Barbara

Addicted to this series!

Revisado: 11-01-23

Wonderful characters, clever mysteries, excellent writing, perfect narration. What could be better?? Not one thing.

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Laughing all the way to the end of humanity!

Revisado: 06-25-23

Serious and important stuff presented in a truly hilarious way. We’ve a lot to be ashamed of over our bumbling history but hope springs eternal that we will find a way to be Jess stupid.

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Wanted to love this…but ended up tolerating it

Revisado: 06-23-23

I love this writer and the narrator. Both very talented artists. But this book just seemed so implausible and it took too long to get to resolution. The story wove in and out of a lot of red herrings. The whole criminal and tragic events of the highland clearances could have been used in a better way to demonstrate how awfully the tenants were treated. Bit of a missed opportunity IMO. Not the best audible experience, but can’t win them all and looking forward to exploring more books by the excellent Ed James

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A story of loss and strength.

Revisado: 02-20-23

Don’t make the mistake of listening to this story and letting preconceived notions get in the way of what’s being told here. This is a story of love and loss and trauma. But it’s also one of survival and strength. I hope that these two people can continue to find safety and happiness in their life together.
Beautifully narrated and written.

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Exciting and beautifully narrated

Revisado: 12-01-22

A very exciting and edge of your seat story! Absolutely love Marston York’s reading of these books. He is exceptionally skilled and talented. Truly equal to the writer’s skills.

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Soo good.

Revisado: 06-21-22

Great police procedural with a few twists. Quite satisfying to listen to as the narrator is very talented. Can't wait for the next in the series!!

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A very informative and sometimes moving story.

Revisado: 05-17-22

Despite Tina Brown's frequent, somewhat snarky assessments of Meghan Markle's motivations in her life as an actress and blogger, I found this book to be well written, well researched and organized. Very compelling and, at times, quite moving. A picture of the family with aspirations as well as frailties emerged which I found ultimately endearing.

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Joan Allen's Narration is very poor

Revisado: 10-18-21

Book narration is a wholly different skill from acting. Though Joan Allen is a great actress it's a true shame that this audio book was assigned to someone who has none of the talents needed for a successful telling of this story. It was painful to listen to - the lack of cohesive flow to the reading - the inability to use another tone or accent for another speaker - stopping mid sentence to emphasize words that have no business being emphasized - it really was a dog's breakfast of a performance.

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Illuminating and well researched.

Revisado: 02-04-20

Performance: One of the mysteries of this book is the one where authors think they can read their own books for the audible community. As writers and therefore artists, they ought to understand that narrating books is a distinct and specific skill and if they have no such skill or talent, they should immediately put that thought out of their minds. Alas, this author failed to do that and the resulting narration is poor. The cadence and enunciation of words and sentences is quite annoying. Even Torontonians (of which I am one) will not appreciate the repeated, grating "Tronno" (for Toronto) throughout the book as well as other mispronunciations. I found the reading to be very poor indeed, but not so awful that I needed to stop listening.
Story: The story was obviously very well researched and Mr. Donovan has assembled it in a relatively logical way. The writing is fairly utilitarian with many descriptions of events. Where the writing improves is in his thoughtful characterizations of how the Shermans lived, interacted with family and friends and business associates and, through interviews and observations, what seemed to be in their minds. A frustrating story because (in my view) of police incompetence but a long needed exposure of the facts as available. Mr. Donovan brings some light to a very dark tragedy.

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Thoroughly enjoyable

Revisado: 05-28-19

Very well written and plotted. Great story.
Excellent narration. The voice changes for each character were perfect.
Can't wait for the next Cormac Reilly installment!

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