kathryn gray

As a woman, I can finally appreciate Jim Harrison with this book.

Revisado: 09-11-24

Dalva is strong & courageous. That Harrison could write of a woman’s tenderness, independence & sexuality is a revelation I would never have believed until I read this book.

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An imagined light onto a classic.

Revisado: 03-26-24

The torments of good vs evil in the mind & actions of a virtuous man during wartime.

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Read this one instead of listening.

Revisado: 02-03-24

I actually read this Pulitzer Prize winner again in preparation for my Book Club. I liked it so much better & could easily recognize the brilliance of Diaz’writing.
It was so much more understandable, seeing the chapter headings & reading the unusual punctuation of Part II.

The Audible narrator (the director of the narrator?) did nothing to clarify that the discrepancies in narration were indicative of separate “voices” in the telling of the same story.

Skip the Audible version & go to your library.

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Confusing but Enlightening.

Revisado: 11-17-23

Confusing at times. Enlightening at others.
Entertaining nonetheless.
Certainly has sent me to learn more… about the Netanyahus, about revisionism, about Sephardic Judaism and the Inquisition, about Zionist Israel.

Do not miss the “Credits and Extra Credits.”

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Stunning Storytelling.

Revisado: 05-31-23

I loved this book. I loathed this story. It is brilliantly told. It is stunningly narrated. It should make you laugh and scare you to tears.
I have recommended it to several true readers (absorbers), but I think that Bulawayo’s telling is so much more powerful being told by Chung’s masterful narration.
Please listen… carefully.

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Haunting. Mesmerizing.

Revisado: 04-25-23

The writing is clean and taut. Some beautiful alliteration and word pictures.
Story is haunting and mesmerizing, and horrifying but sadly “real.”

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Difficult to hear despite good EarPods

Revisado: 11-12-21

We wanted to read/hear this as we were visiting Mesa Verde.
The story is palatable. The characters unsympathetic. The conclusion is predictable.

All would be tolerable for the pleasure of hearing the references to places within the National Park and some valuable history of the Ancient Peoples who lived there.

But the narrator was horrible. Her intonation was so raspy and guttural and her habit of dropping her voice at the end of a sentence so pervasive, that listening on the car speakers was impossible even at maximum volume.
Using excellent ear pods, (we each wore one apiece) many sentences were unheard at the “period” of the sentence.
We kept asking one another, “ What did she say?!”
I generally listen to audiobooks at 1.5 speed.
To understand the majority of this book, I had to slow it to 1.0.
I will not listen to this narrator again.

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Required reading for these troubled times.

Revisado: 09-12-20

Oh wow, was I ever ignorant? What an eye opener. I’m humbled. I’m even a bit ashamed. And yet I’ve listened and learned and perhaps can even be more core-compassionate to my brothers and sisters of color.

For my brothers and sisters of shared “caste” who continue to display behaviors and verbiage that purposely or inadvertently wound and that who seem hell bent on maintaining the status quo system, I do have some sad understanding of why they feel fear of losing whatever sense of superiority they have felt entitled.
Brava Ms. Wilkerson. Well done. Thank you.

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Rainbow Rich Novel of Everyone’s Favorite Movie

Revisado: 11-11-19

Excellent story line with lots of details to ponder. Don’t miss the authors postscript which explains her ideas for some of them.

I’m not crazy about the reader however. Voice is very high pitched and overly dramatic.

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Ripoff

Revisado: 06-11-19

Do not be fooled by the stunning opportunity to learn in-depth about Madam Curie. Do not be enticed by the previous credentials of Ms. Paula McLain. Do not believe for an instant that Audio Books would be so bold as to rip you off for 1credit for a one hour narrative. They will. They did. Never again will I purchase an Audio Exclusive but will save my precious $15.00 credits for a full length book. Beware!!

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