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Wonderful narration. Curious book.

Revisado: 04-10-22

I suppose one should always expect the unexpected from Virginia Woolf. This book was delightfully whimsical at times and quite dragging at others.

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Good narration. Terrible book.

Revisado: 02-05-22

I read a lot of classics I did not like but could at least see why they were classics. This book is just terrible.
The story is painfully dragged out. The mystery part I couldn't care less about. The epistolary style did not work for me in Dracula and it worked even less for me here.
Overall, this book took me forever to read – mostly because I had to force myself to continue – and I would recommend it to nobody.

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A decent read if you are in a mood for a light UF

Revisado: 01-12-22

I actually listened to the whole thing while having a bad case of flu, and must say that it lightened the experience for me. -> So, not a difficult read.
Enjoyable and fast (but also nothing special).

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It is alright.

Revisado: 08-20-21

This was an Audible Freebie, which in retrospect should have made me suspicious...

Alright, I suppose, is the best way to describe it.
I cannot say that the story gripped me, but the narrator made it easy to listen to the end. It helps that the story is short enough that even if you do not love it, you are not there long.

Overall, gift horses and mouths and all that...


PS I'm starting to suspect that I do not like thrillers as a genre, though I am sure there must be good ones somewhere out there.

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Great narration. Good writing. Mediocre story.

Revisado: 08-18-21

It was a quick and enjoyable listen. I cannot say, however, that the subject of age gap in love is so much worth exploring.

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Great narration of an alright book.

Revisado: 06-27-21

The book is alright:
- The plot is alright if not unimaginative.
- The social commentary is alright if not too tame.
- The main heroine is not alright, I dare say irritating, as you'd be hard pressed to find a less self aware and free-thinking person in the history of western literature.

PS I tried different narrators for this book and Steven Crossley is by far the most enjoyable.

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Perfect narration

Revisado: 06-22-21

I liked it, and I didn't like it, and I am glad that Archer Newland's prison of a world isn't mine, and I wonder (with an inspired sense of dread) what the 19th century New York vesion of me would have been like.

But anyhow, this book is so very clever: every word imbued with meaning, significance, irony, foreboding – not a single line wasted. This book is also so very sad, and not because of its star-crossed love affair, but because there is nothing sadder than the sheer vivacity of life and spirit slowly stiffled into submission and regret.

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Enjoyable to the end despite its length

Revisado: 06-08-21

The story is rather ordinary in its scope and yet I found myself rooting and feeling for the main character, Molly, and otherwise enjoying this carefully crafted social satire.
It is a shame that the story was never finished not because we cannot guess how it is to end, but rather because it would have been a pleasure to read the absent final scenes – hinted at in the editor's notes – from Gaskell's delightfully satirical point of view.

A perfect summer read overall!

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A decent though rather superficial overview.

Revisado: 07-10-20

I have finished this recording in one sitting, so it is rather easy to follow even in audio format. However, I do not feel like it has added much if anything to my understanding of English punctuation (and English is not even my first language!).

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Very clear narration

Revisado: 03-21-19

I listened to Candide for purposes of improving my French but it was very enjoyable as well. The narration was very clear which is vital for non-native speakers. Overall, I can only recommend it!

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