Dayna A. Safranek

Great story

Revisado: 10-12-24

The preconceived expectations that I had with this story disappeared as the story progressed. I was drawn into the story from the beginning and stayed interested throughout the book. I appreciated that I couldn’t predict the ending and there are some gaps at the end, but there it does leave an opportunity for reader interpretation, which I something that I can also appreciate. Great narration, and even though the accents aren’t exactly “correct”, I thought that the narrator was easy to listen to and enjoyable.

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Really enjoyed the story and narration.

Revisado: 03-31-23

Loved the story and the narrator was great. I have always enjoyed King and this story definitely did not disappoint.

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The book was good but the ending could have been longer.

Revisado: 12-13-21

The end of the the book left a lot of unanswered questions. I don’t know if I was missing the end of the book???

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Bewitched

Revisado: 10-04-21

This book was wonderful and I enjoyed listening to this book about Frank Sinatra’s life during his youth and up until he won the Oscar for ‘From Here to Eternity’. This book was very well written and the I really enjoyed the narrator of the story.

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Such an important book

Revisado: 09-08-21

This book literally moved me to tears. I was crying as as the author was reading the story because it brought back things that had happened to me in my lifetime in the cycle of abuse although I didn’t experience the level of abuse that Ruth Ann went through at the hands at her stepfather, and to a degree her family and also by society. Such a powerful book and within its story is about how we treat people at the heart of the matter and how that affects how that affects the people who are subject to that treatment.

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Incredible “stories” within a “story” 😊

Revisado: 09-06-21

Incredible plot lines weaved throughout this fabulous book! I had been going through my bookshelves and looking through my books and I had found many books that I didn’t have time to get around to reading because I buy so many. I honestly didn’t remember several and this books and a few others I decided to buy on audiobook for convenience of reading (yeah, I know) and I listened to it over night and I fell in love with this book. At first I was intrigued with the book and its introduction and then I was drawn into the general story of the book. As the book progressed I did feel that it had taken on a depressing tone and it had somewhat been at the back of my mind throughout the rest of the book, however the last part of the book had my full I interest and I enjoyed every last second and the ending was portentous. The narrator was excellent and her voice fit the story perfectly and I am not French so I don’t speak with a proper accent nor pronunciation, but the narrator sounded good speaking the French words and phrases. This book is a trip through time and all comes together at the end

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A book that I wasn’t able to guess the entire outcome of! Finally!

Revisado: 09-06-21

I really enjoyed this book and was looking forward to it coming out on Audible. I found that the story kept me engaged throughout and finally I wasn’t able to guess the entire outcome of this book. Most books I can guess what the outcome is going to be about a quarter of the way into to the book and it ruins the suspense of the book and the enjoyment and I ens up abandoning a lot of books. This book I kept giving me different outcomes for this book and I was guessing throughout and i loved that! The story was well written and engaging and the plot twist in the book is amazing after all of the “imagined” plot twists. It’s a wonderful read or listen. The narrator wasn’t the best but if you tune her out and pay attention to the story it isn’t an issue.

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Wonderful Look At Olive Thomas & Her Life

Revisado: 03-29-21

This was a wonderful book as seen through the eyes of the from the eyes of the formerly known Olive Thomas of the Silent Film Industry and silent films such as ‘The Flapper’. I don’t want to give away all of the plot and the twists and turns of the book, but Olive narrates the story from her current residence at the New Amsterdam Theater as a ghost or spirit (whichever you prefer) as she tells the story of her life as she came to be famous from where she came from, her times at the Follies at the New Amsterdam, her life and family including her marriages and nephew’s relationship and brother (specifically), her time in the movies, and her untimely passing as it is historically correct (there are different stories about her passing everywhere you look). It’s wonderfully told and is believable in it’s telling. It’s touching in the right parts and I was really touched by the way the story was set up before the “final” part of the ending , where an explanation of what happened to everyone at the end of their lives, respectively, in the future is told. Definitely worth a listen if you are a fan of this time period or anything to do with Olive Thomas or the Follies. The Author was influenced by Kenneth Anger’s two Books both named ‘Hollywood Babylon’ and ‘Hollywood Babylon Il’ it said in the postscript, and I also read them as a young kid, as my mother had copies of both books and now I own my own set. They got me interested in Hollywood history, especially from the early 1900’s to the 1960’s. I would recommend those books as coffee table books as they have incredible photos inside them and the stories are not incredibly in depth, per se, but they were more Hollywood “know facts”/ true crime stories of the time the books were written. Copyright 1975 and 1984, respectively. I don’t ever write recommendations for books and I’ve read some wonderful books by fabulous and very famous artists, but there was something about this book that I just really was particularly fond of.

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Jen Lancaster does it again!

Revisado: 10-11-19

I’ve been a huge Jen Lancaster fan and have read every one of her books and also have this one in print, but when I saw that it was actually read by her and parts by Fletch, I couldn’t resist listening instead of reading. I really enjoyed this. Jen has a very effective speaking voice as does Fletch. The book flowed easily and I was laughing and relating as were not very far apart in age and I guess I fit perfectly with her humor. I get her because my humor is a lot like her. If you like Jen Lancaster’s books, you will enjoy this book. It’s a fun and lighthearted side of Lancaster mixed with a little serious and a dash of heart. The perfect cocktail.

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