Heather P

Phoebe’s Story is too Predictable

Revisado: 03-16-25

The Wedding People had scattered worthy moments. In the end, it was very predictable. I did not care for the narrator: she was insistent upon using the hardest K sounds in the world. It got to the point where it was distracting. Phoebe, our protagonist was always described by her full name. It reminded me of the Will Ferrell movie where he hears his narrator. It was weird. Again, a distracting choice. I’m not sure it would be as distracting were I reading it in print. Those were audiobook issues.
As far as the story goes, it begins with a quirky opening and kind of meanders through Phoebe’s story. Mostly it was quite predictable. The end was quite predictable. The vast majority of side characters were extremely unlikable— unnecessarily so. It seems she wrote Phoebe and Gary, and then had no idea how to write the characters that surrounded. I would not recommend this book. For all the time that I spent listening, it was definitely not worth it. There are other, smarter life/love stories out there.

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Enjoying this a lot—Orphan X is fun

Revisado: 11-12-24

Great fun character—like Gray Man and Jack Reacher. Great reader, too. Always important—so many good stories have been wrecked by a bad narrator.

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Good story until the end

Revisado: 07-23-24

I really enjoyed this story. Unfortunately what could’ve been a nice ending seem to turn overly political and unnecessarily so. Yeah, it’s 2024, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see what the author is saying. having drag queens save the day was kind of annoying. And I’m not even remotely conservative. It just bummed me out. I don’t want to read my books and get the nightly news and Twitter and YouTube and all that in my book. I’m reading a book to escape. Yuck.

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Meh. I just didn’t care about any of them.

Revisado: 01-26-24

It’s surprising to me that I didn’t care about characters in a John Grisham novel. He is usually really good at getting me hooked right away. This book, put down pretty quickly. I came back to it only because another book that I had started was annoying, and I needed to try something else. I figured, hey, I bought this I’m going to tough it out. By the end, I was just: come on and get this over with. It was so earnest and fake. It felt like I was watching someone’s fake Facebook life. Yuck. If you have liked Grisham books in the past then don’t bother with this one.

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Loved it.

Revisado: 05-09-15

The narrators were exceptional.
This book was a wonderful distraction, but also kept me guessing throughout. I cannot commend the narrators enough. Wow.

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Grew up with Penny on TV...

Revisado: 04-26-15

She is hilarious and brash and everything I'd hoped. This book was so much better, read by her. (I wish I could type with her fab Bronx accent!) the stories of movies she directed (all of which I'd loved) and of Laverne & Shirley were a treat. She told it like it was--warts and all. Who knew after reading this, she'd seem like a statesman. A hilarious statesman.

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The reader killed this book for me.

Revisado: 04-22-15

I've not even finished because I could not bear the reader. This seems like it's a great story--I'll probably go buy the actual book. This narrator is my least favorite ever in my years of Audible membership. So disappointing...

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Now I want to HIKE!!!

Revisado: 05-07-13

Where does Wild rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of my favorites. I was not sure a memoir about a hike (something I have never done) would keep my attention, but I ended up completely enrapt. The book was inspirational, surprising, and challenging at times. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

What other book might you compare Wild to and why?

I do not read a lot of memoirs.

Which character – as performed by Bernadette Dunne – was your favorite?

Cheryl, of course.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

From lost to found...

Any additional comments?

Brava.

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Please use a pronunciation guide!!

Revisado: 08-23-06

The book itself is really interesting, and just as juicy as I expected. I have been a Barbra fan since I was a young girl--and to hear about her amazing success (at such a young age, too!) is incredible. I take issue with the narration. Ellen Archer has a pleasant reading voice, but there are so many glaring errors in pronunciation of the names of very famous movie stars, with a bonus of different wrong pronunciations of the same name, that I think it detracts mightily from the listening experience. "Ellen Burstyn" becomes "Ellen Bernstein" twice. "Vivian Leigh" is "Vivian Lay" and "Leigh Taylor Young" vascillates between "Lay Taylor Young" and "Lee Taylor Young." She even has problems with actual words, like "vestige" and "bicuspids." I do not know if it was a rush job, but come on. It is annoying.

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Fantastic!!

Revisado: 08-26-05

This book is so enjoyable--I love that she included the eating experience and then the review. To hear her describe all she went through in the visits to the restaurants and how those combined to become the actual review is wonderful. Her descriptions of dishes are mouth-watering to say the least. They make you want to move to New York and go to all the restaurants. I have to give her only four stars, in keeping with Ms. Reichl's reviews. :) What a delightful diversion!!

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