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A review by senexosaweffers
Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale
4.0
I don’t know why this is getting such poor reviews. I can only guess that this is one of those rare occasions in which the audiobook is better than the book itself.
I found Kind of a Big Deal to be funny and unexpected. I genuinely giggled at a few parts, and it was easy to picture the scenes in my mind. Sure, things did start to slow down and get really strange toward the end, but it’s clear to me that this was Hale’s intention before tying up loose ends.
The writing did not feel stilted on audio (on 1.25x speed—how I listen to all audiobooks), and the humor shined through. I haven’t read anything like this in a long time, and I appreciate Hale’s imagination.
I found Kind of a Big Deal to be funny and unexpected. I genuinely giggled at a few parts, and it was easy to picture the scenes in my mind. Sure, things did start to slow down and get really strange toward the end, but it’s clear to me that this was Hale’s intention before tying up loose ends.
The writing did not feel stilted on audio (on 1.25x speed—how I listen to all audiobooks), and the humor shined through. I haven’t read anything like this in a long time, and I appreciate Hale’s imagination.