![]() ![]() I will have to find a better recording of this book and try again. But most of all annoying and impossible to listen to for a whole book. In its furious disputes over immigration, vanishing jobs, nationalism and enlightenment values, 'R.M.N.' depicts a reality that, like it or not, hits very close to home. So the narrator is downright disrespectful. St Therese had humility and out of that humility grew her love for God. When you asked me to do this, I felt it might be too. Did she think of herself as the most adorable wonderful thing to ever set foot on planet earth, like the narrator reads it? Definitely not. I am going to entrust the story of my soul to you, my darling Mother, to you who are doubly my mother. It also doesn’t even make sense because the book is written in 1st person, so the narrator’s attitude would be that of St Therese. EVERY SENTENCE! While this attitude somewhat could be understandable once or twice, and her “oh how adorable she is haha!” tone would perhaps be somewhat fitting when retelling the events of 5 year old Therese. She (the narrator) seems to be about to burst into laughter with every sentence. ![]() She reads every sentence as if she founds St Therese the most adorable stupid little baby. From the title alone, we garner a peek at this beloved saint’s humility, as if the story could be about any soul very non-descript. ![]() I couldn’t finish the book even though I love the story and St Therese because the narrator has such an insufferable, condescending, contrived intonation. ![]()
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