I’ve enjoyed enough Audible books to know a great performance. This one is a 10! Sometimes I’m skeptical of multi-character books but I’m so glad I didn’t pass this one up. Each voice actor could have stood on their own but blended perfectly for the wonderful story Ruta Sepetys dreamt up.
A heartfelt sincere way to share a deep and complicated story of friendship, love, healing and life lessons learned at a young age .
this book is just wrong. it is trying to normalize something completely inappropriate. didnt like it.
Review from Pretty Baby →
The narrators sounded like they had mouths full of spit and the way the woman spoke of the baby was borderline disgusting.
1 star for such well developed, relatable, loveable main characters, the Audible narration was absolutely perfect! 1 star because there is no unnecessary profanity, explicit sex or blood/gore used just for shock value. 1 star because there is no political agenda or trying to “educate” the reader on a (often controversial) subject. 1 star because..
Review from Holding Up the Universe →
Unique storyline, cute young adult trials to overcome, and learning about new things all entwined.
I had to stop listening about have way through. I couldn’t listen anymore after listening to the sexual acts a grown man had with a child. Definitely not for me…
Fascinating storytelling, leaving me rooting for the characters but disturbed at the same time. It was really captivating
Review from Sex from Scratch →
All that I can say is that it is a very interesting read, I don’t agree with everything in the book, but it is very interesting.
Review from Pretty Baby →
This one was hard for me to get into. I think the story was decent. That being said the writing wasn’t as good as I know Mary is capable of. Using the word “that” in place of “a”, “the”, “my”,etc really ground on me as the book progressed. At first I thought she was using..