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Intriguing plot

Revisado: 02-16-24

Intriguing plot, moves rapidly. As an American, I highly recommend you read it instead of listening to it n Audible. I found many of the accents very hard to understand

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a fan's feast

Revisado: 06-01-22

Mel Brooks is clever, funny and oh, so human. His narration had the feel of sitting in a cocktail bar shooting the breeze. A delight

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excellent book, terrible narration

Revisado: 08-22-21

I love the book, but am having trouble finishing it. The narration is terrible. She is overly dramatic, sounding like a middle school girl, speaking in all cap words and too many exclamation points. It is annoying and does not seem to fit the formal culture presented in the book.

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I wanted to like this book

Revisado: 03-12-20

Sigh. I wanted so much to like this book. I love long books with multiple story lines. I am a special educator, so I am fascinated by neuroscience. I enjoy books which provide vivid visual descriptions which draw you into the setting. But good grief, enough is enough. The character can't just be alone with her thoughts in the hospital lobby, we have to know all her thoughts, have all those thoughts analyzed AND know the chair she is sitting in is apricot colored leather. It actually has an intriguing story line and the author writes dialog especially well. But is is so dense in detail and in internal monologue, analysis of characters thoughts and actions, the history of psychology and neurology, plus the endless musing about cranes. I almost gave up several times, but finally finished. It left me vaguely unsatisfied. Not time wasted, just wish it was better. I don't know how much of this is because I listened to it on Audible instead of reading. The narrator had a quiet calm voice that seemed to make the endless detail worse

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Just couldn't stand the narrator

Revisado: 09-07-17

I want to read this, but this narrator was horrible. I gave up. At first it was a weak pompous voice, but when she moved to voicing other charactees it was like a bad cartoon. The accents were so thick I could not understand her. Will read on Kindle . The overall rating is a guess. Could not finish the first chapter

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Warm, wise and funny

Revisado: 10-08-16

I wonder if I had read this one first (before I read A Man Called Ove) whether Britt Marie would have gotten 5 stars. I liked this book. It got better as the story unfolded, but couldn't help making comparisons. In Ove, the main character was painfully, awkwardly, funny. The other characters were not well drawn, more like props to help the story along. To me, Britt Marie, while sympathetic, was never likable. I guess I just don't like fussy women. But the supporting characters were pure delight. Because this is an Audible review, I will add that I did like the narrator on Ove better.

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