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Author: Jodi Picoult

Genre: General Fiction, Novella.

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb:

Today is Ruth’s first day of third grade at Dalton. The prestigious institution on New York’s Upper East Side couldn’t be more different from her old school in Harlem. Despite being the smartest girl in her grade, Ruth suspects that her classmates and teachers only see her dark skin. She also notices that Christina, the daughter of her mother’s employer, treats Ruth very differently when they’re hanging out with the popular girls rather than playing together. Ruth must navigate between two worlds, never losing sight of the dreams she has for herself—in hopes that someday, someone will see her for who she really is.

Cover Review:

The cover is colorful, just like the novel. It has blues, pinks and yellows. I love it.

Book Review:

Jodi Picoult is my idol. My Sister's Keeper was the first book I read by her and since then I've read almost all of her books.

I listened to Shine as an AudioBook and it was all Jodi Picoult. I loved how, even in such a short story, she managed to create such deep characters.

Ruth was a sweet, caring character, even when she was a small girl, and I'm so looking forward to read more of her story in Small Great Things.

I love Jodi Picoult for writing about topics that matter, issues that need to be focused on, and Shine was just what I always expect from her, a bunch of awesomeness.

Okay, so this review may sound more like a fangirl's post than a critique's but I can NOT critique Jodi Picoult's work, all I can do is fangirl about it!

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Author: William Todd.

Narrator: Ben Werling.

Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller.

Ratings:

Story: 🍫🍫🍫🍫

Narration: 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb:

After months of inactivity, Holmes and Watson have two cases thrust in their lap in a single day. First, a mysterious woman from Swansea, Wales seeks Holmes' help finding her husband who has disappeared in the middle of the night. As soon as she leaves, Holmes receives word that there has been a prison riot with several dead and a few inmates missing. Lestrade is asking for his services. Holmes believes the two cases are not a coincidence, but he has no idea who is behind it and to what end. They go to Swansea in what could be either a wild goose chase or a setup. Will Holmes unravel the mystery before they get to Swansea? If not what will be in store for them when they step off the train?

Cover Review:

The cover is simple, though I think it's too bland and uninteresting.

Narration Review:

The narrator Ben Werling did such a great job in this book. I could actually imagine Sherlock Holmes and Watson having those conversations. His voice, his style, it all resonated with the characters perfectly. I couldn't have chosen a better narrator for this story!

Story Review:

Writing itself is a tough task. But writing a character that's already alive in the minds of millions of people, and doing justice to it, is even more difficult.

Author William Todd pulled it off quite efficiently. Sherlock Holmes is supposedly one of the most difficult characters to recreate. The deduction method used by him could only be perfectly devised by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but William Todd did a quite good job on his own.

The story was short, but full of action. From train accidents to the prisoners' outbreak, there was suspense, mysteries and the usual Holmes flair.

I had fun listening to this audiobook and look forward to reading more from the author and listening more from the narrator!

(I received this audiobook at no-cost from Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.)

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