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This should be required reading for all humans.

Revisado: 03-11-17

This book should be required reading, not just for the parents of baby girls, but for all adult humans. I bought both the Kindle and Audible versions of this book, and I know I'll refer to both versions regularly.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie dispenses some serious wisdom with honesty, warmth, and compassion. I can't recommend this more highly. Loved it.

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Great book — bad version

Revisado: 02-14-16

Vonnegut is my favorite author, period. Even the books that I would say are not among my favorites from him are still worthwhile reads to me, and I have enjoyed the audio versions of several of his works. That said — I would recommend skipping this version.

First, Breakfast of Champions relies on Vonnegut's drawings which are peppered throughout the text. In this audio version, Malkovich breaks the narrative over and over again to say, "And here is a drawing of _______." If you have read the book in print, this might not bother you, but if you've not read it, please start there.

Second, I thought that John Malkovich's reading would be amazing. And parts of it are. However, many many more parts are mediocre at best. Sentences run together, lines sound as if they were being read for the first time. I honestly expected much better and was pretty disappointed in it.

TL;DR — Please do read "Breakfast of Champions." But do so in a visual, rather than an auditory, version.

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I love Murakami, but I hated 1Q84.

Revisado: 10-02-14

I absolutely hated this book. The combination of incredibly verbose writing, very little happening, and Allison Hiroto's O.Ver.E.Nun.Ci.A.Tion was just too much for me. Before 1Q84, I would have told you that Murakami was my favorite living writer, but I am going to have to rethink that after this one. And yes, I have read everything of his that has been translated to English...

I thought both Marc Vietor and Mark Boyett gave great performances, but I reached a point of having to listen to Ms Hiroto at 1.5x speed just to get through her labored passages.

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Really enjoyed it.

Revisado: 10-02-14

Let me state this first: if you are put off by drug use and/or sex (both hetero and homo, both intimate and anonymous), you will not like this book. I am put off by neither, and I really enjoyed it.

As the summary says, the book follows a few months in the life of a 29 year-old self-proclaimed party boy in London. There are clubs, drugs, parties, and some seriously seedy behavior in the disabled loo. You'll learn about lampshade design, hangover avoidance, the power of baths, and the emotional blackmail of a particularly precocious child.

I think Alan Cumming is the best (or certainly one of the best) book readers out there, and if you enjoy him as an actor, performer, activist, and human, you will likely enjoy this book, too. I'll admit my bias here — I adore him — and I loved Tommy's Tale.

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No Rooster, sadly, but otherwise wonderful.

Revisado: 04-09-12

"Me Talk Pretty One Day" is hilarious, poignant, and absurd, and Sedaris is, as always, a stellar narrator. I absolutely loved it. I subtracted one star overall, because my favorite story form the book, "You Can't Kill the Rooster" was abridged out of it. Bummer. I would so love to hear David Sedaris read that one.

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ABRIDGED?!?!?!?

Revisado: 08-02-10

Nowhere on the information page does it say this is abridged, but it is! I am so upset ??? I wouldn't have bought it if I knew. I love this book and was very much looking forward to experiencing it again. What a waste of Audible credit.

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such a shame

Revisado: 05-06-10

I love this book, and I love Tim Curry. However, I do not love this recording at all. Basically the issues can be summed up as thus: the way it is abridged makes it difficult to follow if you haven't already read the full text; and the quality of the audio recording (although NOT the quality of the narration, which is excellent) makes listening difficult at best. This is such a shame, as I love the text and the reader and had hoped for great things.

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