Hannah Jolliffe
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Truly Devious
- A Mystery
- By: Maureen Johnson
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 134
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 135
Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early 20th century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. "A place," he said, "where learning is a game." Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym "Truly, Devious".
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3 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant story, awful narration
- By Hannah Jolliffe on 14-01-19
- Truly Devious
- A Mystery
- By: Maureen Johnson
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Brilliant story, awful narration
Reviewed: 14-01-19
The story is brilliant, definitely worth the hype it received, but the narration is awful! Very much like Siri but with a little more emotion. At times it was fine, but so much of it was read in a robotic staccato drone. It was very off putting and stopped me getting carried away in the story.
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