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raccoon

(31,111 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:18 PM Oct 2014

I just finished "Faithful Place" by Tana French, on audiobook. Good book, but I think it was

too long.

Main thing I liked about it was the way the reader did the Irish accents. They'd talking about "fokking" this and that.

Anyway, I did finish it.


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I just finished "Faithful Place" by Tana French, on audiobook. Good book, but I think it was (Original Post) raccoon Oct 2014 OP
She does write long. SheilaT Oct 2014 #1
I've never done audio books, so I don't know what it's like to do a book that way. scarletwoman Oct 2014 #2
 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
1. She does write long.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 10:28 PM
Oct 2014

While audio books are wonderful, I can read far faster than the readers can speak. While I agree her books run long, I have found that I really enjoy getting into the details she gives.

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
2. I've never done audio books, so I don't know what it's like to do a book that way.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 11:45 PM
Oct 2014

All I can say is, when I reached the end of Faithful Place in regular book form, it felt like it was all too soon. I could have happily kept reading for another 100 pages or more.

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