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Robotic Narrator & Dumb Story

Reviewed: 05-25-25

This book was so hard to get into! The narrator has a whiny robotic voice that makes me think I’d rather listen to Alexa read this book to me.

I read another of Kate White’s books and I really liked it! This one was so stupid. Not sure of the amazing twist others mentioned, just a very predictable end. Glad it was on sale, think I know why though…

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Waste of Time

Reviewed: 05-10-25

I don’t know what the other reviews loved so much about this book. I thought the “twist” was very obvious from the beginning and it was more like a drama than a thriller. Luckily I got it on sale and didn’t waste a credit or too much money.

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Too Long

Reviewed: 04-22-25

I just finished another book by Mary Kubica and really liked it, so I bought this one. Don’t!

Let me preface this by saying I LOVE a long book, especially when I have a long roadtrip like I did this week. That said, this book could be about 2-3 hours long total! There was so much unnecessary dialogue in this book.

And the narrator has zero emotion or inflection. It’s just the same boring tone throughout the whole book and it never gets better. Skip this one or just listen to the first 3 chapters, and maybe the last 5.

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So much complaining! Skip this book!!!

Reviewed: 09-25-24

I’m going to start with I really like Freida’s books and have listened to a lot of them. But this one is just miserable! It’s all about unhappy wives that complain nonstop about their husbands. On top of that, it’s has a horrible narrator that sometimes acts robotically and other times has these annoying pauses, even though I have it sped up 1.5x. And her inflection doesn’t change, it’s just so whiney.

I still have over an hour and a half left and I can’t finish it. So glad I didn’t waste a credit on this one!

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Don’t Buy This Book

Reviewed: 08-30-24

This book was free, and if it hadn’t been, I would have been so upset with wasting a credit. The story dragged out, but I was surprised I had the suspect wrong. Other than that, it was boring, whiney, and amateurish. Definitely not worth a credit!

Also, the narrator sometimes pronounced bunker correctly, and other times called it a bonker.

I am shocked this author was recommended for being similar to Karen Slaughter, who I LOVE! Not even a close similarity other than the genre.

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This was a disappointment

Reviewed: 08-16-24

I really like both of these authors so I was really bummed with this book. It was annoying, the male narrator was OVERLY dramatic and pronounced things incorrectly, and the female character was unbelievable and complained so much. I am genuinely surprised at how much I didn’t like this book from these two great authors!

I finished it because I paid for it and I had just returned another title, otherwise I would have returned it.

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Not my style, but ok

Reviewed: 08-13-24

If this wasn’t free with premium, I wouldn’t have wasted my time. It was a good enough listen to pass the time while I cleaned, but it could have been a lot better. Very predictable but still entertaining enough. Would recommend for free, but not worth a credit.

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Amateur Writing

Reviewed: 07-25-24

I do not recommend this book at all. It’s written very amateurish and performed nearly the same, although the narrator is better than the writer.

The writer acts like the FBI agents on the case are idiots or small town cops on their first case, then jumps to very specific linguistic descriptions. The only reason I’m finishing is because I can’t return this one and I bought it on sale.

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Good!

Reviewed: 07-14-24

I was pleasantly surprised by this book and it was my first by this author. I do think some of the narrators weren’t very good but didn’t ruin it. I am pretty picky on narration though, but recommend this book for sure still.

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Frantic, annoying narrator

Reviewed: 07-11-24

I know this is a thriller and her husband is missing but the narrator is so frantic immediately, I couldn’t get past it. There were also holes in the store VERY early. Had to return. I love her books but this one wasn’t for me.

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