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Great performance and a fun story.

Revisado: 12-20-23

The story is fun and oddly sweet with tons of little surprises throughout. But the real highlight is the great performance.

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Delightful performance.

Revisado: 12-10-23

Euan Morton’ performance truly elevates this book. I will listen to all of the other books in this series in audio form only because this is such an enjoyable performance. The story is diverting and mostly interesting. My only complaint is that we are told by one of the characters who has secret knowledge that the central mystery should be able to be logically deduced from the clues given. The actual solution is quite convoluted, so the murder mystery aspect doesn’t really work, but as Shakespearean farce it is entertaining.

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Wonderful narration and lyrical prose

Revisado: 11-17-23

The highlights of this book are the poetic prose which is made even better by the entrancing narration. This book is also a great meditation on how we create identities for ourselves. The story itself was a bit more open ended than I would have liked. But overall this was very enjoyable.

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Interesting, but could have delved deeper.

Revisado: 05-17-23

This book had some interesting examples and case studies, but could have delved much deeper. A lot was just common sense or information that anyone who’s paying attention probably already has. There are much better books about the flawed ways our brains parse the world, but this is a decent introduction for someone new to the topic. The author has a decent sense of humor which makes this less dry than some cognitive science books.

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Good, but a little too long.

Revisado: 04-22-22

Interesting, but could have been pared down a lot. It felt a bit repetitive at times.

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Interesting and thought provoking.

Revisado: 12-20-21

In the style of Bill Bryson or Mary Roach the author takes a seemingly mundane topic and delves into its hidden complexities. Though not as deftly written as a Bryson or Roach book, this is an interesting and illuminating story.
The narrator does a solid job when he is reading from the voice of the author, but when the author is in conversation with another person, the performer adopts a really dorky voice. Clearly he is trying to make the voice sufficiently different that there is no ambiguity about who is speaking, but the voice he chooses is awkward and off-putting.
Overall, it’s worth a listen though.

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Amazing performance.

Revisado: 08-15-21

This book is an important piece of American history made better by an amazing performance. I would listen to Prentice Onayemi read the phone book.

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Brilliant but depressing

Revisado: 06-24-21

Great performance and sometimes brilliant writing but most of the characters lead sad and empty lives, so it’s best to listen to these stories in small chunks.

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great performance

Revisado: 06-24-21

I feel bad saying I loved this book because It couldn't exist without people being truly awful, but Amber and Lacey are great story tellers and it's important that this awfulness gets exposed. This is a master class in turning pain into humor.

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Really good prose, but flawed story.

Revisado: 05-09-21

The writing was deft and interesting but the story required every single character to be unbelievably oblivious. The premise was so dependent on every character not noticing obvious things that it was hard to suspend disbelief. Still, I would try other works by this author just on the strength of the prose.

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