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Pania S.

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MAKES YOU RESTART EPISODES REPEATEDLY

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1 out of 5 stars
Performance
1 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-25-24

I want to listen to this. I can tell the content is good. Unfortunately, I cannot listen to it because of what I'm assuming are the settings used by the uploader.

THIS TITLE MAKES YOU RESTART THE EPISODE EVERY TIME YOU ARE INTERRUPTED. If you get a call, notification, or pause it to finish later, when you return it automatically starts the episode over and DOES NOT allow you to skip ahead to where you were.

Extremely annoying and makes it impossible to listen. PLEASE FIX THIS. I've been an audible user for years and I've never had a title that does this.

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NOT FULL PROGRAM

Overall
1 out of 5 stars
Performance
1 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-25-24

It only plays the first 3 chapters. after that, the rest of the audio is not there. Even after purchasing with a credit, it only plays the first 3 chapters.

DO NOT PURCHASE UNTIL AMAZON FIXES THE ISSUE. MOST OF THE AUDIOBOOK IS MISSING.

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Main character is a bit of a Mary Sue, however

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5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-08-22

Main character is a bit of a Mary Sue, however didn't make the story any less clever or fun. Sometimes reads more like a college student than a high school student, despite all this, I still loved it. Fantastic world and fabulous narrator. Highly recommend

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Very weak plot

Overall
3 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-27-20

Positives: characters are generally likeable. I DNF but the religious bent hints that this is a romance that isn't focused around sex, which is refreshing. The narrator is fantastic. She flows between American and British accents beautifully, and the latter aren't over done.

The part I struggled with, which is key to being able to suspend disbelief and enjoy the book, was the plot and its execution. The spy angle felt half baked and not well researched. Just generic and vague. Avery also just isn't a good spy. It felt like an over simplified imagined reality that a twelve-year-old would come up with. I couldn't stomach it. His methods were the methods of someone who really didn't know what they're doing (ahem, the author doesn't have a grasp of what the reality would have been like). The whole thing would also have benefited from some historical context. The story takes place prior to WWI, some context to this often neglected period would have raised the stakes and made it generally more interesting. Instead, Avery is just "looking for German spies." There is no reference to why or what the stakes of failure are. It's all general, vague, and consequently boring.

It's also irritating that Avery and Gwen's "great powers of observation" really aren't great. It's more like general common sense. The moment when Gwen "showcases her intelligence" and Avery wonders if perhaps she is a spy too is ridiculous. She is making pretty basic observations. It's not believable and there is no tension. Just makes Avery look dumb.

Also, Gwen's foot injury....I'm not sure that it really adds what it's meant to add. It feels more like a gimmick and it's apparent that Gwen is going to find this doctor in London and he will fix it.....honestly, you can probably take it out and the story survives just fine, which is not a good sign. If you're going to write a disabled person, really write them. Don't borrow something simplistic, like a limp, to make your character more sympathetic. And really, a limp is not a huge deal. Her being ostracized for it in New York really makes no sense especially with her money and being beautiful, and then all the men in England magically not caring....yeah, that's just as ridiculous.

I made it almost four hours in, but I didn't finish it. Perhaps it gets better, but I doubt it. It's just mediocre.

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