The narration was exquisite - once again my impression of the reading was the exact opposite of the negative comments - I found the various accents believable and natural sounding, Ms. The characters were complex and the story emerges at just the right pace, mixing an unusual romance, well two romances actually, with the horrors of life under the Japanese occupation. Hong Kong is a place I know nothing about, I'm sorry to confess, so I can only assume the picture Ms. The story was intriguing and gave a detailed glimpse into life in Hong Kong, before WW II, during and after. After listening for a few hours and thinking what a great choice it was and how glad I was I ordered the audible version I went back to the review page to see what others had said - I was shocked to see a number of listeners had the exact opposite response! I consider this to be one of the best audio books I've listened to this year. I ordered this book without reading the reviews because it is this month's selection for one of my book clubs. Please keep using her! I really don't know what my two predecessor reviewers were talking about. And I actually will seek out books she's narrated.

(Thankfully it's the holidays so nothing much is being expected of me right now.) And the narrator, I thought, was absolutely amazing. I was captured completely, pretty much to the exclusion of everything else going on in my life. Is it possible they listened to the same book? I found this story to be completely engrossing, with such richly drawn characters and an introduction to a world I knew nothing about. And before getting started, I thought I'd read the two reviews before me. Although I've been an member for over 5 years, this is the first time I've been moved to write a review - for good or ill. I'm dismayed to see such vicious reviews about this book and its audio production.

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