Sally Harrison-Pepper

Clever & Well Performed

Revisado: 06-12-23

The story had surprising, funny, and unique elements. I usually give this genre three stars. By comparison, this certainly deserves five.

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Bad Narration

Revisado: 08-15-15

Until I went back and checked, I assumed this book was being badly read by the author. Now I see it was badly read by someone else! It's a great book, but stick to a print copy. I gave up listening after several painful hours when the narrator said "calary sap" instead of "salary cap." Incredible.

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Should've Stayed in the Desk Drawer

Revisado: 07-18-15

After all the hoopla about this book, and after listening to To Kill a Mockingbird right before buying this, I had high hopes of finding some new insights into TKaM and author Harper Lee. I now conclude, however, that Lee's sister Alice was correct in withholding and refusing to let anyone publish this thing. A HIUGE disappointment that also makes me angry that all the hype was clearly designed to simply cash in on Mockingbird's success without a thought about Lee or her readers. It is worth noting, too, that Lee's publisher was only able to grab this clearly unrevised & unedited hunk of paper and publish it after Alice died.

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Big Disappointment

Revisado: 03-28-15

Nearly half the book was spent summarizing the previous book, the rest circled around much of the time, and then it abruptly ended.

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Dated & Droning

Revisado: 03-21-14

Information is presented by a droning narrator. Conclusions are no longer persuasive -- much has changed since this book was written.

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I Really Wanted to Like This Book

Revisado: 11-09-13

I teach a course on "Baseball & American Culture" and was really excited about this book. The subject needs more attention than it's had in the past and this seemed so promising. Unfortunately, the book is poorly structured, wandering all over the place, and is read by a plodding narrator who sounds like he's in his 70's (no slur on age -- I'm in my 60's -- but on his pacing (repetitive) and vocal timbre). I had to give up after three hours. Giving the disorganized structure, the written version will likely not be any better. Very disappointing.

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Not As Good as the First

Revisado: 10-11-13

As my title says, this one was not even close to being as good as the first in this series. The first was well written. This one seemed formulaic. I won't be listening to more, I suspect.

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Smart Book with an Unfortunate Narrator

Revisado: 02-23-13

Lewis presents a provocative, scholarly argument that takes considerable focus to listen to and fully grasp (I've purchased the book to re-read his argument). And while I very much appreciated his perspectives, the narrator was extremely annoying in his frequently mispronounced words. Dominant among these words, and one that author Lewis uses throughout his book: "Pastoral." Pronounced "pas-TOR-al" by the narrator, every time he said it, I had to keep saying out loud: PAS-tor-al. grrrrr.... I went to online dictionaries to listen to audible pronunciations of this word, just to confirm that some new way of saying it hadn't entered the English language. It hasn't. So, the narrator (and whoever let him continue saying not only this word -- an especially important one when talking about the myth of baseball -- but the names of players as well) made this an even more difficult read. But I pushed on because I found the argument fascinating and, well, SMART.

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Staccato Plot

Revisado: 02-01-13

This book had a weird, staccato feeling, in which plot elements jumped around and sometimes seemed to omit important information. It kept me from really engaging with the book in ways I might have with a smoother ride. In addition, the narrator was perhaps instructed to read with the vocal affect originally from Valley Girls but now much more widespread that is known as "vocal fry" at the end of sentences -- that growly, I'm-so-bored kind of tone -- and it annoyed the heck out of me. I tried to overlook it or credit it as an intentional, performative device, but it was difficult to do so.

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Beautiful!

Revisado: 11-26-12

This is a beautifully written book. The language and structure are so great that I'm going to buy a hard copy so that I can reread and admire the author's beautiful choices. The reader does a good job -- not as beautiful as the writing, but good enough to convey a great story.

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