Kate

Was this written by AI?

Revisado: 11-10-24

Story contains every bit of cliched dialogue from the average run of the mill murder mystery. The narration was wooden with little to no emotion as though it was computer generated.

The characters are dull and formulaic. The main character is an FBI agent who had a heart transplant. Not a realistic scenario. The whole story is like that. I won’t listen to anymore in this series.

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Soap Opera level of awful

Revisado: 07-05-24

I loved the Four Winds by this author, so I was greatly disappointed to listen to this one. The characters are shallow and idiotic. We start with the older sister, Winnona, who is so obsessed with being overweight and gives no credit to how smart she is. She secretly envies her younger sister, Vivi Ann, who is the pretty one that their dad adores. Anyway, Vivi Ann starts dating the man Winona secretly loves. Winona has too little self-esteem to tell Vivi so of course, Vivi and Luke get engaged.
Meanwhile, stranger Dallas comes into town and get hired at their ranch. He meets Vivi at a bar, kisses her once, and the next thing you know she is falling in love with the bad boy stranger. (Did I mention soap opera?)

Everything goes downhill from there for the family. The father is a racist and doesn't like Dallas because he is half Native American, Winona doesn't like him because he caused Vivi to break up with Luke, which she secretly wanted to happen. Ugh.

Anyway, all of this causes angst among the sisters. There is a third sister, but she seems to just be there for filler for the other two to talk to, and of course she has a boring unhappy marriage. All three talk about how sisters come first and that they love each other but they definitely don't seem to like each other much. Their dad is also rather unlikeable.

Spoiler alert:
As the story progresses, Dallas gets into trouble and Vivi gets really angry with Winnona, the towns "best lawyer" for not defending him even though she is not a criminal defense attorney. Anyone who know anything, would understand that you can't just be a criminal lawyer. The aftermath of it leads to Vivi not forgiving Winona and the whole thing just become so stupid I have decided to return this book. I can pretty much guess the rest of it anyway.

I am so disappointed. I was hoping I had found another great author to listen to. I will give her books one more try but this one not very good.

As for the narration, every time the narrator speaks for one of the sisters she reverts to this little girl-like voice and it's the same for all three characters.

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Boring first half but then improves

Revisado: 01-17-24

The first four hours of the book are highly repetitive and almost nothing happens. The main character just goes on and on about having lost her son Daniel and blaming her ex-mother-in-law for his death. That is absolutely a tragedy but the way its belabored before anything really start to happen in the story is a bit much. I hit the 30 seconds fast forward option a number of times.

Once the actual story gets going, its not bad but I almost gave up before I got there.
Narration is decent.

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Not a single likeable character

Revisado: 01-08-24

I barely got through it. The characters are awful. Heather is a helicopter mom that is very annoying as she tries to manage her daughters life. The other main characters are rich snobby people with no moral code.

It's all payron place drama and a thin plot. Don't waste your credit.

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Wasted a credit

Revisado: 12-29-23

This story is very far from what I expected. The premise about the mom is pretty absurd and the ending was utterly unsatisfying.

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Slow and boring

Revisado: 07-11-23

I can’t finish this. I lasted about four hours and all that happened was very tedious character development. They yammered on and on with their thoughts but the actual plot is only sprinkled in. I am returning it.

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I can't finish it-it is awful

Revisado: 07-10-23

I barely made it past the first couple of hours. This is not what I expected from this author. The writing is bad, the plot is not well done and the main character is just so over the top ridicules. Unfortunately, I bought it on sale without using a credit so I can't return this title. I know some people like it but I find don't find it at all worth listening to.

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Revisado: 06-01-23

Excellent loved the story! Will recommend this definitely. Never lost interest very captivating all the way to the end.

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Too boring to finish

Revisado: 05-17-23

I tried but just can’t continue listening to this one. It is very slow paced and is more a lecture than a story. No real character development either. The court cases are painfully slow. I’m returning it

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Keeps your interest

Revisado: 02-07-23

Great characters with interesting back stories that keep the plot moving. The narration is a bit grating but not enough to stop you from enjoying the book.

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