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Like listening to someone read their diary

I enjoyed the characters and the setting, but the story line was dull, kind of like reading someone's diary.
I enjoyed the narrator, and found it amusing that I had last listened to her read a novel that took place in the wild west...it took a bit of an adjustment to place her in China and California WWII times.