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Just never gripped me

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This was a difficult book to follow because they introduced so many characters and when you are listening, that can be hard. I had to relisten to parts of it several times. But once I got the characters down, I really still didn’t feel like the storyline was that exciting. Maybe my standards are just..

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Struggled to retain interest

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I really struggled to engage with this book, Found the narration very forgettable and almost flat and didn’t hold my attention. The story then became harder to follow, the characters were hard to decipher one from another as there was very little difference voice wise during narration to distinguish them. I so wanted to engage..

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First and last by this narrator.

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The monotone, croaky durge of the narrator put me off. felt like she was affecting a northern accent. I fell asleep many a time and had to keep rewinding. Story wise the final twist showed no logical pathway and came out of thin air. Too many strands to keep control of.

Omg that narration.. Zzz

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This book plodded on and on and on.. Why so many americanisms? Soda.. Sedan.. Boardwalk.. The story just kept on going and even got to 60+ chapters.. Sorry but this book is just plain boring

Ends abruptly

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I love a good murder mystery. I love how the author ties everything up at the end and you have to kind of go back and think “oh yeah that’s right I remember when so and so did so-and-so, now it makes sense”. Not this book. There’s absolutely no buildup to the end and the..

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Mediocre mystery

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My first book by this author. It had no depth at all, nothing more than a series of interviews with multiple suspects. Characters were weakly drawn. Won’t read another book by this author.