Dane County

When does the story begin?

Revisado: 09-26-24

I am over halfway through and I’m still waiting for the plot to commence. Excellent descriptions and word pictures. But, no character development.

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Why the F bombs? Great story and good writing ruined by profanity in the dialogue

Revisado: 09-20-23

I realize that the F word, saying put your A down instead of just sit down and the D word are part of common parlance. And, it’s a shame! The story would be better with a less salty dialogue. Books are for us to escape into another world, not rub our noses into the world where we live.

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Ok…

Revisado: 06-30-23

I always like to give a published author a chance. I am a native cheese head (Go Pack!Go Bruskies! Fear The Deer, Go Bucks!) I want to give fellow ‘Sconnies a chance. But, the main character was very unappealing. The language in the dialogue was an attempt to be realistic but it was also a turnoff.

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More Soap Opera Than Great Writing

Revisado: 06-21-21

I persevered to the end of this book only because I was curious about what was going to happen to the main characters. The writing for this book is a typical sequel---a list of information rather than a riveting story. Book one has much better writing and an engrossing story line.

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Meh

Revisado: 06-16-20

It tried to be a Cozy Short, but failed. The characters were both unlikeable and unbelievable.

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Meh

Revisado: 06-16-20

It tried to be a Cozy Short, but failed. The characters were both unlikeable and unbelievable.

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Why the phony accents?

Revisado: 01-10-20

It is a given that most of the listeners are native English speakers. So, why the affected German accents? If the protagonists were speaking their native German or Dutch, they would be speaking without an accent, correct? This always ruins a great read, in my opinion. Also, in the case of this recording, it actually makes it hard to understand the storyline.

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How to ruin a good story...

Revisado: 12-06-19

How do you ruin a good story? Simple--put in a phony sounding German accent for the dialogue. We all know that the protagonist is Austrian. We all know that her boyfriend is Austrian. We all know that her parents are Austrian. (Spoiler alert!) We all know that her German guards are German speaking. Let it be and just do the story. We know that she would be speaking GERMAN, not accented English.

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Disappointed

Revisado: 09-22-19

The story never seems to get off the ground. There is some decent prose and descriptions, but overall "lukewarm" as another reviewer said. This is being returned.

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The Inside Story

Revisado: 05-03-19

WWII was fought in a time when there was no internet, no google. So many died in the cause of right and good that remain unrecorded. Any story about how Great Britain stood alone is a good story. The writing craft for this was excellent, too. I could see the trees blossoming in the French village, feel the drizzle of rain in the evening in Paris. The protagonist was also a young woman in post war USA who was on her own journey to find herself.

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