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Terrible reader

Revisado: 04-17-19

I've listened to a lot of audiobooks over the years, and I have to say that the guy who reads this one is one of the worst readers I've ever heard. He reads in a total monotone -- like a machine -- with no hint that he understands the words he is reading. I had to stop listening -- not because I didn't like the story, but because I couldn't stand listening to this guy any longer.

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Great story, not a great narrator

Revisado: 05-16-18

This is a wonderful book -- well-written and a real page-turner. But I thought that the narrator was weak. She tried to do a variety of accents for the characters, who represented a number of different nationalities. The main character's Australian accent was okay, but the rest all sounded like The Count on Sesame Street no matter where they were from . Dreadful. A straight reading with NO attempt at accents would have been so much less distracting.

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What's with the British accents?

Revisado: 05-16-18

The narrator portrays all of the Italian characters in a variety of British accents. To me, this totally ruins the Italian flavor of the book. The story is dark and nasty. Aurelio Zen is not a nice guy.

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Good but not great

Revisado: 10-24-17

This book is a real departure from "Visit from the Goon Squad". A much more conventional story. It's written well. But it wasn't a story I cared about deeply.

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Horrible narrator

Revisado: 10-24-17

The woman who narrates this book sounds like she is reading the BBC news. Everything is at the same intensity. You hear the words, but not the sense of the story. There is no pacing.

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Good, but not great

Revisado: 08-15-17

Any additional comments?

I had a hard time caring about these characters. They seemed quite stereotyped to me.

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Boring!

Revisado: 05-11-17

What was most disappointing about Laura Cumming’s story?

Way too much irrelevant detail. The book dragged. Sounded more like a thesis than an engaging story.

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Entertaining!

Revisado: 01-18-17

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would definitely recommend this book! It's a fairly mundane plot, but it's told from such a unique point of view that it's delightfully entertaining. This conceit could be hard to pull off, but McEwan handles it brilliantly. And Rory Kinnear does a wonderful job of bringing this narrator to life. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and I was really sad when it came to an end.

What other book might you compare Nutshell to and why?

It's one of a kind!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, it was easy to set aside and then come back to.

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Meh!

Revisado: 12-19-16

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

What a disappointment. It seems unfinished. I don't think she spent a lot of time on this novel.

If you’ve listened to books by Elizabeth Strout before, how does this one compare?

"The Burgess Boys" and "Olive Kittredge" are two of my most favorite books. "My name is Lucy Barton" doesn't come close to the quality of those two books.

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Beautiful story

Revisado: 10-05-16

I loved this book so much that I listened to it three times. It's a moving story. Though it covers several time periods, it's much easier to follow than some of Erdrich's early novels.

Erdrich does a terrific job with the narration. She makes the characters come alive.

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