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What was your favorite read of 2023? (beehaw.org)

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Any format counts (audiobook, physical book, ebook, graphic novel, article, essay, etc).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I actually split between reading and listening to the audiobook. It was long either way! I didn’t care for it as much as I thought I would. The first part took me a while to get into, I loved the second part, but after

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Maidenhair dies

it was all downhill.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I remember where I was driving when I listened to the first part, the narrator was excellent and made the whole tree section a surprisingly engrossing listen.

I agree about where the story started to falter, too. There was a lot of build-up to that point and it felt like it kinda meandered to the end afterwards.