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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing Narration Stars!
Ok first thing to say about this audio book is WOW!!
The narration was **OUTSTANDING**, perfectly narrated by Bahni Turpin, you may have heard her voice before in The Help by Kathryn Stockett, (if you have never listened to an audio book before, i always recommend that one to begin with, it started my addiction)
Anyway back to the book....
This was a bit of a tough read, especially as you are not really sure of the truth.
Mary B Addison is a baby killer...Allegedly
We follow her story in a group home, and hear her journey from 'baby jail' to now.
You see, when Mary was arrested and sent away, she was 9, she was babysitting with her mother and the baby was killed.....by her....Allegedly!
The thing that makes it worse (for her) she is black, and the baby was white.
"Doesn’t matter what you say about racial equality, you’ve never seen white families storming the steps of city hall demanding justice for a little black baby"
Considering this was a debut novel, this was a moving, gripping, sometimes shocking story with twists and turns that i didnt see coming AT ALL.
The group home is as bad as you think it is, i was terrified for Mary most of the time, the characters was brilliantly written, even the bad ones, special mention to 'New Girl'
Now Mary is pregnant herself and wants to try and be the best that she can be, she doesn't want to bring up her baby in that environment, and tries to better herself by getting her schooling qualifications.
The thing is she needs to ask for help, and no-one, not even her mother is really willing to help her.
This book is a dark read, Mary has been horribly abused by the system just because she is a famous baby killer......Allegedly.
But did she really do it??
Book: Room
Genre: Drama
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review
It's really difficult to review this book, 1 because of the subject matter and 2 because of the narration.
The story is narrated by a 5 year old little boy called Jack.
He lives in 'Room' with 'Ma' this is the only place he has ever known as he was born there.
Room is 11ft by 11ft with a bath, cooker a bed, a wardrobe all of the creature comforts you would ever want and Jack is happy!
Ma is not happy.....
Ma was kidnapped at the age of 19 and put into the room and has not been able to leave for 7 years!
Jack has lots of friends, he has Bed, Wardrobe, Plant, Egg Snake and Dora in TV.
Because the whole story is told from Jacks POV you never really understand everything that is happening in Room but you can feel it.
You can feel it when they look at 'Watch' and it is 8.47pm and he runs into 'Wardrobe' to his bed so that he isn't there when 'Old Nick' comes in at 9pm....
You can feel it when he counts the grunts until it goes quiet and Old Nick leaves...
You can feel it when Jack speaks about people in TV not being really real, and 'Outside' is outer space ......
The narration is hard at first, and I felt guilty about being a bit fed up with it after a few chapters, it started to grate my nerves, but after that I understood why it was done like that.
A good but difficult read.
Genre: Drama
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ☆☆☆☆
Narration rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review
It's really difficult to review this book, 1 because of the subject matter and 2 because of the narration.
The story is narrated by a 5 year old little boy called Jack.
He lives in 'Room' with 'Ma' this is the only place he has ever known as he was born there.
Room is 11ft by 11ft with a bath, cooker a bed, a wardrobe all of the creature comforts you would ever want and Jack is happy!
Ma is not happy.....
Ma was kidnapped at the age of 19 and put into the room and has not been able to leave for 7 years!
Jack has lots of friends, he has Bed, Wardrobe, Plant, Egg Snake and Dora in TV.
Because the whole story is told from Jacks POV you never really understand everything that is happening in Room but you can feel it.
You can feel it when they look at 'Watch' and it is 8.47pm and he runs into 'Wardrobe' to his bed so that he isn't there when 'Old Nick' comes in at 9pm....
You can feel it when he counts the grunts until it goes quiet and Old Nick leaves...
You can feel it when Jack speaks about people in TV not being really real, and 'Outside' is outer space ......
The narration is hard at first, and I felt guilty about being a bit fed up with it after a few chapters, it started to grate my nerves, but after that I understood why it was done like that.
A good but difficult read.
