Jon

Profound prose on the redemption of trauma

Revisado: 06-20-22

Poignant, profound, and powerful. This beautifully written book explores the redemption of trauma, the importance of healing of the divine masculine and feminine in our society, and the value of being seen without judgement. The weaving personal tales of the author's rich life experiences that forged his purpose are told earnestly and engagingly, with a sincerity and vulnerability rarely heard on audiobook narration. The music, also done by the author, creates transitions between passages and an ambience that keeps the experience fluid, emotionally layered, and at times cinematic. This short and sweet book is a delight that I would recommend to anyone.

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Poorly written, and straight up boring

Revisado: 06-08-18

Honestly, I'm a little surprised that this book exists. For this to be, it would have had to get through an agent, an editor, and the publisher themselves. It reads like a high school student keeping a diary of their family trip (except with much more drinking involved), and is written about as well too. What all this means, aside from having the most vapid, meaningless points to make about travel, is that the book is just plain boring. I care very little for the characters, and the events lessen that at every turn. That's not to say it's all bad. As a huge travel book fan it is nice to have the escapism this book provides, but seriously, almost any other option out there is better than this.

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It could have been good...

Revisado: 07-11-16

What would have made Wanderlust better?

I read many reviews saying that this story was focused too much on the sex, and that there was too much condescension from the author. And to a degree they were right, but my main issue is that it commits a much greater sin in that the majority of it is just plain boring. For having such a large quantity of life experiences in foreign lands, one would think she might have something a little more interesting to say about them other than the most shallow and obvious of observations, or else what guy she is trying to sleep with. One doesn't even get the sense that she genuinely even likes traveling, but rather that it is a great excuse to not have to face the realities of life, and a great way to sleep with people guilt free. Too many unimportant (at least in my own personal opinion) details are dwelt on endlessly, while many things that would start to pique my interest are glossed over almost as an after thought. Which is really too bad. As far as the sex stuff goes, I really didn't mind it too much, except when it seemed to take the focus to extremes, or else served to make me dislike the author as a person, and I give her credit for at least being honest about her affairs. Her diction was good, though there were several instances where I felt a metaphor was used that was completely non sensical, and one occasionally got the distinct impression that she went through the entire thing with a thesaurus without giving much thought to how the sentences actually flowed. If it weren't for the interesting, but brief, middle part of the story, it's very unlikely I would have finished. A lot of potential here, but sadly unrealized

Would you ever listen to anything by Elisabeth Eaves again?

Not likely. I find her outlook and ideas behind things to be quite uninteresting.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

well enough, yes.

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