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fadingapple 's review for:
The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey
by Kathleen Kaufman
Thanks to NetGalley for the Audio ARC!
2.75/5 stars
About the narrator and production: quality was good, but the narrator would sometimes make their words choppy when speaking as different characters....it was slightly annoying but didn't take away from the overall experience.
This was just okay for me - I felt far more invested in Lottie than Nora, and even then it was really only because I'm a mom so I usually feel connected to moms or expectant mothers. The writing was good, this was just a mismatch of tastes, I think. I do believe there are people that will LOVE this book, I'm just not one of them.
I think it was just fairly obvious to me what would happen, and the "how" wasn't interesting enough to me to rate it higher. I don't love it when a book's answer is "just because....magic!" and that's sort of what this felt like.
But again, the premise interested me but it turned out to not be my cup of tea - it was still well written and I do recommend to it people that are very into tarot and spiritualism and those sorts of things!
2.75/5 stars
About the narrator and production: quality was good, but the narrator would sometimes make their words choppy when speaking as different characters....it was slightly annoying but didn't take away from the overall experience.
This was just okay for me - I felt far more invested in Lottie than Nora, and even then it was really only because I'm a mom so I usually feel connected to moms or expectant mothers. The writing was good, this was just a mismatch of tastes, I think. I do believe there are people that will LOVE this book, I'm just not one of them.
I think it was just fairly obvious to me what would happen, and the "how" wasn't interesting enough to me to rate it higher. I don't love it when a book's answer is "just because....magic!" and that's sort of what this felt like.
But again, the premise interested me but it turned out to not be my cup of tea - it was still well written and I do recommend to it people that are very into tarot and spiritualism and those sorts of things!