you can't fake an accent, please don't try; it makes me cringe to listen to you. Even that I could have probably slogged through, but I came to feel that if I had to listen to her drawl "Maaaaarrrrrgriiiit" in that overwrought breathy tone one more time, I was going to chuck my Zen out the nearest window.

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