B. Okstad

Read the End First

Revisado: 05-17-24

Engaging for most of story, but, since the author cites Stephen King at one point, there's no way that cock-a-doodie ending isn't a cheat. "I didn't cheer. I stood right up and started shouting...."

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Runs rich and deep

Revisado: 01-06-22

Thick with detail and observation yet engaging and largely well-paced for a family saga.

The pace of narration, though, was too slow for me, perhaps because I was jumping between hard copy and Audible. This was the first book that I listened to selections from at anything other than 1x speed.

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Wish I'd caught the live show

Revisado: 09-20-21

Entertaining and, at times only through inference, insightful. Certainly open, as they say, about her struggles and her life with parents who seem to be unprepared or uninterested in the role.

My guess is that her delivery would have worked better for me as an audience in a live show, but it was worth the listen.

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Wonderful, at least as a complement

Revisado: 07-13-21

This is an odd listen. Carr's writing and rhetorical style is clearly based on some strategies he's found effective, but/and the repetition and use of analogy can be a bit off-putting. But here I am, without a drink for the longest stretch since the pandemic began and, more importantly, completely without the desire for a drink for the first time in almost thirty years. This was my second listen, and it's also just one tool in my toolbox, but right now it seems to have put me over the top.

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not for everyone?

Revisado: 12-01-19

Kermode is my recommendation for listeners "of a certain age"--GenX and slightly older perhaps. Film lovers of any generation, though, might enjoy his incisive, witty, and detailed observations and anecdotes. I'll be listening to this one again and again.

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More Pate please

Revisado: 09-06-17

This story was engaging and thought provoking from beginning to end. Graham's performance leaves me wanting to find more of his readings. (I've rated the performance a four rather than five because of the frustrating changes in volume level--whispering when characters whisper riding to high volume when characters do.) I'd love to hear more of Alexs Pate's work on audible!

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Engaging and entertaining

Revisado: 01-25-16

Excellent reading and a story that consistently satisfies. I am surprised by just how thoroughly I have been enjoying this series

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Say what?

Revisado: 12-20-15

After a couple of Vonnegut audio books, I've come to the conclusion that, on the whole, I prefer to read his work, not listen to it. There are just too many lines I find myself wanting to return to.

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