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The reader (Lisette Lecat) does an excellent job of reading with a convincing by not annoying accent and handles the African words and place names relatively smoothly. I would definitely look for more audio versions of this series.
I liked this book substantially more than I expected to. Although I still think it's a little weird that an older, white, Scottish author is writing in the voice of a 35 year old black Botswanan woman, the book was surprisingly compelling. A lot of the grand observatio ...more
I liked this book substantially more than I expected to. Although I still think it's a little weird that an older, white, Scottish author is writing in the voice of a 35 year old black Botswanan woman, the book was surprisingly compelling. A lot of the grand observatio ...more
Jun 27, 2020
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I wanted to like this book, but maybe my expectations were too high because I'd heard so many good things. It took 25% of the book before there was a detective agency, although I did enjoy the backstory and learning about Botswana. Considering that was setup for a full series, it's not bad, but it still dragged for me a bit. The cases were cute and I enjoyed Mma Ramotswe's chats with her admirers. It bothered me how often her weight was mentioned. I love that main idea of Mma Ramotswe being a fe
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