Ashley J.

HOW did I forget to review this???

Revisado: 05-31-18

I'm embarrassed to admit that this narration was my introduction to Stephen King. I'm also really proud of that because WOW what a way to wet one's feet! I've never read this book, or any others, and have only seen a handful of the screen adaptations of his works. I knew nothing about Pet Sematary, other than it was a book he'd written.

I won't bore you with the plot because you can read that anywhere. As a mother of young children, particularly of a just-turned-two-year-old boy, I'm glad I spoiled myself before jumping into the story blind. So just a heads-up there for any SK virgins like me.

What I'm here to talk about is the telling of the story itself. Michael C Hall is masterful. He is amazing. You become lost in his narration. I would purposely let him read me to sleep because it'd give me weird dreams and I'd have to relisten in the morning to find where I'd left off. When you have to take a break from listening, you miss him reading to you. You're sad when it's over, and it's nothing to do with how the book itself ends. He is that good. I firmly believe Mr Hall was born to do two things in life: 1) Dexter, and 2) this book.

Put it in your cart already. You will not be disappointed.

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Maybe it's ...me? (But I don't think it's me.)

Revisado: 05-14-18

Can't remember the last time my apathy towards a protagonist teetered on actual contempt. This was a tedious listen for me, salvaged only by Ben Barnes gifting the story an energy it didn't deserve. He's rocky to start but soon finds his comfort zone, giving each character their own voice and doing the best he can with the source material. It took a good eight hours for the book to get interesting, and that plot line is painfully short-lived. I basically only managed to finish the listen out of spite for having spent a credit on it.

Zadie Smith seems to be quite highly regarded as an author, but I was unfamiliar with her work and this was not the best first impression. There are a few gems as far as turns-of-phrase go; there was, I think, one line in the whole text that got an honest laugh out of me. Those highlights, however, were too few and far between.

Then again, I don't claim to be some great intellect, so maybe the whole thing was lost on me. I am a natural pragmatist; I have an odd sense of humour; I've read some really cerebral/artsy/dark/weird stuff in my time. I tend to gravitate more towards books that want to be appreciated; this thing is so je-ne-sais-quoi that I'm not sure it actually expects anyone to finish it, let alone come out the other side with anything other than indifference and a wish for their time back.

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Gripping

Revisado: 02-09-18

Who knew Krysten Ritter had this in her? I didn't! Amazing story and well narrated.

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