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Like the concept

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-20-23

...buy it somehow fell short. I think part of it is the reader, she designates great character depictions, but when she narrates the story or talks in first person, she gets this kind of climatic whine that sounds like she is going to break, and never does. I do not think I am describing it very well. it took forever to get through this book, I kept droning out the story and losing my place. The writing is good enough, except, the heroine seems weak, like not flawed weak, but weak fabric.
The story, however, is fascinating. The concept of this society and the Era in which it takes place is all very nice.

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First S. King Book and it was FANTASTIC!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-04-23

Common sense tells us King must be a great writer not only for his popularity, but also from the variety of Hollywood productions. I knew his stories were creative from what I had witnessed on the silver screen in both Horror and Drama genres. I knew that. As a collector of fairytale, modern, classic, and folklore, I wasn't sure what to expect when I downloaded this, only knowing that it was a perfect title for my inductory King book. The character building was fantastic, sure. The plot: despair, true love in unexpected ways, and so much I can't say for fear of spoiling the book for others. I was pleasantly surprised. The story was an adventure with all the darkness I expected from King, the gut wrenching drama I knew him to create from stories like Shawshank and Green Mile, and I was surprised how many times I laughed outloud...my happy black heart. This story exceeded my expectations in adventure, drama, character building, and damn can he paint a scene with words.

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voice is a hard cannot.

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-03-22

monotone and nasal, kind of whiny. I. cannot listen to it, I will read it in book form.

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I'm going to have to read this one...

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-04-21

The narrator is incredibly... mundane. When voicing for others, she does rather well, but aside from dialogue, you can predict the inflections and intonations in her voice like a literary major would in Shakespearean iambic pentameter, except without the drama. The voice dips and raises when describing a scene or a character's emotion, and really the beauty of the words is lost in the dreary voice.
However, the story seems great, and I want to know this story. I will be reading the physical book and returning this audiobook... I'm on chapter 9.

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NO!

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-26-21

Beauty and Beast... I can't do it. worse than Twilight with better writing. Nice metaphors... okay historical references... way too long romance scenes... this story is dumb.

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The chess battles were as interesting as a sword

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-03-21

battle. This story was very well written, interesting characters and situations. Kept my attention through entirety. May listen again on a long road trip.

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Unexpectedly Fascinating

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-20-20

While the story of the Indianapolis is known, the depth of the tragedy was something I was ignorant to. My grandfather, a WWII vet, had mentioned it casually as he was in the Navy, but never anything else beyond. I picked this book to listen to for the month of May, when choosing books to match holidays- so it was an aloof choice.
I was pleasantly surprised.
I am not a history buff, and I do not generally read books on history beyond historical fiction. This book maintained my interest through most of the book. At first it was a little difficult getting into the book, going through all the key characters/victims stories, while not reading their names with my own eyes (and my ears don't remember as well as my eyes remember), but then all at once it clicked into place and I was able to follow along. I thought the book's division of introducing the people involved and the ship in the first part, the event for the second part, and the after events before Congress and a middle school boy trying to get the captain's charges dropped was a great organization of the story. The reading sounded like it was being told from a veteran's perspective, yet full of facts and descriptions rather than opinions. The writing was done so well, I could visualize the strange chaos well and not have to re-listen to figure out what was happening when the ship started to sink (sometimes when action scenes are being told, I have to listen again to see if I heard what I thought I visualized).
this book is great and it's my first 5star rating all the way around. It ticked all the boxes for me. I'm just sorry that the story is true. The authors did the story justice by telling it so well. My heart goes out to those poor kids lost at sea.

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Beautiful

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-20-20

Its hard to say, did the performance make the book? Or did the story make the book? Either way, the execution of both was beautifully done.
The performance from the various readers was well acted: appropriate intonations to express emotions and ambiances, dialects and accents done very well, it was almost like listening to old radio theatre, but without sound effects and a variety of voice actors. I thought it very well done. I really enjoyed different voices following the different stories, it made following the story easier.
The story was beautiful and heart wrenching in a variety of ways. Metaphors were not thrown about like confetti, and were done with a subtle poetic flair. The trials of the modern character and the mysteries that continued to unravel were fun to follow along, and kept one's interest waiting for the next event around the corner. The freed slave's story was excellent being full of adventure, a quest one might say, and kept you in the edge of your seat wondering what danger might antagonize the girls next. I loved this book and will probably listen to it again. I didn't realize the story content when I picked it for the month, and how appropriate for the times and Juneteenth it is. I recommend this story to anyone who has a love for historical fiction in an American setting.

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Great Story

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-15-20

The story was a wonderful and beautiful well imagined piece. The writing at times was so beautiful and poetic, but faltered when the dialogue started. Conversation content of the dialogue was okay between some characters, especially when they were talking of trauma struggles and life battles, but that wasn't the problem: the characters were rich and layered, and the author built up interesting layers with the conversations as you discovered them. The problem with the dialogue was the lack of verbs and adverbs. Everything was a "...he said" and "she said". For such rich content at times and beautifully descript writing, the dialogue conversation with only "he said" and "she said" seemed to fall extremely flat. It became redundant and annoying to hear the performer continuously repeat "he said" and "she said". Why not some "she replied enthusiastically" or "he declared" type phrases. Chapters became longer with the redundancy.
The performance was okay. She portrayed everyone as a whiner, and it was hard to listen to unless one imagined the context of the situation, such as a conversation, coming out of the character in a different way than was being portrayed. At times, the situation that was being read did not correlate with how the narrator was projecting the situation. Frustration sounded like whining, sadness and grief sounded like whining, anger sounded like whining, it was rather a shallow performance.
I am biased, as my profession has me working in medical facilities and hospitals, but the hospitalization scenes just irked me... nurses and doctors do not allow half the stuff that was allowed in the story, but it is just a novel, and I am biased.
Overall, the story was a beautiful story and maintained my interest, but I think I would have preferred to have read it as a book to be able to skip past writing weaknesses and to be able to direct the character intonations within my imagination.

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Performance Makes the Story

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-14-20

The story overall was pretty good. Leading characters were strong, the supporting characters were a little underdressed, but they did well enough in dialogue. Alice's husband, Bennet, seemed to be a weak character in both construction and constitution. His character bothered me for a number of reasons, why was there no resolution or follow up with his oddness... kind of disappointing and felt like a plot holes, but then it was not all that imperative to the plot in general.
I enjoyed the realizations the main character had about herself and her transformation and process of growing, but had a hard time with a few plot twists, not how they played out, rather how they were written: rushed and sending to try and hurry up to finish off a resolution. As I reread that last sentence, I realize it doesn't make sense unless I use spoilers, so I will just leave it and say, the end seems rushed and also as though the author is trying to tie off all kinds of unnecessary ends.
I REALLY liked the inclusion of literature quotes.
Narrator's performance was good. I love how she consistently sticks with a character's voice, maintains their characteristics and personalities through subtle inflections and intonations.
Overall a really good listen and story.

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