Brigitta Puskás
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
- By: Holly Jackson
- Narrated by: Luke Poli, Kristin Atherton, Clare Corbett, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 146
The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Teenage read, definitely
- By Pedro Charles on 04-21-25
- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
- By: Holly Jackson
- Narrated by: Luke Poli, Kristin Atherton, Clare Corbett, Jot Davies, Maryam Grace, Olivia Forrest
Good story, incredibly annoying narrator
Reviewed: 06-16-23
I really wish I had read this book instead of listened to it. I really felt like the narrator was trying waaay too hard for no reason, giving characters (like Cara for example) completely inappropriate voices for nooo reason whatsoever. My feeling is that we would have been much better off if this book was simply read out in her normal, monotonous voice. I feel like I lost much of the enjoyment because of her terrible acting...
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Pachinko
- By: Min Jin Lee
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,986
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,198
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,182
A New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant - and that her lover is married - she refuses to be bought.
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4 out of 5 stars
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wonderful book
- By erin on 12-11-17
- Pachinko
- By: Min Jin Lee
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
Gorgeous story - didn't want it to end!!
Reviewed: 02-16-23
This book was SOOO GOOD!!! The kind of book that I could have kept on and on reading. Last year, I read multiple historical fiction hits, like The Song of Achilles and Hamnet, none of which was really my cup of tea, so I became a bit skeptical about the genre as a whole. Eventually, it was the relationship between Korea and Japan that made me read it, because I realised I basically knew nothing of it and I became curious. It was suuuch a good decision! It was a nice time travel into 20th century Asia, its history and relationships (and food!).
Characters are complex, lovable and relatable. They have complex relationships with one another, and so did I with them. My favourite was Mozasu, although there were soo many interesting characters, such as Sunja, Ko Hansu, Isak, Solomon, Kang Hee, Etsuko, Yomi, Haruki, and Hana... Okay, I basically loved or found every single character fascinating.😄
Noa, I had a hard time with, but I guess he is one of the most important characters in this book, and his fate, compared to and connected to Mozasu's and Sunja's serves as the tragedy, the point and the message of the book. It talks about the unremovable nature of family, heritage and stigma, transgenerational and intrauterine wounds, etc. But to me, the most important message of his story is the fatal nature of shame-based decision-making. His fate is Sunja's fault only in that she was not able to let go of her shame, so she passed it on, instead of simply being truthful with him and the rest of her family. Due to the traditional system of Sunja's family and their world ("what will the neighbors think?") and the vulnerability of Koreans in Japan ("what will the Japanese think?"), as well as the strict belief system of his father ("what will God think?"), he inherited a desperate need to fit in, to be good, but not only driven by your own convictions, but also (unlike his brother,) to fit in, to be accepted . He built his whole identity and future on this. As Sunja says, this is a "cruel idea" to base someone's life on. I spent and still spend a lot of time thinking about him and the reasons behind his actions.
It is ironic that it was partly the too traditional sounding title that held me back from reading this book. I now think that the title is actually the most brilliant part of this book. It gives a nice frame, sends a message about fate and rising above fate, as well as symbolises the family's progression throughout time.
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Az őz
- By: Szabó Magda
- Narrated by: Für Anikó
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Az őz, megjelenése idején - 1959-ben - úgy robbant, mint a bomba. Hermann Hesse ajánló sorai egyengették külföldi útját, azóta 42 nyelven olvasható. A regény egyetlen hatalmas belső monológ. Szabó Magda bravúrosan formálja meg hősét, annak démoni alakját, melyet Für Anikó hiteles átéléssel közvetít.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Revolting but eye-opening
- By Brigitta Puskás on 10-19-22
- Az őz
- By: Szabó Magda
- Narrated by: Für Anikó
Revolting but eye-opening
Reviewed: 10-19-22
This book tells the tale of someone whose whole life is consumed by the lovelessness and poverty of her childhood. Yet what she becomes is so utterly revolting that it was torture for me to read. Nonetheless, this book is really powerful, amazingly written and it portrays envy, bluntness and hatred excellently. So 5 for the book, 1 for the relatability of the character. However, it may very well be that my reluctance to identify with her shows the best how important this book really is. Because I guess we all are envious and cruel sometimes, and this book holds a clear mirror to that better than anything I have ever read.
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