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Narrator too Monotone to keep my attention

Revisado: 09-16-14

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I didn't get through the entire book. My mind kept drifting. Maybe someone with more focus and less distractions could get through it and enjoy the book. I got this book because I had heard it raved about by some friends. So it must not be all that bad, the audible version was just too hard to listen to attentively.

Has Winter's Bone turned you off from other books in this genre?

No.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Emma Galvin?

No idea. No suggestions.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

boredom and disappointment. I couldn't listen for long without finding that my mind had drifted elsewhere.

Any additional comments?

Would love to try again with a different narrator and see if I actually enjoy the story.

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Excellent!

Revisado: 09-16-14

If you could sum up The Help in three words, what would they be?

Thought provoking semi-fiction

What other book might you compare The Help to and why?

Compare to the book/tv mini series Roots, in view of historical treatment of blacks in early America.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

Multiple narrators added to forming the different characters as I listened.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Sad to think what many black Americans might have gone through in history as recent as the 1960's.

Any additional comments?

The Help is a great listen.

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NEEDS A SEQUEL -- What happens next?

Revisado: 07-21-14

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Very interesting story, makes one appreciate what he has.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Frank & Angela, the main characters

Have you listened to any of Frank McCourt’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No. N/A.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No. Just made me kind of depressed to think that people had to live and die this way.

Any additional comments?

I would love to find out what happened next.

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Too Short & Too Simplistic

Revisado: 06-27-14

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I'm not sure who would benefit from reading this book, as I found it too simplistic and vague, and it didn't dig deep or unveil any real issues I could grasp onto and relate to. I was surprised when the book was over.

What could John Burke have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

This book seemed to me to be more observational, and at that, only observational at a surface level. In other words, anyone could have written the book. It didn't provide any insight or solutions as I expected it to do.

What three words best describe Jason McCoy’s performance?

Really not bad.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Problem Is YOU?

There were no 'scenes'. it was really quite a shallow book, not offering much in the way a self-help book should.

Any additional comments?

A disappointment. Will probably re-listen again, perhaps I was too distracted the first time. Will definitely update my review if I feel otherwise after a second listen.

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A "Chick Flick" in book form, Not just for chicks

Revisado: 06-27-14

Would you listen to The Fault in Our Stars again? Why?

Yes, Great story. Plus, always better after the first time, since characters are already known.

Who was your favorite character and why?

No real favorite, although each and every character gives a good representation of the types of people that are in this world, and how each deal with life and different aspects of tragedy. Enlightening and insightful.

Have you listened to any of Kate Rudd’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The bad thing is, I was listening to this book while sitting at my desk at work. Not the best idea when the story often moved me to tears.

Any additional comments?

I wish we could share audio books just like we do hard cover books! I'd lend it to all my friends and to my kids.

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