Garden Serene

Great stories of individual contributions

Revisado: 03-26-25

There are some great individual stories about government employees who have done some amazing work behind the scenes.
Some of the narrators are very annoying to listen to. Some are great.

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Narrator was awful & plot easily figured out

Revisado: 12-13-24

First of all the only way I could listen is to increase the speed and even then it was like nails on a blackboard.
It was fun to have the story and the book interweaved. However, it didn’t take long to figure out the plot.

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Characters and plot get pretty unbelievably

Revisado: 07-11-24

Starting out interesting and fun to listen to. Fun narration with the female and male characters. However, not sure why the female narrator has to narrate men when there is a male narrator as well. Plot gets muddled with unbelievable characters and events. The cop beats up one guy and doesn’t get relieved of duty or charged but does when he does same with another guy? A lot of loose ends towards the end as off the writer has the end written and tries to fit things in to that.

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Little cliche but a fun listen

Revisado: 10-09-23

Started out strong with an unexpected stabbing of a corps and fun turns and twists. The cats and dolphins added to the story. Who knew dolphins were like longshore workers.
Dragged in the middle but wrapped up in the end. The book is not going to win the noble peace price but it’s great fun especially With Will Wheaton as the narrator.

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Almost death, new plan, recover, rinse and repeat

Revisado: 10-04-23

First book had a much better plot. There was some interesting and funny moments but it dragged on with the same concept with a catastrophe, new plan, almost sure death and then boom survival. Rinse and repeat about 10 times.
The narrator is great to listen to and overcame some of the monotony of the same plot.

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Great narrator interesting plot until close to the end

Revisado: 09-09-23

Love listening to the narrator with the Scottish tongue. The story starts of strong and moves forward. Certainly there is some humor but mostly the story is a medical thriller with info on serial medical killers interspersed. It starts to drag towards the end and the end was weak. Like the author ran out of steam and couldn’t come up with a decent plot ending.

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I thought it was a thriller … definitely not

Revisado: 08-27-23

I thought I downloaded a murder mystery that played in and around wine. Was I wrong. It’s a story about wine import and the drama of working for a company. Nothing happens. It just kinda drags along - kinda like working for any other company. Don’t expect to learn much about wine. There are some references but that’s about it.

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Over the top with implausible actions

Revisado: 08-10-23

Although I like the narrator in general, he is not consistent in properly pronouncing things like Edinburgh. Also his accents tend to be one sighted and for example the Dutch banker has the weirdest accent but it isn’t Dutch. Story is over the top and highly implausible.

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Not so funny; mostly serious

Revisado: 07-23-23

Although there were a few funny moments, it was mostly gruesome and designed for shock value. The narrator mispronunciation certain names and you can hear him swallowing and breathing.

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More soap opera then murder mystery

Revisado: 06-30-23

This story had a lot of side lines that didn’t really add to the main plot. The main story was a bit predictable and dragged on.
The side stories leaned towards the soap opera. Ok to listen to when you are doing some chores but definitely not the usual.

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