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Book is excellent, Lauren Ambrose’s performance was perfect

Revisado: 04-18-25

I love this series! I enjoyed Molly’s journey and if it had to end I think this was a perfect ending.

In this book we get more of Molly’s Gran’s backstory and the characters change a lot through her telling of the past. I thought it was perfect but I am also one who can accept character change well assuming it is well written- which I think it was. Lauren Ambrose is such an excellent narrator and I think she’s one of the few actors who can take a great book and make it even better through her narration without straying from the page.

I’m so happy I read this, if you loved the other books this one will not disappoint!

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This book could’ve been excellent

Revisado: 04-04-25

Unfortunately the writing of this book seems to have been pulled in two directions. The first half, haunted/enchanted house and Howls Moving Castle vibe, seemed really conflicted with the adventure/action (that’s all I’ll say for sake of not spoiling anything) second half. The second half was all over the place honestly. It started to become redundant and dragged out, especially in the dialogue. I’m so disappointed because I wanted to love this book but it flopped for me. I ended up listening to the last 1.5hr on 1.7x speed so I could move on. 10/10 on the cat character, Cornelius though. He’s the best!

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Excellent book, audio quality and editing down from last book

Revisado: 02-28-25

I love this series, this book did not disappoint. I hesitated on buying this one though because the quality of the audio is down from the last book. While I’ve listened to much worse, it was still disappointing. It seems like the editors have been changed or something, because there are less breaks/pauses so it feels like it’s going too fast. There’s also a distinct underwater quality especially at the beginning that should’ve been fixed. I found myself rewinding a lot more than I did with the last two books in the series. Hopefully this will be fixed for the next one!

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Excellent

Revisado: 08-31-24

This book is so good, so beautiful. Narration is excellent. I want this narrator for every book 😂

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The narrator is terrible and anxiety inducing for no reason

Revisado: 08-13-24

I really try not to get too hung up on the narrators in audiobooks, but this one was just so bad. I finished the book (loved the story sooo much) but felt like I was missing something, so I decided to get a physical copy and see if it helped. …very eye opening. The book will read “she muttered” but the narrator will do the complete opposite. She makes it so much more angsty than it is! I think she just came up with some sort of formula for how to read it and stuck to it, even if the book calls for a completely different tone. I highly recommend this series, but NOT the audiobook. (Please get a new narrator for the next one!!)

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3.5 rating, hard to follow audiobook and detached feeling ending

Revisado: 02-17-24

I’m really bummed that I’m in the minority and didn’t love this book. I was completely convinced I would but the last 2hrs or so felt disjointed to me. The story follows a sort of enchanted path till around the climax of the story and then just drops that path and becomes much darker and much more real life - which would be fine if that was the whole book, but it’s not. The whole story is sad but it also ends very sad. Beautifully written through most though.

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Excellent prequel/sequel

Revisado: 01-18-24

This book was excellent. The characters are so well written. Lauren Ambrose gave a perfect performance (again). I may even like this one more than the first, which is really saying something! If you’ve read The Maid, you won’t regret reading The Mystery Guest.

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Excellent book, better performance than the last

Revisado: 10-16-23

I love this series. This book is one of my favorite. It’s so loving when it comes down to it. Beautifully written. Fiona Shaw’s performance improved a lot since the last book. A lot less whispering. Highly recommend.

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I really enjoyed Park Avenue Summer

Revisado: 06-13-23

I think the story was interesting and it shows some of what women had to overcome in the workplace and in relationships.

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Excellent book, excellent reading

Revisado: 01-11-23

I loved this book, the whole experience. The author tells the story with everything she has and is uncompromising In telling it with personality and heart. I have recommended this book so many times and will continue to do so. The audiobook reading was excellent and concise. I enjoyed the interview at the end as well.

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