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A better title

Revisado: 03-04-19

Would have been "Madame Curie, The College Years". The story skips around chronologically with little segue, which was irritating. It is almost entirely about how she got into college, how she supported herself at college, and a lot about her romance with her future husband while at college. There is a little about her childhood, but almost nothing about her life after marriage or her work on radioactivity. It was, in my opinion, a lot less interesting than it could have been. But, it was only an hour and fifteen minutes long, so I guess something had to be left out. At least it was free.

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There is no ending

Revisado: 09-17-18

Way too much of the book is the childhood, young adulthood, and general life stories of two guys who are the leads at the end of the book. This history part of the guys' lives is kind of boring

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More of a history or geography book

Revisado: 05-08-18

Way too much of the book is a narrative written in past tense, which makes the action seem boring and the lead character seem like a robot. It is great if you want to learn about the history of Middle East tensions in a fiction book, but it is not a thriller/suspense book.

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Super monotone speaker

Revisado: 12-30-17

The speaker had several distinct voices for the various characters but none of them ever got the let bit excited.

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Great story. Too bad

Revisado: 12-16-17

the marketers decided to rip people off on the price. The cost is several times more than the full length books per hour of entertainment

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Rip off

Revisado: 12-16-17

Even on sale, these short stories cost four or five times more per hour of entertainment than the full length books. Great story though.

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Way overpriced

Revisado: 12-16-17

Even on sale, these one-hour long short stories are ridiculously more expensive than the full-length version. I enjoyed the story and performance a lot but after doing the math of cost per hour of entertainment, I felt really ripped off.

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Disappointed

Revisado: 09-18-17

I have read all the books in this series and am working my way through the audio books. I was excited to get to this audio book, because it is my favorite story in the series. The first four audio books had a man speaking Michelle's part. I had gotten used to (and enjoyed) Michelle's "voice" as it was done by the male speaker. In this book, they had a woman speak Michelle's part for the first time, and I didn't at all like Michelle's voice suddenly turning from a sultry, athletic sounding voice (as played by the man) to a grating, fake southern-accented snob (as played by the woman). I really started to dislike Michelle because she sounded so superior and snooty. Way to ruin a great series. I could barely finish it I was so annoyed.

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unlikely dialog

Revisado: 06-28-17

What disappointed you about Fool Me Once?

The female character was ridiculously bossy and rude, and more amazingly, all her friends jumped to do her bidding without demanding any answers when she pressed them into do things like break the law. I seriously disliked the main character and there is no way conversations would go the way they were written. They were all extremely one-sided, and even the cops investigating her husband's murder bent to her will.

What could Harlan Coben have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

The first 90% of the book needed to be rewritten, so you didn't just think the lead character was a total jerk. The supporting characters' submissiveness was highly unbelievable. And the way the lead character gushed about everything related to her daughter seemed way out of character with her tough guy personality.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

I absolutely hated the way the narrator over enunciated the word 'yes'. She did this with every character, making the word sound extremely snide and condescending. The voice she chose for the main character was too snooty.

Any additional comments?

The only reason I didn't give one star overall was because the ending was pretty good.

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Unfair seems unfair

Revisado: 02-14-17

In its bias toward defendants. Very little mention is made of the injustices prosecutors and victims face. Many good points and interesting facts. The performance seemed heartfelt/passionate.

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