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Originally Posted by gmw
As a general rule, I appreciate and agree with others here that suggest nominating need not be censored - and then we just let the voting process ignore items people would rather avoid.
But it is interesting to see the stark reactions from Audible. The two 1-star reviews on Amazon don't object on religious grounds, they simply didn't like the story. On Audible the 1-star reviews are obviously offended. Very strange.
So thank you, Catlady and JSWolf, for pointing out the Audible reviews. 4% 1-star, 83% 5-star on Amazon; 20% 1-star, 27% 5-star (story) on Audible. I would never have expected such a sharp difference between readers and listeners. (Obviously my opinion lies more in line with Amazon.)
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One of the Audible reviews mentions getting the book on sale as a daily deal. Being a daily deal probably brought the book to the attention of a lot of people outside the niche it would normally appeal to. It doesn't seem unusual that a few of them were deeply offended, when in the normal course of events they would have never noticed the book.
The book sounds interesting enough that I put it on my wish list. I'm not sure I'm willing to pay full price, but if they do a wish list sale someday I might pick it up.