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Diana

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Not what it seems

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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-27-24

This book is about Covid. I wish I knew that before I used a credit on it. I feel like the title description is a big fib. I don’t want to give the plot away, but this book is not what is described. Also, I really wish authors would keep their political affiliations to themselves. I listen to get away from everyday life, not to be scolded by an author. She says that Covid is not a political issue, then turns it into one. I usually really like this author, so I didn’t read the reviews. I wish I had because I would have stayed away from this book.

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Jumped from scene to scene

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-28-23

There was no distinction between one scene and another, which made things a little confusing. I had to rewind several times to figure out what was going on. This story could have been told in half the time. Parts of it may have been setting up for the next book, but I don’t think I will be finding out, because I have no desire to waste a credit on continuing the series. This was a very tedious book.

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Jumps around too much

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-12-23

Not only does the timeline jump around too much, but this is just a bizarre story.

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Plant based diet

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3 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed: 09-29-23

This book would have been so much better if the main character hadn’t drone on about her most -of- the -time, but not always any based diet. That and her fear of guns. It was repetitive and monotonous ( see what I did there?) over all good story, but I will not be purchasing any of the other books in the series because of that.

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Dated

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-17-23

I could tell when I started listening to this book that it was written decades ago. That being said, it is an easy listen, and you don’t have to pay a lot of attention to the plot. It is very predictable and a little trite. The narrator speaks slowly and does a pretty good job with the different characters’ voices, but many times during listening, I found my myself asking, “Why?” If you are looking for background noise, this is a good book for that.

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A narrator can make or break an audible book

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-18-23

It was all i could do to finish this book because of the narrator. Her voice made all of the females sound like vapid idiots. The only reason i kept listening is because the story was pretty good, and i wanted to find out what happened. If i see this narrator’s name again, i will avoid that book!

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Contrived and trite.

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Reviewed: 07-04-23

The lead female put herself in harms way, idiotically so, on several occasions with totally impossible outcomes. This story had so much potential that didn’t pan out.

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Narrator ruins the story

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Reviewed: 06-28-23

Good story, but the narrator make the lead female into a whiny mess. Her voices for the other characters is fine, but I wanted to faceplam every time the lead character’s voice came on. Also, there were time when the narrator rushed through sentences to a new scene, which made things a little confusing. There is a strong Christian theme, so if you don’t like that, this is not the book for you

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global warming enthusiast read on

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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-30-22

three hours of ok story line only leads to a global warming theme. it tasks children to save the planet and all the animals, including humans, who are the worst and the best of the animals at the same time. if you believe in global warming, this is the book for you.

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A narrator can make or break a story

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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-24-22

I struggled to finish this book, because the narrator was horrible. No pauses between paragraphs or for punctuation. She didn’t use the same voice for the different characters throughout the book, which made it a bit difficult to remember who was suppose to be speaking. I tried slowing and speeding up the narrative, but neither really worked. The story is ok, but i don’t think I will be looking for another by the same author. It got very repetitive. I chose the book, because, like the main character, I have recently lost my mother. I thought maybe I could identify with her and maybe find a bit of solace in the book. I did a little, but not much.

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