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Lady Oracle

By: Margaret Atwood
Narrated by: Lorelei King
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From fat girl to thin, from red hair to mud brown, from London to Toronto, from Polish count to radical husband - Joan Foster is utterly confused by her life of multiple identities. She decides to escape to an Italian hill town to take stock of her life. But first, she must organize her own death.

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Confusion

To me, the story rambled a lot. I found it hard to connect with the charachter and her struggle.for self realization.

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The character

Jumped about too much for me and personality of some of foreign character didn't seem genuine.

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Good story but I don't like the ending.

I wanted a new beginning for Joan. It seems clear she'll repeat old patterns with a new person. Ending let me down.

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A Feminist Romp

Margaret Atwood is most famous for her dystopias, but this lighthearted novel also gets at serious issues about femininity, bohemianism and the creative process. A fun listen, well read!

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Another masterpiece by the master

Wonderful book that started in an interesting way and then evolved into a phenomenal story. Margaret Atwood has an imagination that is beautifully unique and this story displays it perfectly.

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Perfect

Great story written in her magical, witty, funny, tragic style, perfect characters, scenery, psychologies.
The narrator flawless, excellent work.

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good read/hearing

excellent novel though it had unusual but good ending. Was expecting a depressing ending.

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Setting

I wasn’t enamored with the main character or with the supporting characters. The mother was awful!

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What a waste of time!

I loved The Handmaids Tale and The Testaments so expected this to be a great read. I’m sorry but it was AWFUL’

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So SLOW

I was expecting more from the author of Handmaids Tale. I want those 11 hours of my life back…

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