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ICK, somehow simplistic and offensive

Revisado: 03-17-24

The simplistic descriptions of slavery gave me the ick. Every character is a stereotype - plucky 16 year old protagonist who just wants to prove herself worthy; stern but loving father, deploring slavery but explaining how 'necessary' it was; hypochondriac mother who just wants the protagonist to be married, scary overseer too interested in the female slaves; kindly elderly neighbor sharing his knowledge and seeds; loving mammy figure, and of course, the primitive childhood best-friend who had the plant knowledge, but just happened to be a slave.
I made it to chapter 8 and I'm quitting now before it gets worse.

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Starts slowly, gets better

Revisado: 02-16-24

Author has done her research. No anachronistic attitudes to spoil the story. Not my favorite narrator but not grating, so overall okay

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Fascinating delivery of a historic true crime story

Revisado: 01-29-24

I appreciated that we were treated to the period vocabulary, and that it was well explained, including who would or would not have understood it at that time. I learned a bit about railway development, thieves’ cant, socio-economic factors, early police work, and an exciting story. I was never tempted to skip forward and I think I will queue it up to listen again in another week or so

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Enjoyable stories and anecdotes

Revisado: 01-12-24

The author tells a series of anecdotes that illuminate the progress of medicine over his 40 year career, and finishes up decrying the corporate state of healthcare today

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Engaging.

Revisado: 11-17-23

I know just enough of the Roman Empire to be pulled out of a story by anachronistic details. I was happy to realize at the end of this story that this didn’t happen. A purely enjoyable story with an excellent narrator who was able to differentiate voices without annoying affectation

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Slow start,

Revisado: 08-13-23

Enjoyable story. It started slow but soon picked up. Sadly, about when it picked up is about when the worst of the mispronunciations started. I finished it because I’m a completest, but I had to stop and groan a few times.

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Standard regency

Revisado: 05-21-23

Slightly perfunctory. Nothing objectionable and some nice historical bits about the country ball, but not a lot of depth or originality

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Half a book

Revisado: 03-20-23

Some interesting scenes and characters, but the development seemed hurried, incomplete or just not there. Disappointing

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Pleasant ahistorical story

Revisado: 10-31-22

I enjoyed it in spite of knowing many of Lydia’s solutions were impossible for her class in that time

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Repetitive

Revisado: 05-15-22

First half is a discussion of processed vs whole foods. It may be valuable information for some but I feel like it was a recap of what we hear daily. Second half feels like a recap of the author’s previous book “mini habits”. If I was going to recommend one I’d recommend this one over the first because this gives you the recap with specifics on how to implement the process with food as well as exercise, but if you’ve already read that one, this will be repetition. I liked the first book but was disappointed I bought both.
The narrator uses slooowww speech to add emphasis. It becomes annoying. I finally switched to listening at 1.3x which made it sound normal. The few times his narration noticeably speeded up for a sentence or two that he wasn’t emphasizing, it only served to cement the benefit of deliberately speeding up the rest.

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