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Borrinngg!

Revisado: 03-12-24

Fouses way too much on minute and unimportant details and doesn't move the story along. Capote was anything but boring, but I couldn't even get halfway through this book.

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Am I Missing Something??

Revisado: 09-05-23

I'm not sure I understand all the rave reviews of this book. I still have seven hours left and I can go no further. It's SO boring! Literally a third of the book should have been cut. Great narrator, but OMG, did this thing need an editor. There's no plot after Henri becomes King. It just rambles on and on.

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Boring AF!

Revisado: 04-17-23

Like some others, I thought this book was going to be about the Lafferty family and Brenda's murder. That story is
only on the periphery. Instead, it goes on and on and on about the whole history of Mormonism read by a narrator who sounds like a 1960's newscaster. I'm trying to stick with it but I'm failing...

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I'd Listen to Stefan Rudnicki Read the Phone Book

Revisado: 02-04-22

I'm a huge fan of this narrator, having listened to several of his other readings. I think his interpretations and voice are marvelous. That being said, I'm finding the book itself hard to get through. Am I missing something? Parts of it are interesting, but I'm into the 10th hour and most of it is so tedious I want to give up and turn on Netflix. I'm hanging in there because reviewers say it gets better and well, I love me my Stefan.

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Was Bianca Amato Busy?

Revisado: 01-27-22

The book is excellent if you can get past the narrator. She sounds bored, condescending and overly precious, talks too fast and has no emotion or melody in her voice whatsoever. If the book itself weren't so riveting, I would have returned it. Please, please, Ms. Rappaport, get someone else to narrate your books!! (Like the fabulous Ms. Amato?).

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OMG that Voice!!

Revisado: 11-28-21

I couldn't listen to this for very long. The narrator's voice is just AWFUL. I felt like I was being shouted at by Sarah Silverman. In fact, I'd rather be shouted at by Sarah Silverman (at least with Sarah I'd know it was meant to be comical).

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One of My Favorites

Revisado: 07-15-21

I'm a huge C.W. Gortner Fan, and, like another reviewer, re-read this book at least once a year. Everything about it is superb - the story, the pitch-perfect narration, the way Gortner makes you care intensely about his characters and what will happen next. As a writer myself, I am just in awe of his craft. If you love historical fiction, this is a must for your library.

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Ugh!! The narrator!

Revisado: 07-02-21

I really wanted to get through this book, but the narrator was so awful I had to stop. What possessed her to read it in a smug, too-fast, at times unintelligible monotone as if she was a drunk at a cocktail party??

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One of the Most Boring Books I've Ever Listened To

Revisado: 04-25-21

…And that's saying a lot. Based on the title, I thought this would be a juicy, dramatic true-crime story. Instead, like another reviewer mentioned, it read like a text book. I almost expected there to be a quiz at the end of it. They're making THIS into a movie??

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Good Story Badly Told

Revisado: 03-28-21

What could have been a great story was so poorly written that I couldn't finish. The author has no earthly idea how to build suspense and drama, which, given the subject matter, should have been a breeze! Every time the author reached an important plot point s/he over-explained to the point of boredom with trivial details and veered off-subject. The narrator sounded like she was auditioning for a Telemundo soap-opera. Utter drivel. If you're a writer, you will cringe reading this!

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