Kimberly Laughlin

Fascinating premise

Revisado: 07-27-24

The premise of this book intrigued me. It was set up beautifully to allow multiple authors to write parts of the novel. I found it to be fascinating in parts and not my style at other times which aligns with my author preferences, I’m sure. I found myself trying to guess who authored which parts of the book. At the end I did not take the time to download the PDF to discover who did what. I will say, the ending surprised me.

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A lovely story of finding yourself…

Revisado: 07-23-24

This was a cute story, occasionally slow, but certainly worth finishing. I do wish there had been an epilogue with a little more to the happy ending.

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It ended tooooooo soon!

Revisado: 05-15-24

I’m not sure why I picked this book up to begin with, but I’m very glad that I did. The reviews seem to be from people who had read this author before and enjoyed their novels. Haywood was new for me, and after a confusing start to the story, which I hung in for, I was enthralled by the narration, the plot twist, and the humor was unbelievable! People in my office wondered why I was chuckling to myself. The story ended too soon - I can’t wait for the sequel!

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The story was shallow and the narration monotone

Revisado: 05-08-24

I was intrigued by the AI narration but soon learned that it was monotonic which made it very difficult to follow. I often was unsure who was speaking since all the characters sounded the same. And the main character was supposed to French and her accent was remarked on often in the beginning of the story, yet it was British and sounded like all the others. As for the story, it appeared very shallow with little to no character development. I did not “feel” for any of them, though possibly that was partially due to the horrible narration. I stopped reading with only 7 minutes left because I just didn’t care for the book (why I lasted that long is a true mystery). Very disappointing, though it has made me so appreciative of good narrators and how they influence not only the enjoyment of the listen, but also depth of the story. I will not waste my time on an AI read story again. I do NOT recommend.

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One of the most meaningful books I have listened to this year

Revisado: 04-25-24

Such a well told story from a unique perspective. I was not prepared for how impactful it was or for the tears that flowed at the end.

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The American voices were so hard to listen to

Revisado: 04-22-24

The story was ok, might have been good, had I been able to stomach the narrator’s voices for the American characters. They were so grating, I almost stopped listening several times.

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Shortness

Revisado: 04-12-24

Cute story but somehow I didn’t pick up on it being a novella and investing a full credit on a very short story was disappointing.

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I haven’t cried throughout a book this much in a long time.

Revisado: 02-28-24

The heartfelt emotions really got to me. And the characters didn’t play emotional games like in so many other books. Loved it.

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Keep tissues handy throughout

Revisado: 01-19-24

Beautiful story, so well written. I cried throughout the entire book. But the ending was worth it.

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My favorite series in quite some time!

Revisado: 11-20-23

All six books were sensational. I cried during them all, which I haven’t done in ages. They are also so unique in their stories. Start at the beginning of the series and listen to them all. You won’t be sorry.

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