Excellent in every way!!!

I really love this series. It makes me so happy. Marnie is such an amazing character and it frustrates me that people are suck dicks to her. They have a bad habit of thinking she’s incompetent then patting her on the head and telling her to go and stand in the corner and not get in the way. Then they get all mad when she doesn’t do what she’s told and ends up fixing everything anyway. Why do they never see how awesome she is?!?!?! Why is she never appreciated or celebrated?! No wonder she swears so much! I know why it happens, of course. She’s cute and adorable and has the unfortunate curse of being young and female. No matter how many PhD’s she has or how much she trains, noone’s ever going to take her seriously. No matter how much she swears, noone in her universe is going to see her for the badass she is. They just see her vulnerability and think she’s weak because she has (and shows, Heaven forbid!) genuine emotions. And she cares about people. Perhaps that’s why I like her so much. I can relate. She’s a real, three dimensional person. Because her story is written in first person, you get a real sense of how she thinks and feels, and her descriptions of what she experiences (both internally and externally) are splendid. As listeners, we get to experience everything she does - sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures. The language is rich and deep, without being overdone or excessively ‘literature-y’ but it flows so well that I just inhale it every time. The narrator is brilliant too. She really captures Marnie’s voice. You hear her kindness, her determination and her intelligence and frustration at how annoying people are. Marnie feels real to me and I want to be her friend. And I love the swearing! It makes me so happy. To everyone involved, thank you. Please write more stories like this one. LOTS more.

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