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    Sheri Canada 09-07-12
    Sheri Canada 09-07-12 Member Since 2008
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    "Kept in suspense until the last minutes!!"
    Where does What the Dead Know rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

    I enjoyed this book because I simply could NOT guess the outcome of the story and just had to keep listening to get to the mystery solution!! A great escape read.


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    Kidz MANCHESTER, NH, United States 01-17-12
    Kidz MANCHESTER, NH, United States 01-17-12 Member Since 2011

    I have nearly 400K miles on my van and I listen to a LOT of audiobook! I'm a musician and I listen as I travel from concert to concert.

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    "Really Good Story; Bad Reader"
    Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

    No I would not. The reader was terrible. She mispronounced words and sometimes even mixed up the voices of the characters, which made an already somewhat complicated plot even harder to understand. I would tell my friend to get the book instead.


    What other book might you compare What the Dead Know to and why?

    Can't really think of one off the top of my head. Perhaps the novels of Jeffrey Deaver...


    How did the narrator detract from the book?

    She mispronounced words, her male voices were awful, and she sometimes mixed up the voices of her characters...saying something in the voice of another character, which was quite confusing but if you listened well you could figure out what was going on. Bad, bad, bad.


    Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

    I liked the denouement very much. The true story of what actually happened that day was very moving.


    Any additional comments?

    It's really too bad this reader was chosen for this book. It's exactly the kind of book I like to listen to, but her performance was so bad that I would not even want to listen to it again, although I may purchase the actual book for my daughter.

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    Kelly Melbourne, FL, United States 08-28-11
    Kelly Melbourne, FL, United States 08-28-11 Member Since 2004
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    "Excellent story!"

    I am usually pretty great about guess the ending of murder or "mystery" novels, but I have to hand it to the author, Laura Lippman, I was totally surprised by this book. I enjoyed it very much and was happy it wasn't predictable. The characters were believable and the story was too. I will recommend this one to all my friends.

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    Joy Laurel, MD, United States 06-20-11
    Joy Laurel, MD, United States 06-20-11 Member Since 2010
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    "Loved It!"

    Well written, twisted story, great narration. Need I say more? I'm listening to it again to see why I didnt figure it out from the start.

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    Brenda Charlestown, IN, United States 04-28-11
    Brenda Charlestown, IN, United States 04-28-11 Member Since 2007

    Happiness is a good book!

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    "very good"

    Kept me guessing till the end and still I was surprised at the ending. It was very good. Its hard to like the main charachter but in the end it all comes together, very good listen.

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    Leah Spokane, WA, USA 11-29-08
    Leah Spokane, WA, USA 11-29-08
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    "Even my Husband liked it"

    This was my first read by this author. Her writing was not only engaging, it was a well-written novel on par with most high-brow literature. Her characters are memorable and the plot lines are truly unique. I had no problem following the jumps through time. If anything it added more depth to the story.

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    bkluver 08-22-08
    bkluver 08-22-08 Member Since 2008
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    "One of the best!!"

    This is a very entertaining book. It is exciting, suspensful, and has well-developed characters that I really cared about. The ending of this mystery of what really happened to two girls who "go missing" from a mall years earlier will be a surprise, I promise you!

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    Corrina United States 04-04-08
    Corrina United States 04-04-08 Member Since 2007
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    "poor choice"

    I found this book to be slow and uninteresting. The story would jump around to different characters and time periods which made it difficult to follow.

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    Michel Downingtown, PA, USA 04-30-07
    Michel Downingtown, PA, USA 04-30-07 Member Since 2006
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    "Good enough"

    I enjoyed listening to it. It took some effort to keep track of all the characters, but the narrator did a good job. I had been predicting the ending since the first disk, but it was still pretty satisfying.

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