Juliet in August, by Dianne Warren narrated by, Cassandra
Campbell- Audie Nominated for Solo Female Narration
I must admit I found this book boring, if it hadn’t been for
Cassandra Campbell’s narration I would not have finished this book. This is a
slice of life book in the most literal definition it is a day in the life of an
assorted group of people in the small town of Juliet, Saskatchewan and no one
has a very exciting life. I never really became attached to anyone in this
town/story, and didn’t ever come to care about any of them. It is well written
but maybe just not my cup of tea, I can’t help but wonder if I need more action
and suspense from my books, so maybe it is just my taste that made me not like
this book as much as some.
I guess I did end up
caring for Norval (sad face). The last 2 or so hours I started finally caring a
bit about the characters. This is a very quiet book it is a slow story with
nothing really exciting happening. These stories don’t have a cohesive link to
make them all fit together perfectly, they are jagged and just don’t seem to
fit with fluidly. The characters seemed very one dimensional the only ones I felt
any affinity to were Norval and Shiloh.
Cassandra Campbell’s narration is very good with softness
when needed, she was able evoke the emotion I believe the author was trying to
convey. I only had a small problem with a mispronunciation of the town of
Regina which is not pronounced like a name but Reg-I-na (with an eye sound on
the I not an E sound). I am honestly not sure I would have finished this
without Cassandra’s narration her voice always makes me want to keep listening.
3 star book (barely)
4 ½ star Narration
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