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  • Wallis in Love

  • The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy
  • By: Andrew Morton
  • Narrated by: Molly Parker Myers
  • Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 90
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 80
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 80

Everyone has heard of Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom Edward VIII so infamously abdicated his throne and birthright. But although her life has constantly been the subject of much fascination, gossip, and speculation, her whole story has yet to be told. Now historical biographer Andrew Morton uses diary entries, letters, and other never-before-seen records to offer a fresh portrait of Wallis Simpson in all her vibrancy and brazenness.

  • 1 out of 5 stars

  • This one is being returned

  • By Rita T on 02-15-18

Not what I expected

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

Reviewed: 01-04-19

After hearing the story of Wallis Simpson on The History Chicks podcast, I really wanted to learn more about her. However this story is horrendous and badly written. It is full of bias and places many historical figures in an unflattering light, despite what they did or did not do. The writing was badly done.

I just hope I can still return it!

  • Gone Girl

  • A Novel
  • By: Gillian Flynn
  • Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
  • Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 49,526
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 44,095
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 44,186

It is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media - as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents - the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter - but is he really a killer?

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Demented, twisted, sick and I loved it!

  • By Theodore on 01-20-13

Crazy

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

Reviewed: 11-18-15

This story is bonkers. I never thought I could feel physically sick from reading it. And oh my gosh the end! Ugh.

It really is too bad that Kirby Heyborne had to read it too... I would have preferred someone else to have done that job.