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  • Dix
  • Marysville, WA United States
  • 04-20-16

Preferred reading it

I originally read the first story in this book, and loved it, so I got the audible book. I enjoyed it, but the first story was by far the best. Production issues and reading errors that should have been corrected detracted from the stories. The final story even jumped back to the beginning mid story, and retold the whole thing. Not up to usual standards.

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Didn't deliver

I like this sort of book - old fashioned stories - slightly eerie and well read and it is well read but the stories are mostly confusing, wandering and don't deliver. It's ok, that's all.

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