L. McNeal

Achingly Slow

Revisado: 01-31-25

This is the last Wandering Inn book I'm doing for a while. It wanders, for sure, everywhere but at the Inn and it's very, very, very slow. HOURS of side plots and no real hint of how they connect. I know as I get to the end, it'll come together but I'm still 7hrs away and convincing myself that it's worth that amount of my life is getting tough. This author just really needed an editor - or a better one? I don't know. I loved the first book and enjoyed book two. But this isn't like HP where you are so invested in the characters that you stick it out. 3/4 of this book is spent on imagining how a (basically evil) skeleton might think. It's a case of success unrestrained and turned into stream of consciousness. I think I might have to pass on book #4.

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omg sooooo bad

Revisado: 01-05-24

Melodramatic, predictable, juvenile. The epitome of mass market fiction. I rolled my eyes at least 10x in the first 3hrs. It's not worth it. I am returning the book.

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Unique and Lovely

Revisado: 01-03-24

A truly enchanting story. This myth-like narrative is well written and well performed. I highly recommend.

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lovely and unusual

Revisado: 10-02-23

It starts a bit slow but builds and is beautifully written. the narrator does a lovely job. The story is unique and refreshing. Not your same old rushed sensational. You get to know the characters. There are surprises and thrills. There isn't a lot of world hopping, as you might expect from the description. The story follows the young girl as she grows and alternately tells her parents' story, but it's almost entiry set in our world. Still, it is lovely.

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Excellent Series; Narrator grew on me

Revisado: 07-27-23

Again, wonderful installment to follow the first book. Really can't say enough. This series deserves more attention than it has gotten. I'm writing this after listening to book 3. I've listened to hundreds, but this is my first set of reviews, I think they deserve it so much. As I noted in my review of book 1 with more detail, I didn't prefer the narrator. But the story is so good, and she grew on me after time. While her diction and cadence leave a lot to be desired, her male and female voices were well done and convincing between characters. Overall, highly recommend all 3 books in this series.

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Excellently Written; Keep going! Ignore the Narr.

Revisado: 07-27-23

Loved everything about this book: the characters, the unique original story, the mystery, but most of all the amazing writing. I would love to read it on the page to savor the word choices and turns of phrase. I listened to the entire series and it does not disappoint. My only complaint was the narrator's pronunciation and diction. She says the chapter numbers like she's seducing someone, which is utterly unnecessary, given that this is not at all that kind of book. She also has a very odd cadence, pausing, rising, and diminishing at very odd times and in odd ways. Lastly, while her pronunciation is extremely crisp, it's often TOO crisp. She almost adds extra sounds to the ends of the stop letters. It really threw me off at first and I almost stopped listening to this book. But I am SO glad I did not. Soon I was too hooked by the writing and the story and sailed straight on through to book 3.

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excellent conclusion to a wonderful series

Revisado: 07-27-23

Met all expectations. The writing is superb, the story intricate but enticing. The narrator is not my favorite but improved weigh each book.

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Uncompelling, Laboriously Slow

Revisado: 02-01-23

I listen to many long, slow audio books. The idea is nice but the execution is not. I just couldn't get through this one. I'm almost at the end of the book but nothing very interesting has happened yet and anything that has happened to so long to get there between unnecessary details that it rang hope. It will be one of only 3 returns I've made in my long audible history.

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entertaining but needed editing badly

Revisado: 01-31-20

Writing needed editing something fierce. voice artist was amazing. overall, enjoyed. excellent cost to length ratio.

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Interesting and unique but not enough happened.

Revisado: 07-17-16

I had the same issue with the paper magician series. great ideas, but lots of time spent on mundane moments or boring places.

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