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A book about the times in which we live

Revisado: 03-31-23

I listened to this book right in the middle of two school shootings that happened almost back to back. So the book really struck a chord with me. I remember as a child being the one that was not popular; the one that was inferior to my big, popular sister in every way, feeling a lot like Peter. I admit, I fantasized about what he did many, many times when I was in elementary school
When my child’s mind was absorbed in, trying to find ways to seek revenge and humiliate my tormentors. However, naturally, I never acted on them. I was very struck by the mention of abused wife syndrome, and then in the end finding out that Josie story may be tied in somehow.

I felt the narrator, could’ve done better job of changing voices and pitches. Apparently she confused them so you weren’t sure who was talking. But Jody Picoult is my favorite author and I always learn something from her books.

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It was a waste of a credit

Revisado: 02-24-23

I don’t know where to begin. I’ve never heard a JP short story before. This was incredibly amateurish. My favorite thing about JP‘s books are that I always learn some thing, but this book has a little to offer other than a way to pass the time as I sit by my own pool.

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A Fully Enlightening Story- Who knew?

Revisado: 11-10-22

Lily and Ava’s story hit close to home. As the author of a memoir book on domestic violence, I so appreciated the writer’s completely different point of view.
Jodi always adds a little side story meant to teach readers about something entirely new and different. This time it was bees, another time it was eugenics. I’m smitten with that approach and it has inspired me to do the same.

Interwoven among the very human story of teenage lovers and grown up problems are fascinating clues about orchestras, wildlife, transgender issues, and even hockey. And, of course, the colorful and complicated lives of bees.
The first rule of writing is to make your readers care so much about the characters they will follow you anywhere. Jodi Picoult is a master of that rule as her characters worm their way into your very soul and invests the reader in all decisions, choices and outcomes made by vivid and easy-to-love characters.

You never know just how much smarter you will become as you follow the story and her bits of information will inspire you to learn more. She leaves you with a mission: study and learn about transgender people and, especially, the incredibly impossible and complicated science of bees.

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A great story and very good narration

Revisado: 01-17-22

I found the book to be fascinating and I appreciate that there was no agenda by the author. He didn’t set out to make you a believer, he simply told the story of what happened on Lindley Street. If you believe in the paranormal, you will be rewarded with raw data from which to draw. If you don’t believe in paranormal activity, no amount of evidence will convince you unless and until you experience it for yourself; and even then the human mind is trained to make sense of something that makes no sense at all, and you will find a way to convince yourself it never happened. The book is both entertaining and educational in so many ways. I listened to it from beginning to end without a break, because it’s one if those stories that make you say “and then what happened?”
It also left me with a lot of questions about some of the seemingly insignificant details of which there was no further discussion.

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Spectacular

Revisado: 03-14-21

Lots of twists and turns so pay attention! But it’s worth it, especially if you’re interested in nootropics, as I am.

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Inspirational

Revisado: 02-23-21

This story has so many facets and a lot of stories of redemption. Without spoiling it, I just want to add I am a bit skeptical about the blood analysis, but that’s for another day.

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Very interesting, if not self serving.

Revisado: 01-12-13

This book was written by a member of the secret service who was with the service at the time of Kennedy's death but was not there in Dallas. It is self-serving in some ways in that he becomes defensive. For example, discussing how the Ford Motor company designed the limo without input from the Secret Service, as if that may have changed outcomes. Also, when he discusses how the president himself didn't take his own security seriously, which may have caused a few problems. I came away with the feeling the Secret Service did not have as much power as I thought they did. Maybe that was all then and this is now. I will say that this book did pique my interest in other Kennedy books and I am now reading Case Closed by Gerald Posner and find it very interesting indeed. I also read Stephen King's 11.23.63 and loved it. I know it's fiction, but much of the historical details are exactly as described in Posner's book.

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Loved this story, loved the reader

Revisado: 01-12-13

Would you listen to The Casual Vacancy again? Why?

Yes, I really enjoyed meeting all the people in this small town. There are a lot of dynamics here and I felt I was really a part of it.

What other book might you compare The Casual Vacancy to and why?

I can compare it to Peter Behren's The O'Briens in that the characters are all involved with one another and there are complex relationships among them. Also, the way the story unfolds is similar.

What does Tom Hollander bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I like the English accent very much. If I were reading it in my own head, with my own voice, I don't think I would "know" the characters as they were written.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I would if I could!

Any additional comments?

I hope JK Rowling continues to write for adult audiences.

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Great story, bad reader

Revisado: 01-12-13

I am still reading this book but I am so sorry I got it as an audio book as I don't like the reader. He does not enunciate "she," it sounds like "he" and it's very confusing when you think one character is being discussed only to hear "he" instead of "she" and you can't turn back the pages to see if you missed something. I will be sure to remember this reader, Paul Hecht, to make sure I don't get another book he has read.

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Dark and disturbing, but somehow good for the soul

Revisado: 03-09-12

It's very difficult to describe this book. I fell in love with it immediately, but the animal-lover in me became very uncomfortable with the very graphic nature of descriptions of animal killing the protagonist had to do to survive. The suffering of the young boy and the tiger was very real and the narrator did his best to succinctly capture what was going on in the moments that Pi was truly fearing for his life.
I was sorry that summaries of the book included a spoiler. It would have enhanced the experience for me if I had not known that Richard Parker survived.
I highly recommend this book but beware of the graphic violence that is described in great detail that seems to go on and on for far too many pages.

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