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Gone Girl Knockoff

Revisado: 03-13-25

Mediocre writing, unlikeable characters and ridiculous and at times tedious plot. I’m annoyed I wasted my time listening.

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Comprehensive account of Murdaugh chicanery

Revisado: 01-12-25

Like many others, I followed the case, watched the trial, and listened to podcasts. This book goes beyond any previous coverage I have heard, delving deep into just how shady this family was and for how long. What a pack of despicable liars and grifters, blatantly exploiting poor, uneducated, and desperate people. Alex took the family propensity for exploitation to the next level. May he rot in prison.

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Relentlessly grim

Revisado: 08-03-24

I enjoy literary fiction and finely honed sentences as much as the next person, but this was a painful slog. Not a single of humor, levity, or brightness. I mean, I wasn’t expecting beach reading, but this was tantamount to punishment. I quit after 5 hours. Life is too short for self-inflicted torment.

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Can’t wait for the next installment!

Revisado: 05-28-24

I have over 700 books in my Audible library and the Anthony Horowitz/Hawthorne books are some of my very favorite. Reminiscent of golden age murder mystery novels, the plots are clever with a wry humor that amuses without devolving to slapstick (not that I mind slapstick, but it wouldn’t go here). The characters are well-drawn complete with gradually unspooling back stories. Rory Kinnear as narrator takes it to the next level. Bring on the next one!

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Terribly sad story with terrible narration

Revisado: 04-21-24

The narrator could not seem to get any accents right and has an extremely annoying way of lengthening the last syllable of every sentence in a distracting and melodramatic way. Almost gave up. Book makes no pretense of unbiased perspective, so no surprises in what was portrayed. It could have benefited from much crisper editing, as it seemed many anecdotes and quotes were repeated unnecessarily.

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Bittersweet observation of human condition

Revisado: 10-23-23

Past and present. A tender reflection on what it means to be forever outside of the mainstream and the never ending tendency of humans to delude themselves into believing the “other” is somehow both inferior and threatening. This plays out over and over throughout history as we see it still today. This book highlights the best and worst of humanity and shows we can still find a way to live. Fabulous performance too.

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Clear-eyed view of humanity

Revisado: 06-22-23

Great character development, woven into the police procedural narrative. Wish there were more in the series. The characters feel so real and relatable.

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Unbelievable true story

Revisado: 05-17-23

A fascinating and well-researched account of a historical event that reads like a thriller. It is difficult to conceive of the suffering and hardships these men endured. That any of them survived is almost unfathomable. And through all of it, how could any of them have possibly have written much less preserved contemporaneous accounts?

I found the narrator to be mildly irritating, but not to the point where I considered abandoning the book.

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Embarrassing stereotypes galore

Revisado: 03-06-23

If the author of this book has ever had a relationship with a woman that lasted more 2 weeks, I’d be shocked. Seriously - rescuing a damsel in distress? Younger women hopelessly attracted to middle-aged male? And that’s after that artless attempts at “literary” descriptions. Sorry, but no book that uses terms like “rippling back muscles,” “tight buns,” and “raven-haired” in an un-ironic manner can make any pretensions to serious writing. Inane swill. Couldn’t get through it.

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Laugh out loud funny with a warm heart

Revisado: 09-23-22

I have more than 500 audiobooks in my collection and there are not many that have me guffawing away as I do housework. This one does. It is the literary equivalent of slapstick but with no meanness of spirit. Loved the sly parody of “self-styled social media influencers!” Who on earth would ever be influenced in any by those people, other than to do the opposite of what they do? But I digress. This is a hilarious book well worth your time.

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