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Historical fiction

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-18-25

I found this book hard to follow. The narration is terrible in my opinion. I enjoyed the historical elements but found the book a little tedious, and over the top.

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Heartfelt

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Reviewed: 05-23-25

I didn’t want this book to end. I wanted to hear more about Ed Burns life as a teenager. A very heartfelt sweet book. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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Boring

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2 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed: 05-06-25

I love history and I love reading about the Gilded Age. Anderson Cooper’s books about the Astros and the Vanderbilts were fantastic. I really enjoyed the novel of well-behaved woman about Alva Vanderbilt and so I naturally was very interested in reading this autobiography by Consuelo her daughter. It’s extremely boring. It feels like all fluff. I was really hoping for some honest insight and revelations. The things that she writes about all just seem so trivial. And don’t even get me started on the horrid narration! Ugh. Awful. I listen to a lot of audible books and I couldn’t even finish this one which says a lot because it really bothers me not to finish a book.

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Thoroughly enjoyable

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Reviewed: 04-16-25

This is the first Pendergast novel I have listened to, and it was fantastic. Never a dull moment. It was a little hard to follow at first since I wasn’t familiar with any of the characters, but it was super exciting! I also loved learning historical bits about New York City in the 1800s etc. and the narration was superb! I hope there’s another one with the same narrator.

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Decent story

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-12-25

Not my favorite Harlan Coben book. I think the worst part was the terrible narration. The narrator is clearly old and he’s supposed to be doing the voice of someone young in their 30s. It was absolutely distracting for the entire book. I fell in love with Harlan Coben’s books when he first started the Myron Boat series and the narrator for those Jonathan Marosz was amazing and then he got Stephen Webber, and he was also good. I don’t know why he stopped using them because this person wasn’t very good. The story overall was decent. I like the little twist at the end but not my favorite. It’s worth reading though.

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Just ok.

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-09-25

I am a major Harlan Coben fan. I have read practically every one of his books. This one was probably my least favorite. It almost didn’t even feel like a Harlan Coben book. I wonder if he used a ghostwriter? Anyway, it never got off the ground for me and was truthfully kind of boring and very anticlimactic. I suppose if you’ve never read any of his other books, you might like it but compared to those this one wasn’t nearly as good.

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Repetitive

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Reviewed: 03-22-25

I’m having a really hard time with this book. I don’t really even care to finish it. It just keeps getting worse and worse repetitive and boring and I’m so tired of hearing about the ridiculous clichés of older men with younger women. The author is just fixated on how life seems to suck for older women and how middle-aged men and older men are all cheating on their wives and leaving there for younger women, which is absolutely absurd. There are lots of women that cheat on their husbands and leave their middle-aged husbands, and there are lots of women that date younger men. It’s not all one-sided! Older men have to deal with getting older too their bodies get saggy just like women they have to deal with losing their hair, etc.- & just because men can father children when they’re older doesn’t necessarily mean that’s a great idea. It’s been proven that sperm from older men is not as good quality as younger, more virile men. All of this is really is besides the point though. I’m just really frustrated with the authors repetitive description of all middle-aged men being cheating jerks.

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Insipid

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2 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-10-25

dislikable characters. Ridiculous plot also very difficult to follow. I couldn’t even finish. It would not recommend.

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Outstanding cast

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Reviewed: 01-17-25

Awesome performance of Agatha Christie’s novel. thoroughly enjoyed all of it. Love Peter Dinklage. He’s awesome.

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Outstanding

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Reviewed: 01-05-25

What a fantastic informative book! I learned so many things about not only the entertainment industry Hollywood in the 1950s and 60s- just absolutely fascinating. And the narrator was amazing. I didn’t want to end.

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