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Commonwealth

Ann Patchett

Start date: March 1, 2019

Finish date: May 31, 2019

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Sep 28, 2019 Juniper rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-books, library-borrow, audiobook

this review is for the audiobook edition, narrated by hope davis

so good. SO. GOOD. hope davis is the perfect narrator for this story. i had already read this in paper, and loved it, so was very happy that i enjoyed it on the 2nd read, and actually feel the davis narration made a great story excellent. each character was well voiced and distinct, and the emotions and nuances were perfect.

(wow, weirdly - and completely unplanned - it was almost 3-years to the day that i read this the first time.)

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Jan 11, 2017 Tanya Patrice rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobooks

More like 3.5 but rounding up. If you like family saga / drama type books, then this is for you. It's an intricately woven, complex story with an unbelievably good character study. I wished I had read the book instead of listening to the audiobook because it was sometimes hard to keep straight who was who - 6 children and 2 different set of parents. While I liked the story - I did wonder why the only time race was mentioned (in particular black) was when describing serving staff. ...more

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Oct 02, 2017 GONZA rated it it was amazing

Shelves: awbook-club, posseduto

By far one of the best book I have read this year, not only for the story, but also for the way it is told. Couldn't stop reading!

Di gran lunga uno dei libri migliori tra quelli letti nell'ultimo anno, non solo per la storia, ma anche per il modo in cui é raccontata. Non riuscivo a smettere di leggere! ...more

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