What would have made The Last Camellia better?
Characters who behaved in a reasonable and believable manner to life's events. A narrator who isn't as difficult to listen to as fingernails on a chalkboard. Seriously, there is no way to make it better. It is just too terrible for words.
Has The Last Camellia turned you off from other books in this genre?
Just other books by this author and narrator.
How could the performance have been better?
Get a voice coach. Work on dialing down the whine.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Last Camellia?
Well, I didn't finish this book which is UNHEARD of for me. I quit listening when a character witnessed the murder/manslaughter/killing of a toddler and decided not to report it. Really? That is how you would react? There are so many other unbelievable reactions that come earlier in the book. The one I mentioned was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
Any additional comments?
I hated this book.