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Written Off
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
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Publisher's summary
Rachel Goldman writes mysteries in which Duffy Madison, consultant to the county prosecutor's office, helps find missing persons. Rachel is busy working on her next book when a man calls out of the blue asking for help in a missing person case. The caller's name? Duffy Madison.
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- John S.
- 09-06-16
Not just suspend disbelief, but kill it dead!
Before I get to the main problem, I'll get out of the way that the narration was convincing, and the main character, Rachel, well enough presented that I was interested in following her through the story. Her "creation" Duffy Madison, on the other hand, was about as boring as it could get. Copperman has a series featuring an Asperger's protagonist, so having a similar one here is just too much. The other secondary characters were okay, but not especially impressive.
I wasn't all that drawn into the plot regarding a serial killer targeting mystery writers, but am willing to give a first book a bit of a pass as the focus is on setting up a series. However ... the Big Reveal as to the killer left me shouting "NOOOOOOOOO!" Since Audible doesn't have a feature to hide spoilers, the most I can say is that Duffy and the Bergen County authorities are Too Stupid to Live (to borrow a phrase used repeatedly by Rachel).
Most charitable thing I can say is that having a character come to life unexpectedly was a idea with possibililities, but poorly executed here. I'll stick with Samuel Hoenig instead.
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- Crystal
- 08-04-16
Terrible book.
The main character is totally unrealistic. Her life is in danger.... so she goes to bed. Magical duct tape shows up after the author drills into your head over and over that there "was nothing in the room"
Waste of 9 hours.... i kept waiting for it to get better.... it didnt.
Great narrator tho.
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- Elizabeth
- 07-08-16
Laughed outloud....
Would you listen to Written Off again? Why?
People in the next car thought I was nuts. I AM listening to Written Off again. It still makes me laugh..........the reader is perfect for this book!
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Hope there is a follow up soon!
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- Jessika
- 02-21-19
painfully slow and repetitive
I have really enjoyed the ghosts in the Inn series by E.J. Copperman, but this booking was really boring and repetitive to the point that I had to fast forward in 30 second increments to make it through.
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- Jeanne
- 07-28-16
I got bored
I love Copperman's Haunted guesthouse series. They're funny, nothing too terrible happens the endings are always happy. They are fun entertainment between heavier and darker reads. So, I had the same expectations for this book.
My expectations were not met.
I didn't like the book's heroine, mystery writer Rachel Goldman. For someone who apparently is a able to make a living writing mystery books, she seems to have very little understanding of how investigations work, or any curiosity about how they work. When confronted with the news that someone is killing off mystery writers, she just wants to go home and work on her current book. It isn't until she becomes a target herself, that she begins to show some interest. Not, "Oh, my God, someone is trying to kill me" interest, instead "I just want to go home - alone" and pretend it's not happening kind of interest. At a minimum you would think that maybe she would think there might be book in it for her.
Cozies aren't meant to be taken all that seriously, I get that. But, they should at least be entertaining and this book wasn't. That said, I'm still looking forward to the next book in the Haunted Guesthouse series.
As for Amanda Ronconi's narration, it's always great, even when the story isn't.
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- Dtmurphy1
- 07-03-16
Has promise as a series.
I liked the overall storyline and the concept of the 2 main characters. however, the author needs to tighten up the actual crime features; the weren't always believable. the story was told in first person- Racheal-who spent a lot of time repeating that Duffy, the other main character, was created out of her imagination. more character development would have been better rather than hearing Rachel's internal thoughts. the narrators voice had a hint of whineyness that became grating towards the end. I do look forward to the next installment.
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- Wild Horses Flying
- 08-18-17
Little content
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Little plot or character development. Lots of inane dialogue. The idea of a fictional character becoming real is interesting but most of the text is inane chatter.
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- LOYL-00
- 06-25-16
Excellent start to a new series
Well written E.J. Cooperman and well performed Amanda Ronconi. But I expect no less from the two of you. I can't wait to purchase the next book to this series.
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- Beatrice
- 06-18-16
Another Great Hit by E. J. Copperman
I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoy his Haunted Guesthouse series. The characters are engaging and well developed. The plot was realistic and fast paced. I can't wait for the next book.
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- jeanne
- 07-09-16
I have "Written Off" this Author!
What disappointed you about Written Off?
Where to start??? First, according to the Author, she has had moderate success, and is in the process of finishing her fourth book. A man insists that he is the "real" fictional character, provides proof, shows up at her book signing, insists that a woman's life is in danger, and what does this so-called author do? Goes to bed, calls someone else about the man, so that person can call someone else! The Author has a business card in hand, she has been told a life is in danger, and she is concerned about her revisions! And all of her thoughts, and musings!!! I cannot hear what others heard and liked about this Author.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Someone Always Knows by Marcia Muller
What aspect of Amanda Ronconi’s performance would you have changed?
Nothing, she worked with what she had.
What character would you cut from Written Off?
The Author
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- mollyeyre
- 07-02-20
Blehhhh!
