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Such a let down

Revisado: 09-25-23

This is the wrong narrator for the book: she wasn’t able to capture Holly’s presence at all and her tendency to shout the dialogue hit my ear as strident.

It seems also that Holly’s entire personality has changed from prior books in the series. I remember her as having somewhat quirky traits, but this Holly is flat and without her former struggles and inner dialogue. Not that we spend much time with Holly in this novel: more time than is necessary is spent with the creepy villains (with witchy, high-pitched narration).

For me, Holly was one of the more interesting characters from this series, so I was really looking forward to a novel that focuses on her. This isn’t that novel.

The characters constant inquiries of, “Are you vaxxed?” along with mentioning which brand of vaccine they received while urging each other to take off masks was weird and became tedious. Not one person said “vaccination”. always “vaxxed” which I’ve never encountered IRL. This is another pet peeve of mine with King’s recent novels: his use of slang is very narrow and often awkwardly non-modern.

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Annoying music

Revisado: 06-12-23

A really worthwhile listen of a family saga nearly ruined by the addition of music in various parts.

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Fantastic!

Revisado: 11-22-20

Heartwarming story of the grief of losing a spouse and picking up the pieces. Excellent performances by all actors, but taking off a star overall due to unnecessary musical interludes between scenes.

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Narrator issue

Revisado: 11-22-20

I couldn’t tolerate the horrendous narrator. After less than 15 minutes I had to turn it off and delete the book from my library forever.

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Over produced, under written

Revisado: 02-10-20

Not sure how they managed to get so many big names to take part in this project. The story was very thin, but the actors did their best with what they had. The whole thing was way over produced, with too many musical breaks (seriously Audible - stop it with injecting music into books). Not engaging, totally forgettable.

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Quite terrible

Revisado: 11-03-19

I have enjoyed so much of Stephen King’s work, but I can’t recommend this latest. Zero character development, the story is flat and overly long, with very little to hold your attention. It was a slog to finish .
The children were written SO badly that I was embarrassed for him. Dialogue like “Put an egg in your shoe and beat it” used multiple times by modern day kids? Not likely.
The narrator is not my favorite. He made strange, cartoon like accents for most of the characters and would often neglect to return to his neutral voice once a character stopped speaking and he continued the narrative.

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What a nothing burger!

Revisado: 07-24-18

There’s no plot, the story meanders around in aimless circles, populated by forgettable characters. This book left such a faint impression on me that while I just finished listening to it, I’ve already forgotten it. If I had to give a fellow reader a synopsis, I’d fail. Very disappointing, given the high standard set by Olive Kitteridge.

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Just awful

Revisado: 06-10-18

Where to begin? The narrator speaks so slowly, with lengthy pauses between sentences, so I listened at 1.5 speed, which of course, made it sound strange. There is not much story here and even less character development (at one point, Copper enters into a gay relationship, for what reason is never understood). I’m struggling to finish it, with 3 hours left.

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Not worth the zero dollars I paid for it

Revisado: 11-16-17

Wow, just terrible. Tried this book because it was a special sale offering at “free”....no money lost, but I’ll never get the time back that I wasted listening to it. The pace was slow, plot unbelievable, characters one-dimensional and plot missing.

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Mystified by all the positive reviews

Revisado: 07-08-17

Just UGH. I slogged through this incredibly slow, tedious, dull book only because I didn't want to take advantage of my Audible membership by returning (as I had recently returned another book).

Good gawd - there is NO story here! Nothing happens, there is no conflict, no character development, no plot of any kind.

I would rather sit in an isolation chamber for 18 hours rather than listen to it again.

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