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Jan 08, 2019
Audiobook Warning! If English is your first language, you may have a difficult time listening to this narrator. English is not her first (or probably even second) language, and she absolutely fumbles her way through this entire book. Emphasis on the wrong syllables and words, awkward pauses in the middle of sentences, all the mispronunciations; it is maddening! I can understand why the production company might think it would be good to have someone who knows the original language to help pronounce all of the Polish/Russian names, but she was a poor choice. Rather than finding a Russian who (maybe) speaks English, they should have used someone who’s first language is English that knows Russian. I deeply appreciate those who are bilingual, but listening to her stammer through this book for so long was really frustrating. The story is good, and gets better and better as the book progresses, but it’s almost painful to listen to. Save yourself the anxiety and frustration and just read this one yourself. It IS worth reading.