J. Hall

This book addresses needs

Revisado: 11-29-23

I have many loved ones who are going through intense, difficult times. The title of this book does not obviously recommend itself for their needs, but once I started listening to it I felt it had something each of them could use. It is well written and interesting, and I found it a comforting voice. I first discovered the book through an excerpt published in the NYT under “The Essential Skills for Being Human.” I have shared that excerpt with many, and bought the book several times already.

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Amazing Readers Bring Out the Best

Revisado: 11-17-21

I read a couple of the Narnia books as a child, but was not a committed fan. (Too many kids in the series are hard to like....) We found this recording when my children were assigned two of the stories, and now we are hooked on the series. The readers really give themselves to their books (in a way that persuades me they are fans themselves), and their interpretations are, on the whole, beautiful. Kenneth Branagh helped make The Magician's Nephew one of our favorites, and Alex Jennings' did the same for The Horse and His Boy; thanks to Jeremy Northam we are endeared to Puddleglum.

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Perfectly Cast Actors

Revisado: 11-17-21

I found myself revisiting this story recently, having last read it almost 30 years ago. I was not a great fan of Paradise Lost before, largely because Eve annoyed me so (she looks to Adam for leadership, while he looks to God), and some of Milton's inventions (mainly those surrounding the character of Sin) seemed gratuitous. Also, to a modern mind (or at least to my mind) some of the descriptions of Adam and Eve and their time in the garden seemed almost campy.
Having listened to this recording, I am amazed at the difference truly great readers make in the meaning of a story. The actors in this project could not have been better, and perform their roles with great dignity, and without the slightest irony. Listening to this recording helped me, I believe, experience this book as its 17th century author intended, rather than as my jaded eyes had seen it before.
That said, it would be of great help to students if the publisher would label the recorded segments with the specific book (and maybe even line numbers!) from which the reading was drawn. Anyone who wants to focus on just Book V of Paradise Lost, for instance, has to do a lot of work to figure out where he or she should start listening. This problem almost turned me off the audiobook before I'd really given it a chance.

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Excellent reading

Revisado: 07-28-21

Michael Jayston is a truly fine reader; it will be hard to read Le Carre ‘s works in the future without hearing Jayston as Smiley

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