Genevieve

Terrible Narration

Revisado: 09-07-22

The main mistake with this version of Hitler: Downfall is the narration. It’s hard to understand why the tenor is so different from the first book. He drags on some parts and puts odd emphasis on others. Many of the incorrect pronunciations are German words - I get it kind of but the book is about Germany so maybe ask someone? The real sore point for me was hearing this guy pronounce rabbi as “raby” as in rhymes with baby. Yikes, frankly, in light of the content! Where was the audio editor??
Incredibly difficult to focus on the book itself due to the narrator.

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Too long, confusing as an audiobook

Revisado: 08-01-19

I think this title might be better served as a traditional or kindle title. The type of storytelling the author is doing does not lend itself to listening and keeping track of the story.
Story itself - not too much of a plot, more of a many-year window into how this group lives, loves, and dies in very, very small town Georgia. There are other novels out there that tell similar stories.

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Just OK

Revisado: 10-26-17

Enjoyed the story, very diverting and easy to listen to. The narrator’s different takes on accents was distracting, not all good. The memoir itself was full of self aggrandizement and not enough time spent on the real reflection of who she is. A lot of “better than thou” without a lot to back it up. Spends a lot of time talking about how lazy she is and how much of her time she spends trying to get out of working. Exaggerated account of time in Brunei leads the listener to believe she’s spent months there the first time; it’s actually only been a few weeks.

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Not Historical Fiction

Revisado: 08-20-15

Seems as though most people are one of two minds on this - I was one that did not enjoy this being billed as historical fiction when it really should have been listed as romance. The story is very, very slow to start and doesn't get much better. The main issue, as other reviewers have written, is merely laid into the historical context, with no real commentary or perspective. The characters could have been written in a way that would have offered this perspective, but were not. It was a murder mystery without the whodunit aspect. It was a romance with real, but created drama, not the sort that naturally occurs in society and culture but manufactured by the characters. I kept waiting for a twist or some sort of resolution and did not get it.

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