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Written for the “unwoke”

Revisado: 07-25-22

The foils are created by checking off a list of every prejudice—gender, race, economic, religion . . . resulting in flat characters and general predictability.

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Another Roach Home Run

Revisado: 10-17-21

Fun, informative, and quirky— my idea of time well spent. The narrator really sold it.

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Compelling

Revisado: 07-23-20

I feel like I shouldn’t review it because I’m white, but this is a must read study of the likely impossibility of trying to straddle two cultures. I also loved its look at masculine and feminine expectations

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Still living as a teen

Revisado: 02-19-19

The only thing the tale has going for it is how stubborn the protagonist is. Otherwise, all the self-depreciation and “now-I-know” refrains quickly steer the reader into not caring much about what happens next.

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It’s a Keeper

Revisado: 11-24-18

Though two of the participating comics are not favorites, I thoroughly enjoyed this listen. Like Bill Bryson and Jim Gaffigan, I know this is one I re-listen to over the years. Frank and fun throughout.

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Silly. Trite.

Revisado: 06-29-18

You'll be able to see the next plot turn far before it ever comes. And for all its earnest professing to be a story of female empowerment, it is not. The two female protagonists require a great deal of saving and rescuing. They are broken at the beginning of the story, and they are broken still by the end.

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Crass and Outdated

Revisado: 08-23-16

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This was my first Richard Russo book. I wanted to read it before reading Everybody's Fool and hearing Russo interviewed. I don't know now if I will. Our anti-hero, Scully, is just too hard to feel sympathetic towards, so I was glad there was a long list of characters to follow. Maybe I'll try a different Russo book and see if, in general, he's got something to say to me.

Has Nobody's Fool turned you off from other books in this genre?

I don't know yet.

What does Ron McLarty bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I appreciated his narrative skills

Was Nobody's Fool worth the listening time?

Can't decide. Almost stopped a few times.

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Maudlin

Revisado: 01-23-16

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Length and cadence of rise fall, rise fall mini-melodramas to entice the reader

What could Hanya Yanagihara have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

3/4 of the way through, I'd stopped caring for Jude; I was tired of his defiance and unwillingness to talk. By that point, I started to think he deserved his emotional agony.

Though it was initially a point of curiosity that pushed the plot forward, the fact that no character was willing to confront, report and discuss Jude's negative behaviors became unbelievable.

Did Oliver Wyman do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Yes, but I tired of the the way he said, "I'm sorry." Since it was said so many times in this book, it started to come out the same way/tone regardless of the character

Do you think A Little Life needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No. All bases covered

Any additional comments?

I can't see myself reading another book by Ms. Yanagihara.

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