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Loved Every Moment

Revisado: 04-28-25

The characters in this book had me from the beginning. Vera is a delight, I wish I knew a Vera, and everyone else was written perfectly. At the end, I got teary-eyed, which is the sign of a good book for me. Also, the narration was flawless. A perfect narrator for this book. I hope she does all of the future Vera books.

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Should have been a short story

Revisado: 03-24-25

This book is an excellent character sketch, but it gets tedious as hour after hour the book stagnates in the same place. I, unlike some of the reviewers, loved the ending. It felt like the only possible ending. But, it could have and should have come much, much sooner. While I’m glad I listened to it, I also didn’t enjoy listening for at least three hours of it and I ended up skipping two chapters in the middle because I just couldn’t take the tedium anymore. The reader was excellent, the writing was beautiful, but this would have succeeded more as a short story or a novella.
The author’s second book, Victorian Psycho, is much better paced. I read that book before this one and I’m glad I did, because I know not to give up on her.

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Funny, interesting, and immersive

Revisado: 03-21-25

This was such a fun listen! The performance was fantastic and the story kept me guessing. Loved it!

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I couldn’t handle the narration and the flashbacks

Revisado: 02-18-25

I almost never give books a poor ranking but the narration on this one made listening almost unbearable. In addition the book has flashbacks that go back years and years, instead of moving the story forward, which is a writing style I’m not fond of. I liked the ending, but most of the book and all of the narration was very slow and plodding.

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Extremely Messed Up

Revisado: 01-22-25

Great book. There is so much going on, from commentary on social media use to politics to religion. It’s an absolutely wild time. I loved it.

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Good narration, interesting story

Revisado: 12-26-24

The story was compelling and interesting, but very repetitive. The narrator did a great job.

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A different take on a common theme

Revisado: 12-22-24

This zombie novel is far from the classic plot or theme and I loved the new direction it took.

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The weirdest zombie novel I’ve ever read

Revisado: 11-09-24

I love zombie novels. I read them all of the time. So I am confident when I say this is the weirdest zombie story I’ve ever read. The author has an overly poetic style, which I enjoyed, but it’s incredibly abstract and overly descriptive. The story itself is almost completely unlike the movie. I honestly can’t tell if the whole book was supposed to be someone’s hallucination. It’s that unhinged. If you are expecting something like the movie, don’t read this. If you are ok with a completely abstract, disconnected, and unhinged story with an inexplicable ending, then go ahead and give it a listen.

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A classic cult story with a twist

Revisado: 11-04-24

I don’t want to give any spoilers, so I’ll just say that this story was well-written with the perfect narrator and an interesting story. I enjoyed it. Lots of classic horror elements in there with an interesting twist and great character growth.

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Disjointed and weird but kind of fun

Revisado: 10-24-24

The story was very disjointed, but it’s an interesting premise and the writing was fun to read. Came across as having a moral to the story, which is not my favorite thing.

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