I bought this because I quite enjoyed the guesthouse series, but this was irritating and painful to listen to! It gets a 2nd star because I did listen all the way through, I did skip a few chapters though.
Totally daft, and the self deprecating humour is really poor. The plot isn't much better! I definitely won't be following this series!
I really do not like the narrator's voice it is very harsh and I find it grates. This lady has narrated all of the guesthouse series and somehow she's better reading those!
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- Crackdown
- 06-16-16
As good as 'The Haunted Guesthouse' series.
I love 'The Haunted Guesthouse' series by this author. As well as the narrator being the same for those books and this one.
A perfect way to get me to try the new book is to bring the two together again. So much so, I had this on pre-order, and once it was in my library I listened to the story in less than 24 hours. It is a different genre to what I have heard from E. J. Copperman before, but I wasn't disappointed.
The official summary does the book justice, so I won't repeat that.
I liked the fact that this is engaging enough to keep you interested. Yet is light enough to not be too taxing, giving you a good listen when you want something fun, but still with a bit of substance to the overall story.
This is tagged as the first book in a new series, and (hopefully without giving anything away) I'm looking forward to finding out if they can solve the mystery of D.M.
I like the narrator, and she does a good job of keeping the main character upbeat. It was nice that her voice didn't have me thinking of any other books she's read, because in the past I have found that can be distracting with some narrators. The engineering quality was also good - which is something that can be seriously lacking with some of the downloads from Audible.
All in all, I was pleased with pretty much everything this book had to offer.
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- Roobarb
- 09-24-16
Where did I find this?
It's been waiting for me for a while and I just thought, "let's see what it's all about," I'm so glad I did.
This is a fun story where a crime writer's mail character gets in touch one day and turns out to be real. Murders happen (I'm not spoiling stuff here) and they work together to find out what happened while she's also trying to work out who he is.
This is the first thing I've read (listened to) by this author, I'm off to find more :)
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- Bob
- 09-11-21
Amusing tale we'll performed.
I had never heard of Amanda Ronconi. But this was a good performance.
The tale is quite light hearted and easy to listen to. Nothing spectacular but I would not put it down. I listened while doing housework.
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- T. Chartered
- 08-10-21
odd sort of a tale.
this listen was ok. a novel about a novelist and her main character coming to life. the preparation was better than the ending
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- Inishowen Cailin
- 01-08-18
Different
This was a completely different cosy mystery to the ones I am used to. I found the premise very interesting and I spent most of the book trying to figure out what was going on with Duffy Madison. There is some humour in the story which I liked a lot and the mystery was very good although identity of the killer and the motive was a bit flimsy.
I enjoyed listening to this book and I will probably listen to the next book in the series.
I voluntarily reviewed a gifted copy.
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- Kent Bird Lover
- 01-28-23
There's a reason this book is free - it's awful
From the jarring narration to the inconsistent and stupid main character, this story is simply terrible. She bangs on ad nauseum about correcting and proof-reading her work - it's a pity an editor didn't cut out swathes of banal and irrelevant dialogue and inner thoughts. I nearly gave up 20 minutes in when we had 5 minutes of her eating a piece of cake. I could almost hear her salivating. And she's so vain she steps right into the killer's trap. I almost wish she'd not made it out alive.
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- Heather Matuozzo
- 12-18-21
Good story
This one keeps you listening. Light hearted and fun with a touch of danger...
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- Polly43
- 12-03-21
Great twist to a great story!
I haven't read this authors work before but I am certainly going to read more. Brilliant!
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- Alexandria H
- 11-21-21
brilliant
I enjoyed the haunted guesthouse series so was overjoyed to find this, I really enjoyed it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-21-21
couldn't finish
Couldnt finish annoying narration .it just droned on. Don't normanly write negitive commentsabourt a book
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- Linda D.
- 07-04-23
Easy listen
The story was entertaining. I was not fully impacted. It did enjoy it. It was light-hearted,
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- Ash gunter
- 05-03-22
Quirky story and enjoyable narration
Persevere beyond the first few chapters and you’ll be rewarded. It’s very different, but funny and light as an entertaining listen
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- Bethwyn
- 04-15-22
Yawn
I got to chapter two before baling. I'm so glad I didn't waste a credit on this one.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-26-22
meh
The story was fairly entertaining, however, it wasn't as cute as it believes it is.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-24-21
Unique
An easy to listen to murder mystery that came at the story from a unique angle.
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- Mapleton Girl
- 11-23-21
A Light Listen
The quirky storyline and the characters were both interesting and intriguing.
I found this novel different from any other mystery I’ve read or listened to and look forward to the next book.
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- Readalot
- 04-23-18
Lighthearted Fun
I enjoyed this one for a few reasons. One was the performance. I've listened to a few books read by this actor and she's one of my favourites. Then, I liked the bits of humour. I liked the concept. Finally, I liked the insight into the way novelists work, and how would-he-really works in plotting. I knew that already (I'm a writer too) but it was fun to read about it and to be nodding along.
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