Theresa

The world is better with Dara in it

Reviewed: 08-14-23

I loved this show. I’d already seen the DVD version but bought the book anyway because it makes me laugh.

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I tried to like this, I really did.

Reviewed: 11-23-22

I am usually cool with the old style gruff cop who is rough around the edges and not the least politically correct. But even I couldn't stand this character long enough to finish the book. He is so disagreeable and unlikeable that no matter how much slack you give him, you just can't stop yourself from screaming at him internally to shut up and stop being such a jerk.

The story was OK and the narrator was great, I love Scott Brick as a narrator and I'm sorry to not give one of his books high marks. But man o man this character was just too much to take.

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If you discover who you are late in life…this is for you.

Reviewed: 10-16-22

Without being preachy & without the often man-hating themes that are tough for bisexual women to ignore…this story perfectly describes the journey one takes when you one day discover you’re not exactly the person you thought, you’re more.
It delicately but effectively describes the questions you have, the fears you must overcome, the body acceptance issues you must learn to put aside…in favor of accepting love and the joy that allowing someone to love you brings.
What I liked most is the lack of forced drama regarding coming out as bisexual. It is tragic when it doesn’t go well, but we have thousands of those stories, we need more like this one where we can finally show the world that love is love & the lesbian doesn’t have to die at the end.

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Wonderful story, could not stop listening

Reviewed: 05-31-22

Through the pain and tragedy of war, the spirit of humanity can sometimes find a way to shine anyway.
This was an amazing story and expertly told. In such times as we are living in, its uplifting to hear how honor and compassion can still find purchase even in the barren fields of war.

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If not for the ending…

Reviewed: 04-24-22

I was enjoying the book right up till the end. Nope. Didn’t care for it. Its a book, not a TV series.

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Hard to put down

Reviewed: 04-23-22

An interesting and unique plot, with a wide cast of characters. On all but one plot point it kept me guessing the whole time. Well written with an ending that leaves as much satisfaction as possible given the things that happen throughout.

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What happened to Reacher in this one?

Reviewed: 04-21-22

I listened to the book before this one and the Reacher character was strong and intelligent, a kickass dude at least, taking down the bad guys. In this one almost all the action is done by someone else and I’m not squeamish but the brutality is described in such minute detail it makes me angry that I have to wade through that tripe to get to the rest of the story. Story was ok but it was challenging waiting for it to end and hoping at some point Reacher would become the character I expected from other books.
Not the best one in this series to be sure. Almost felt like someone else wrote this.

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Well done book, good narration

Reviewed: 03-08-22

I wanted to like Anne. She was after all ahead of her time in so many ways. By the end of the book however I found that I despised the woman. She epitomized in a woman everything women hate in some men.
She was a callous and careless lover of women who used and abused them, not by beating them but stealing from those who loved her and being flagrantly irresponsible about passing on VD to whomever her fancy alighted on.
Not different than some men of the same era perhaps, but still, as a woman I expected better of her.
Anne proves that equality of the sexes is not always what we wish it to be.

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Good story, well told but…

Reviewed: 01-10-22

I understand this is the era of female empowerment and being female, I’m supportive. The amount of hatred in this book for men however is disconcerting. Certainly there are men in the world at large to match each character described in this book, however its unlikely to find every man in a town to fit this characterization. In much the same way its sexist and wrong to depict every woman in a different sort of book as a hooker, vixen or gold digger… I would personally have preferred if pretty much every man in this book wasn’t described as a horrible, sexist, rapist, piece of garbage. You know, maybe just throw in one or two decent men just to take the edge off the misandry.

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My nerves are still jangling-GET THIS BOOK

Reviewed: 02-19-19

I have read an absurd number of books since I jointed Audible and this is literally the first time I have been absolutely unable to stop listening to a book. I have hundreds of books in my library so I have listened to many "good" books in that time, but this one...wow.
A completely unique story line I have not heard before and edge of your seat tension for nearly the entire book. It takes some wicked turns but the ending is satisfying.
I can't wait to listen to more by this author and hope they are equally as good.

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