Erin Cline

Very fun, the narration is particularly good

Revisado: 02-21-23

I've only read a few of the Discworld books, and found this one very enjoyable. I really liked that the narrator gave a terrific performance, giving each of the characters a voice and cadence, as well as the voices of Death and the postscripts being their own separate actors. Definitely recommend!

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Extremely dull and unsatisfying

Revisado: 01-03-23

The alternating narrators both put in good performances, but can't save this book from its wild mismarketing.

This is not a heist story. A heist occurs in the background, but this is really a book about five very good looking people having long internal philosophical ruminations. If the book was marketed as a character study I think I would have enjoyed it much more, though one of the five main characters is so wholly unlikeable with no redemption or consequences that even that wouldn't be fully enjoyable.

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heartbreaking and beautiful

Revisado: 11-29-22

Such an outrageously sad story, and Rob Delaney handles it so wonderfully - you'll cry but you'll also laugh and feel the deep love he had for his son.

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really enjoyable, especially post movie culture

Revisado: 11-27-22

there is so much detail in this book that it all started to wash over me, but in a pleasant way, like listening to your grandma gossip with her friends. the narrator was excellent and did a great job having district voices for all of the people quoted. I'm going to listen to the Sunset Boulevard one next because i enjoyed this one so much.

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such a great series

Revisado: 10-04-22

I've really enjoyed all of the entries in this series, and this was no exception.

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would recommend even with caveats

Revisado: 06-24-22

Overall i thought the concept and execution were excellent. It was challenging and engaging and did a great job of digging into each of the sections.

It was occasionally hard to grapple with the disconnect between the descriptions of genocide and hatred towards Jewish people while simultaneously elevating Israel as a political body without mention of the apartheid currently happening there.

And while i thought the narrator did a good job with the somber tone of the work, there were often times where it felt like she was going to burst into tears at any moment, which could be distracting from the work of the text.

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interesting poems, strange narration choices

Revisado: 06-02-22

overall i enjoyed this - some of the poems were particularly good, especially in the back half - but some of the narration choices were strange, and gave the production a "spooky" feeling where it wasn't really warranted and which took away from the content of the poems.

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beautiful, sad story

Revisado: 05-31-22

the book itself is very good - a great magical realism novel - but i especially enjoyed the performance and the way the novel within the novel is presented. would definitely recommend.

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excellent!

Revisado: 05-20-22

the story was fun and well done, and I've never heard a narrator more suited for a book than Ezra Buzzington is for this one. definitely recommend!

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some really good strategies for dealing with anger

Revisado: 03-18-22

in general i thought there was some really useful information for learning to deal with anger, but the swearing kind of felt like a teenager who just figured out what bad words are and is determined to use them as often as possible.

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