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What was your favorite read of 2023? (beehaw.org)
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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Overstory! What did you think? I listened to the audiobook, it was long

[–] EntropicalVacation@midwest.social 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

spoilerMaidenhair dies
it was all downhill.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 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.