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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Hilariously Funny Stars
So as you may or may not know i have a huge allergy to anything Non Fiction related, i mean i know it's real life, and it's very interesting, but my mind just goes NOPE and i can't concentrate on them.
This one was a HUGE exception, i pretty much laughed from the first sentence onwards throughout the whole book.
Narrated by the author Jenny Lawson, she takes us through her hilarious life stories.
Who is Jenny Lawson and why is she making a book you ask?? Yep i did too.
Jenny Lawson is a blogger, she writes The Bloggess and it is utterly brilliant, i am a new follower of her blog, Twitter, Facebook, i mean I'm practically stalking the poor woman now!
The reason being, she is like my spirit animal, i am a little bit in love with her (in a non stalker/serial killer way) I mean, I don't want to use her skin as a table lamp or anything, but I would love to meet her as she just sounds amazing!
Her family background is just too fabulous to describe, but things like her taxidermist father waking her and her sister up in the middle of the night to show her a 'Magic Squirrel' (read dead and hand stuffed up his ass) is one of the highlights.
You dont often meet people that say 'I had a pet Raccoon in my bathtub' very often, if at all, and even if they do, they certainly wouldn't dress them in little shorts!
Not every page is full of laughs, there are a few times that my heart hurt for her, especially when she spoke about trying to conceive, but most of it is done with a chipper side of laughs.
Not many people can sing at the top of their lungs "I GOT MY HAND STUCK IN A COWS VAGINA" and get away with it, but she does, and she does it brilliantly.
If possible listen to the audio, you wont regret it.
📣Jenny, i doubt that you will, but if you ever read this then know i am TOTALLY up for us being BFF's, i dont even need to move into your basement or anything, i can just turn up unannounced, as long as i don't get attacked by any Turkey/Quail guard dogs 😂
🎧🎧Narration for the book is done by Jenny herself, and it was AMAZING, she is hilariously funny, and although some of the subjects are heartwrenching she still delivers a stellar performance.
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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Hilariously Funny Stars
So as you may or may not know i have a huge allergy to anything Non Fiction related, i mean i know it's real life, and it's very interesting, but my mind just goes NOPE and i can't concentrate on them.
This one was a HUGE exception, i pretty much laughed from the first sentence onwards throughout the whole book.
Narrated by the author Jenny Lawson, she takes us through her hilarious life stories.
Who is Jenny Lawson and why is she making a book you ask?? Yep i did too.
Jenny Lawson is a blogger, she writes The Bloggess and it is utterly brilliant, i am a new follower of her blog, Twitter, Facebook, i mean I'm practically stalking the poor woman now!
The reason being, she is like my spirit animal, i am a little bit in love with her (in a non stalker/serial killer way) I mean, I don't want to use her skin as a table lamp or anything, but I would love to meet her as she just sounds amazing!
Her family background is just too fabulous to describe, but things like her taxidermist father waking her and her sister up in the middle of the night to show her a 'Magic Squirrel' (read dead and hand stuffed up his ass) is one of the highlights.
You dont often meet people that say 'I had a pet Raccoon in my bathtub' very often, if at all, and even if they do, they certainly wouldn't dress them in little shorts!
Not every page is full of laughs, there are a few times that my heart hurt for her, especially when she spoke about trying to conceive, but most of it is done with a chipper side of laughs.
Not many people can sing at the top of their lungs "I GOT MY HAND STUCK IN A COWS VAGINA" and get away with it, but she does, and she does it brilliantly.
If possible listen to the audio, you wont regret it.
📣Jenny, i doubt that you will, but if you ever read this then know i am TOTALLY up for us being BFF's, i dont even need to move into your basement or anything, i can just turn up unannounced, as long as i don't get attacked by any Turkey/Quail guard dogs 😂
🎧🎧Narration for the book is done by Jenny herself, and it was AMAZING, she is hilariously funny, and although some of the subjects are heartwrenching she still delivers a stellar performance.
