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This has been made into a TV series (for Apple+) and I must admit I watched it before reading the book. I thought it was really well done. I wasn't sure if I'd get to the actual book after watching, but it was available for download from the library (audio and Kindle copy). I'm glad I watched the series first, and I'm glad I read the book too ... as always, there is a lot in the book that doesn't make it onto the screen.
I glanced over some of the other reviews ... some love the book, others were quite critical. I can appreciate some of the concerns by the other reviews, while still reflecting on my experience, and feeling like I learned a lot and it kept me quite captivated, even knowing the "story" going in. SO many things to think about and ponder.
I went with the audiobook, but had the Kindle copy at hand. I referred to it a few times ... once, after hearing the word "concatenating" (meaning "to link things together in a chain or series"). I like to highlight/look up words I'm not familiar with, so I did a search in my Kindle copy to find the word ... and it wasn't there! I searched for my spot, and that paragraph was changed from the audio to the Kindle copy. To my knowledge, both formats were published in 2013, one wasn't an updated version ... and yet, that's what I'm assuming happened (Kindle copy was updated?) It would be interesting to get a physical copy and check out this paragraph. It makes me wonder what else differed from the Kindle to Audio.
In my mind, I think I say the city "Or-Lins" (two syllables) ... the narrator pronounced it "Or-le-ins" (three syllables).
I was telling my son a little about the situation presented herein, and he was aghast and said "now this was fiction, right?" and I had to tell him no (taking into account "truth" can be different from alternate perspectives, but just going by the most basic facts). The author does address where she got information, what dialog was an exact recollection (while noting "memories often fade and change"). Narrative journalism.
TOC - Two Parts (Deadly Choices & Reckoning), chronological chapters, no headers. Prologue and epilogue. There were some quotes at the start of the two parts ... from Jose Saramago's Blindness (which is a book that quite captivated me).
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I glanced over some of the other reviews ... some love the book, others were quite critical. I can appreciate some of the concerns by the other reviews, while still reflecting on my experience, and feeling like I learned a lot and it kept me quite captivated, even knowing the "story" going in. SO many things to think about and ponder.
I went with the audiobook, but had the Kindle copy at hand. I referred to it a few times ... once, after hearing the word "concatenating" (meaning "to link things together in a chain or series"). I like to highlight/look up words I'm not familiar with, so I did a search in my Kindle copy to find the word ... and it wasn't there! I searched for my spot, and that paragraph was changed from the audio to the Kindle copy. To my knowledge, both formats were published in 2013, one wasn't an updated version ... and yet, that's what I'm assuming happened (Kindle copy was updated?) It would be interesting to get a physical copy and check out this paragraph. It makes me wonder what else differed from the Kindle to Audio.
In my mind, I think I say the city "Or-Lins" (two syllables) ... the narrator pronounced it "Or-le-ins" (three syllables).
I was telling my son a little about the situation presented herein, and he was aghast and said "now this was fiction, right?" and I had to tell him no (taking into account "truth" can be different from alternate perspectives, but just going by the most basic facts). The author does address where she got information, what dialog was an exact recollection (while noting "memories often fade and change"). Narrative journalism.
TOC - Two Parts (Deadly Choices & Reckoning), chronological chapters, no headers. Prologue and epilogue. There were some quotes at the start of the two parts ... from Jose Saramago's Blindness (which is a book that quite captivated me).
ProFanity (x3)