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Dead Girls Dancing
- Narrated by: Deirdre O'Connell
- Series: Katie Maguire, Book 8
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction
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- Mimi
- 28-05-17
Not one of Masterton's best
lost all respect for Katie Maguire. plot so slow and predictable.
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- 02-05-17
My last Masterton book review.
When a writer uses rape as titillating entertainment, a line is crossed where the merits of any story become snared or soiled in by the act described in such a detail, making the rest of the story banal and sordid. This is the problem with this particular book, it is not a matter of morality, just not entertaining or valid to expand on the plot or build a better character.
Not for me, degradation of people and animals is not entertaining or something I want to spend time reading.
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- Katie
- 13-08-18
Put me off this author.
Having read previous Katie McGuire stories I thought this would be as good. However, I found the sex scenes far too graphic and quite frankly an unnecessary part of the story. I find these do not ‘interpret’ well read aloud. Sadly I will not buy another book by this author as I feel it is just their own self indulgence they are feeding with such detail. I read very widely and this is the first time I have ever felt compelled to complain about a sexually explicit piece of writing. Disappointing.
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- Snuffy
- 12-06-18
Too graphic
I thought that the story was quite good but it was way way too graphic for me! Totally unnecessary violent and sexual scenes. Not a book I would recommend to anyone. Sorry!
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- Kelly
- 14-10-17
good but sad
a good listen, great plot and interesting finish, a sad but enlighting look at dog fighting too, so many layers
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- alex
- 10-08-17
Good story, shame about the narrator!
Very good story but the reader was a bit clipped when she read. Would recommend this book.
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- Latch
- 04-05-17
Dancing with the devil....
As ever, a hugely engrossing story.... no spoilers but not the ending I hoped for....
I also think the case was 'closed' anticlimactically....
But there was enough in every chapter that left me wanting more.
Grahams knowledge- or appreciation, at least - of 'carnal pleasures' is probably more vividly portrayed in this story than any other.
My only annoyance was the narrator, sometimes making standard commentary when not in character very laboured.
I've waited a long time for DGD to appear in Audible and it was definitely worth the wait.
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- Moodynic
- 31-12-21
why the new narrator??
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- Stephanie
- 30-06-22
Narrator sounded totally bored 😴
So much so, she made another excellent Graham Masterton story very tedious. Great shame... 😢
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-04-22
Great story
Loved the story. Narrator was good but completely butchered the street names, and areas around Cork.
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- Scotty
- 30-10-17
Not as good as the first two in the series!
When you find a great narrator, such as Aoife McMahan, who narrated the first book in this series, and also the narrator for the second book (don't have her name handy), and then change, it is a disappoinment! First of all, Aoife McMahan, became the familiar voice of Katie Maguire for me, and Deirdre O'Connell wasn't nearly as good! She used the same tone of voice pretty much throughout the entire book, no.mstter what was going on. I made it through the whole book, however, but not happily!
There are more books in this series, but it says that Audible doesn't have the rights to those! Since this is a series, could you try to get the rights? Thanks Audible!
Audible addict-
Santa Fe, NM
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- Dawn
- 11-05-17
I don't like cliff hangers
Unfortunately, this book ended with a cliffhanger, and I don't like cliffhangers. Overall a good police procedural. I recommend starting with the first book in the series.