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Cecilia

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Stream-of-consciousness peak into someone's head

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Reviewed: 03-22-21

A reflective almost real-time account of a few days' thought processes and culmination of events in the life of narrator. Flawless narration!

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Excellent narration and immersive story

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Reviewed: 06-11-20

The narrator was so good, switching seamlessly not only between the main character but many diverse others I had to check to see if he was the sole narrator. Well done where many have failed in the audible roster. I was immersed in the almost stream-of-consciousness tale of the experience of a student over staying his visa in Australia.

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A drag

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Reviewed: 11-13-19

There were many narrators and except for Ephraim each had a singsong quality. They were all full of self-pity and boring.

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Too much dialogue

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Reviewed: 02-05-17

Would you try another book from Susan Faludi and/or Laurel Lefkow?

This is a memoir that advances by dialogue and I think that there is way too much of it. As a reader, I came by the author's point of view indirectly, as she receded as a character in the narrative with very little exposition of herself and her view of her relationship with her father. Her father has a rather abrasive personality and refuses to discuss his motivations and much of what he says is superficial, repetitive and annoying. The narrator compounds this irritation by giving the father a comically exaggerated Hungarian accent with verbal tics such as constantly repeating Well at the start of speaking as a drawn out "Veeeeeel"
which put me in mind of Dracula speaking. It seems like he says this at least 100 times. The author, more than once, begs her father to please stop talking, stop yelling. Yes, please stop. Being that the father lived in America for many years and spoke other languages, there was no justification for this very heavy accent.
Maybe the structure of this memoir was a way of drawing the reader into Ms Faludi's experience of getting to know her father, and also a commentary on the fact that he didn't really know himself. The problem is I didn't think he was interesting enough to give this level of attention to, after all, we all have our own annoying relatives. I was much more interested in the author's ideas about her family in the context of the war and its aftermath. I only wish there was more of Susan Faludi in the book.

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Great with a motley group of characters

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Reviewed: 01-10-16

Would you listen to The Harder They Come again? Why?

Yes, to enjoy the underlying themes without as much attention to the outcome. It was suspenseful at times.

What did you like best about this story?

It explored the streak of American exceptionalism that has been part of the country from the start through characters who enacted this without really understanding their own motivations.

Any additional comments?

This was well acted narration with the ability to convincingly voice many different age groups and personalities.

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