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When It Happens
- De: Susane Colasanti
- Narrado por: Lauren Davis, Bryan Kennedy
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 2
Sara and Tobey couldn't be more different. She is focused on getting into her first-choice college; he wants to win Battle of the Bands. Sara's other goal is to find true love, so when Dave, a popular jock, asks her out, she's thrilled. But then there's Tobey. His amazing blue eyes and quirky wit always creep into her thoughts. It just so happens that one of Tobey's goals is also to make Sara fall in love with him. Told in alternating points of view, Sara and Tobey's real connection will have everyone rooting for them from the minute they meet!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Loved It As A Preteen, Hated It As An Adult
- De Crystal H en 01-13-25
- When It Happens
- De: Susane Colasanti
- Narrado por: Lauren Davis, Bryan Kennedy
Loved It As A Preteen, Hated It As An Adult
Revisado: 01-13-25
Wow. As a preteen, I remember really enjoying this book somehow. Now, as an adult and hearing it again, it was awful. The boy NON STOP obsesses over s * x, it got old fast. The first boyfriend also supposedly was fixed on it, and it was a problem according to the Main Character Female, but when the Main Character Male does it, it's fine.
Somehow, the girl was even more intolerable. Had a very snobby, "I know everything," attitude, discourages the MCM of his dreams of music, tells him to flat out not bother even trying. She also states several times that if you don't go to college, your ONLY alternative is fast food work. Surprising, since according to her, she knows everything. So you would think she knew about highly profitable, NECESSARY careers that DON'T require a degree- such as construction, electrician, plumbing, pilot, software engineer, real estate, insurance, engineers- I can keep going.
Overall, horrible message for teenagers to be absorbing, two very unlikable characters and overall just terrible.
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The Murders of Christopher Watts
- De: Cheryln Cadle
- Narrado por: Madeline Stark
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 262
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 231
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 229
On August 13, 2018, Christopher Watts murdered his pregnant wife and two toddler daughters. Cheryln Cadle contacted him and started visiting him in prison. Christopher started writing her letters from his prison cell in Wisconsin. These letters had his confessions of things he had never told anyone else.
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1 out of 5 stars
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disgusting , author is horrible
- De Applejackson en 03-08-22
- The Murders of Christopher Watts
- De: Cheryln Cadle
- Narrado por: Madeline Stark
Not Sure Why All the Negative Reviews?
Revisado: 12-03-24
Great book. I got several questions answered, got a better understanding of Chris's thought process, before, during and after.
The only thing I really disliked of the book was at the end, Cherlyn, despite acknowledging that Nichol Kessinger conveniently happened to text Chris immediately after he finished dumping his daughters into the tanks to listen to the Metallica song "The Battery", her google search history proving she looked up Shanann LONG before the affair, and that her phone pinged by Chris's house the morning of the murder, that Nichol had "Nothing to do with the murders."
Obviously, she can't come right out and say that she DID, but she certainly shouldn't come right out and say, based off of the evidence, that she DIDN'T.
Other than that tidbit, great book. I've binged this crime case a lot, and in just this book, I learned a lot I didn't know before, and got a better, full picture.
Definitely recommend!
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Finding Me
- A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed
- De: Michelle Knight, Michelle Burford
- Narrado por: Maria Cabezas
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,837
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,841
Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A True House of Horrors!
- De Courtney en 05-12-14
- Finding Me
- A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed
- De: Michelle Knight, Michelle Burford
- Narrado por: Maria Cabezas
Never Takes Accountability
Revisado: 12-03-24
It's horrific the things she has endured. However, throughout this book, I notice she never takes accountability (especially when it comes to her son!) and doesn't think what's best for him.
For example (spoilers):
During her pregnancy, she drops out of school, but makes zero preparations for her son. Doesn't job hunt. Just sits at home and watches TV.
She is upset that Joey gets taken from her, due to him and her living in a dangerous household. She thinks because SHE's not dangerous, that should be enough. Despite the fact that her son literally got a fractured knee from a fellow dangerous member of the household!
During her pregnancy, she acknowledges that she has no money, no job, no way to care for her son, but is going to keep him anyway because he will love her. Hello??? A mother should be thinking what is best for THE KID, not herself. She should have put him up for adoption!
When Joey is taken away, she shows up 15 minutes late to court (and is actually annoyed by the judge for pointing this out!) and her excuse to us, the reader, is she had to walk. SO WHAT? You don't have a job or anything better to do! If your top priority is your son, show up on time!
Finally (and at this point I couldn't stand listening to this audio book anymore) one of the visitation days with her son (according to her, which is just once a month), she no showed, saying that it's because she would had to have walked and "just couldn't do it that day". Nothing more. Just couldn't do it.
I was repulsed. Sad all the things she has gone through, it's terrible. With that said, this woman lacks accountability and doesn't care what is best for her son! Plus, just today, I saw that her animal rescue got raided and animals taken away, due to several being emaciated, and filthy living conditions in their cages. So tragic and repulsive! I pray those poor animals get the care they need.
I won't be finishing the book. I wish I hadn't purchased. Briana and Amanda's book was very good though.
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Sex Cult Nun
- Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult
- De: Faith Jones
- Narrado por: Jaime Lamchick
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 279
Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and self-empowerment - an inspiring and stranger-than-fiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An absolute page-turner
- De Lara en 12-03-21
- Sex Cult Nun
- Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult
- De: Faith Jones
- Narrado por: Jaime Lamchick
Started Out Promising, Ended Poorly
Revisado: 10-05-24
The author did well at vocalizing her thoughts as the moments were happening. The basis of the story was interesting. However, the last 4 hours or so, she went on a feminist tangent, made it very obvious she thinks herself to be quite the intellect above all else, and kept talking about the abuses of women solely (as if men weren't abused as well). It ended badly, and I couldn't stand the feminist message at the end. She even went as far as insulting the Founding Fathers, which is when I stopped listening to this. I wouldn't read this again. Wasted credit.
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