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Great short novel

Revisado: 08-08-22

Loved it. After reading Station 11, this was a wonderful next course. Especially enjoyed haw all the various time lines were sewn together at the close.

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wonderful book

Revisado: 01-31-22

This was a fabulous read. Loved every moment. I think I enjoyed this even more than The Martian. sure hope Andy another one on the way!

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A Marvellous Performance

Revisado: 01-29-21

My only criticisms are that Stewart's voice for Tiny Tim is a little cloying, and that the text is somewhat abridged. I would have liked to hear the entire text.

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Atmospheric Lyrical, Prose Saves a Thin Plot

Revisado: 11-03-20

This story appears to be largely an examination of a young widow's recovery from unfathomable grief. As such, the strength of the superimposed plot ebbs and flows, much like grief, and also like grief, has a patchy, ill-defined and unsatisfying ending. It is also a series of well-drawn character studies of a village full of flawed, yet (mostly) sympathetic characters, the ones most closely surrounding the main character, Maya, making up an unlikely but caring adoptive family. In this aspect, the writer does better. It is also a sort of love letter to the landscape of the Himalayan foothills, a task for which the narrator's buttery voice is perfectly suited.

Not a great listen for people who need everything neatly tied up and spelled out, but worth your time if you like an introspective and realistic story about emerging from tragedy.

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Like Drinking Treacle

Revisado: 12-02-17

What disappointed you about The Book of Joy?

Repetitive. It could be boiled down to 50 pages or less. The discussion moderator, Abrams, inserts himself an awful lot in a narrative that is supposed to be about the joy of being less preoccupied with yourself and your own problems. He also spends a lot of pages gushing about how cute and wonderful the Dalai Lama and Archibishop Tutu are. Kind of goes without saying.

Would you ever listen to anything by the authors again?

No.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Douglas Carlton Abrams and full cast ?

No.

What character would you cut from The Book of Joy?

Douglas Abrams. A straight discussion transcript would have been more interesting.

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Wonderful telling of one of my favorite novels

Revisado: 11-30-17

I hate to admit it, but this is one of those always remembered, life influencing novels for me. I read it in high school when it 1st came out and I was rivetted. King helped me to solidify my pessimistic outlook on humanity in parallel with my Cold War total destruction awareness. whether by bombs or germs, we humans are just one 10th of a step away from fulfilling our global murder/suicide pact.

How lovely.

I enjoyed the resonant baritone of the reader. Very commanding and authoritative. But I must say, there were some unusual mispronounciations: Conoco gas station, the old Pontiac Bonneville, there was an odd little town in either California or Nevada (the name escapes me) and the old M1 Garand rifle. Now, I'm sure I would fare far worse in the name game, but those were the ones I noticed.

Again, I thoroughly enjoyed the Aubible experience with this old novel that remains so dear to me!

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