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A good story spoiled

What made the experience of listening to This Must Be the Place the most enjoyable?

Maggie Farrell's skilful building of a story and its changes of time and place.

What was one of the most memorable moments of This Must Be the Place?

Bitter-sweet moments when the protagonists were stopped in their tracks by a memory.

What didn’t you like about Graham Rowat and Saskia Maarleveld ’s performance?

I find it intensely irritating when narrators can't pronounce quite simple foreign words properly. SK is clearly neither British nor American and I think one of either of those nationalities would have been better. 'Maman' and so many other instances of mispoken words.This really spoiled my enjoyment of a good story, my attention often being taken by irritating narration.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me sad for all the chararcters who seemed so lost most of the time.

Any additional comments?

I wish that Maggie Farrell would lose her maddening habit of making long lists of words, sometimes describing the same thing. Perhaps this is her signature?

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

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  • jl
  • 10-13-16

Wonderful book

I truly enjoyed this - and loved the female narrator. Something about the male narrator's reading voice very much annoyed me, though, which is why I can only award three stars for performance.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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No hero, no one to root for, sad unlikeable people

I had just joined a book club with gals from all walks of life and with different beliefs - there were two running things we All agreed on, 1. the book was well written, and 2. No One liked this book - the book club comments all had the same theme - the characters were mostly vain - the book was one we had all agreed to read, yet was torturous getting through - and while well written, the story line and people left me feeling dirty and wishing I hadn’t read the book.

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    4 out of 5 stars

Not as good as others but still enjoyable.

Somewhat complicated family structure. I didn't warm to any of the characters. Attempts at voice changes by the narrator were not convincing.

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Liked it?

I tried to Not like this book. But, in the end, I loved it. Persevere !

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