Gisele Perreault

Lots of detail

Revisado: 02-23-16

I liked the meticulous detail about the hijacking and raid. I learned that the hostages were a mixed bag in terms of rising to nobility in the face of evil. Fascinating to hear of some (non-Israeli primarily) cheering idi Amin. The pilot does not come off well. Yoni Netanyahu also comes off in a mixed way.

The one thing that I didn't understand is how the paratrooper shot in the spinal cord was found and rescued. Spoiler alert: I loved the PostScript about Haddad's chocolate... Karma.

Overall this is a great exposition of a watershed moment.

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Starts slow

Revisado: 06-28-15

But once the crashes begin the story really picks up. The narrator is a bit Pollyanna sounding. All that said, by the end I stopped everything and had to listen to it full time. Gripping.

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Can't stop listening

Revisado: 05-18-15

Great story even though main character's idiocy sometimes makes you crazy. You'd think she'd learn but noooooo. At the end, last few chapters, I just have in and listened in my living room. Doing nothing else but listening. Audio version of page turner.

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Washington yes Burning not so much

Revisado: 06-23-08

This book concentrates on the life and contributions of L'Enfant. One does not reach the actual burning of the city until about 75% of the way through the book. Most of the book deals with the planning and construction of Washington. There are many interesting tidbits - L'Enfant spent an inordinate amount of time looking for copper to reproduce his plan for the capital - as well as well told stories such as L'Enfant's incredible and self-destructive stubbornness. Yet the book does not capture. Finally the author takes the occasion to wax on about 9/11 in a manner that never really surpasses the personal.

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Just didn't care about the characters

Revisado: 09-30-06

This is very centered on the anachronistic features but the characters are not very interesting or well-developed. The reader sounds like he's from MD or VA not Connecticut.

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More please

Revisado: 09-16-06

This is a touching, funny, tender story of a British family's mental journey as they prepare for the daughter's wedding. The characters are rich, brilliantly described. The narrator is amazing. His reading of the young grandson is so spot-on that I laughed almost every time the young boy spoke. The only problem with this book is that it ends (although I thought the ending was perfect).

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Fabulous

Revisado: 09-06-06

This is an insightful book filled with "aha!" moments. It takes complicated social structures and breaks them down into sensible biological building blocks. Very easy to listen to, well read

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OK

Revisado: 09-06-06

If you need to know what is going on at all times in a book, this tale is not for you. On the other hand Kim does paint an evocative picture of a very particular time and place - the Great Game in India-Pakistan in the late 19th century. The character of Kim is enjoyably described as is that of Mahboub Ali (sp?). The reading is ok although I personally did not like the way that the Lama was made to sound. The recording is very uneven and of relatively low quality.

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Superb, Sublime, Amazing

Revisado: 08-31-06

This is an amazing story told with such love for human beings with all of their frailties and faults. Just the description of Bishop Myriel is amazing, a character that will stay with me always. The sidebars (that can be quite long) are interesting and made me learn more about French history. [Wikipedia was a helpful companion to listening to this book.] The ending is redemtive and tragic. In the end I was just so sad to have to say farewell to the characters that I cared so much about.
I really liked the narrator's style, his different voices, his singing and of course the drollness of his upper crust English accent.
A marvelous "read".

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Hated it

Revisado: 08-31-06

Having just finished Les Miserables which I loved, I thought I'd go for another old French book. Well I hated Pere Goriot. Listened to 2 1/2 hours and then gave up. Lots of characters and Balzac TELLS you about them. He does not show you their character by describing their lives (as Hugo does so memorably). And therefore there is not much dialogue. All the characters jumbled together for me and in the end I just didn't care.

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