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E. Beckstrom

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One of French's very best

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

Revisado: 02-06-25

as always, French draws her story out to different horizons of complexity, both in terms of story and character. the plot is moderately complex but French is not a plot driven a writer. it's all about moves and emotions, and ways of living and thinking about, pondering, and questioning life. this is a beautifully written novel. poignant and sweet and sad like every entry in the Dublin murder squad series. the narration is also superb from top to bottom. this is one of my favorite audiobooks of all time, in any genre.

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didn't love it, didn't hate it

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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

Revisado: 01-15-25

pretty good narration with the exception of the onomatopoetic pronunciation of cat sounds, which became irritating within 15 minutes of the start. this isn't the fault of the narrator so much as of the writer. I can think of about two instances in all of literature where the use of onomatopoeia is justified.

the story is okay, but I think the novel is just too long for the subject matter. I can't really name subgenre without dropping spoilers. it's just not my favorite.

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Not among Penny's best but good

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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

Revisado: 11-22-24

While probably my least favorite in the series, this is still entertaining. I would really like to see Penny write another book in the series that is a nice, cozy mystery. Obviously, she can do what she wants but for my taste this entry in the series has too many thriller elements. Penny even resorts to onomatopoeia on a few occasions - a gun goes off - "Bang, bang, bang!" I'm sorry, but that's just not effective writing. The new narrator is okay, but is my least favorite of the three who have narrated this series. I just found this one to be a bit disappointing, but certainly a must for fans of the series.

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good, with shortcomings

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

Revisado: 10-15-24

this is a good ghost story novel rooted in themes of racism, Justice, punishment, and The elusive nature of redemption. the beginning of the novel is very strong but the story becomes convoluted about 2/3 of the way through. the results of too much explaining rather than showing through dialogue and action. nonetheless, it's an ambitious novel with very well drawn characters. I was also impressed with Compton's successful efforts to address plot points that could have easily become plod holes if unless your hands. the narrator is very good although I think he's better suited to other kinds of stories. for instance, listen to his superb narration of SA Cosby's crime novels.

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Complex character development, as always

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-20-24

Tana French is a superb writer. her character development is second to none. in her crime novels plot is important but is always secondary to the characters, and serves only to put them in difficult personal and moral dilemmas, to force them into impossible decisions that have to nonetheless be made. this novel is no different. the only significant shortcoming is a chunk in the middle about an animal in the attic of the murder house that goes on and on and on. it could have been three pages. the length of this stretch is such an interruption to the story and the character development of the primary characters that it ends up detracting from the novel as a whole. that said, once we're through that section the novel rebounds and even with that flaw is still a solid four-star effort. the narrator is superb, perfect.

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Sean hits it out of the park every time

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

Revisado: 09-02-24

Sean Cosby has developed the ability more character development thrillers than one expects of the genre and which most writers of thrillers don't achieve. But beyond that particular bar, Sean's books, including Backtop Wasteland, are filled from beginning to end with complex characters and themes which never interfere with the action, and in fact augment it, raise the stakes, and make the story more thrilling. with no spoilers, I will add the ending of this book is perfect and fits the story, themes, and a question which that proceed it.

Finally, the narrator also is perfect, as he has been with other of Sean's novels.

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one of his best

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

Revisado: 05-14-24

while within the crime milieu were used to seeing Dennis Lehane work within, this is a completely different kind of novel compared with the ones that take place in contemporary Boston. I can't imagine the amount of research he must have done for this book. he situates it so well within historical events it seems like historical fiction, and I guess it is. the characters are as richly developed as usual, and even tertiary characters are three-dimensional and have their moments. it's a sprawling story, and in the beginning it's hard to imagine how Lehane is going to weave each character's separate story into one, but of course he does it in splendid fashion. it's a satisfying, self-contained novel, though part of a series. narration is also superb.

my only complaint about the audiobook presentation is that the producer decided Lehane's writing just wasn't quite good enough and that it needed interstitial, cheap and overly loud segue music between random sections. the hubris behind this kind of decision is sort of jaw-dropping when you consider the writer we're dealing with here. the awful music is disruptive for 60 or 75 seconds seven or eight times throughout the audiobook.

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Sean does it again

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

Revisado: 08-05-23

while in some ways I liked razor blade tears a little more, this is nonetheless another very good novel and when I would certainly listen to or read it again. as with razor blade tears, the characters in this story are well written and compelling. I could read an entire series of stories with the main protagonist of this one in the lead. the reader is very good and his style and voice match the characters. as with Cosby's last novel, this one is deeply thematic, and centered around prejudice and bigotry, but also family and loyalty.

as a side note, a couple of years ago at a writer's conference I saw Dennis Lehane interview Sean Cosby. it's so wonderful to see a really decent guy from humble roots make it big.

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not the best in the series

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

Revisado: 07-03-23

JB's foray into science fiction fantasy is not among his best work. too many deus ex machina moments, with a plot that is just too haphazard. I love the guy's writing and his storytelling, but this one just didn't do it for me. Not terrible, just a bit tedious and too far-fetched even within the context of the genre.

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enjoyable nostalgia trip, terrible reader

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-17-23

read these 35 years ago. fun and imaginative story, but audible did a truly terrible job of choosing a reader. it's amateur hour. this guy makes all of the most obvious mistakes. he abused too much of his own lame attempts at creating character by trying to act the story through different voices for each character. the gruff voice for one character is laughable and the kind of thing you would expect from a 10 year old playing with action figures. she also does terrible, pointless faux "Scottish" (?) accents and faux "French" (?) accents and ridiculous female accents. I guess I have heard worse but not by much. whoever did the casting of the reader for this book ought to be fired. he literally sounds like an inexperienced 19 year old.

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