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I'm not done yet with this title, & it's holding my interest. However, I have a major complaint with the narration. With any story with a large number of characters, you have to pay attention. But for those of us who don't speak Korean & are unfamiliar with the phonetic conventions of the language, it's especially hard. With what I assume is painstaking accuracy of name pronunciations, some names sound similar to each other. A list of characters in PDF may have helped. I've had to go back frequently to clarify the identity of some characters. So I can't recommend this title for audio.

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Awakened me the love of a genre

This was for a book club, and I’m usually the only one in the group who does audio books. The acting here was great, and really distinguished the characters for me. It also powerfully conveyed the scene and emotions.

This book showed me a new genre I love - following characters over many years to see their triumphs and losses - and introduced me to a beautiful and sordid history of parts of the world I knew nothing about. I will treasure these characters and life lessons forever!

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Didn’t keep my interest

I tried to like this book, but I just got bored with it. I got tired of everything having sexual overtones and the story just didn’t engage me. It’s too bad because I was looking forward to learning more about the Korean Conflict.

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Good Story, Fantastic Narration.

It was hard not to draw comparisons between this novel and Memoirs of a Geisha. I thoroughly enjoyed the Narration, each character was distinct and it was easy to follow who was speaking. The story was good but not altogether original. I did enjoy the ending Jade received and was satisfied with each characters turn of events. I would recommend this to friends.

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Wonderful book

This is a very well-written and well-performed story. I couldn’t stop listening - I was so intrigued by Jade and her story as it was interwoven with others. I learned a lot I did not know about the history of Korea and it’s people. This is an excellent book!

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great picture of the times

i lived in korea for 3 years. learmed more about the history and culture of that time.

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A Triumph

Brilliantly crafted. Wrought with emotion. An impressive debut by Juhea Kim. I'll look for more by this talented writer. Excellent narration by Sue Jean Kim and Raymond Lee, who had a short entry.

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Beautiful

At the end of this, I thought “beautiful”. I didn’t want this to end, I wanted to follow the characters into their next lives.

Unarming Realisim

Beautifully written and read, the story weaves together many different characters and experiences while keeping a theme throughout.

Not bad

The story is interesting, with some unique aspects. However, the writer goes to great lengths to produce drawn-out and rather ridiculous and self-conscious metaphor and similes. I tried not to let these weak attempts at writing lyrically to distract me too much from the plot line. So…I all, a okay book.