MissEvie

Wonderful for long car rides with children

Revisado: 06-23-23

My daughter has listened to this four times. She is 6 and desperately wants a farm and has learned so much from this book. I’m not going to lie, four times was too many for me, but it shows how good it is that she’d continue listening to it a fifth time if I didn’t veto it. Ha! The narrator is great and I like the many interesting facts and the moral lessons in the story. We listened to this in the car every day to and from school and on longer drives. Guaranteed silence while she listens intently.

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Lovely to listen to with your kiddos

Revisado: 06-23-23

I loved this book as a child and recently enjoyed listening to this book with my 6 year old daughter. I loved the narrator’s voice and her accents and the story is a classic, a simple plot for children and beautiful writing for the adults. I love how the author describes the garden, as if it were a character itself.

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Good listening - felt like a fireside yarn with an interesting character

Revisado: 04-14-22

I imagine I would not have enjoyed this book as much had I read it from the physical book - Matthew McConaughey narrating lends a texture and tone to the text that is engaging, amusing, enthralling, and entertaining. Parts that seem heavy and even traumatic are lightened by his tone; other parts are given brevity or levity depending on his reading. I really enjoyed his accent (I am Australian so it was novel for me!) and his values - he seems like a man who has a lot of courage and old-fashioned values uniquely combined with a sort of progressive world view that I think makes him an interesting and not easily pigeon-holed ‘character.’ I also enjoyed the lessons he imparted - I read some other reviewers comment that these lessons were unnecessary or a bit naff but if one doesn’t look back on one’s life and reflect, what’s the point? I appreciated what he shared and the insight he has gleaned over an interesting life. Overall it’s a great way to spend a few hours listening and I would highly recommend Greenlights. Lost one star as I suspect the format of the physical book didn’t translate 100% to this format - I understand there are notes and photographs that are obviously missing from the Audible format but are referred to in the text. That was a bit confusing and I had to do some Googling to see what Mr McConaughey was referring to.

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