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The Book of Longings
- A Novel
- De: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò, Sue Monk Kidd
- Duración: 13 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,978
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,233
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,203
In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with 18-year-old Jesus changes everything.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Made me cringe
- De Joan en 05-08-20
- The Book of Longings
- A Novel
- De: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò, Sue Monk Kidd
Beautiful retelling of the Jesus myth
Revisado: 01-12-23
If you like interesting, strong, complex female voices, you’ll love this book. If you like books like Circe and The Red Tent, you’ll love this book. If you’re more into the Bible, and take it literally, this isn’t for you. This masterpiece uses well-developed characters and a fun reimagining of the Jesus myth to explore themes of sexism, bigotry, and religious oppression, without being too heavy handed. Sue Monk Kidd’s critique of religion is reserved and fair; she could have gone much further.
The negative reviews aren’t examining the book from a literary perspective but are instead just people offended by someone challenging their religious perspective. The Christian complaint is coming from people who literally believe Jesus pulled the ole zombie-resurrection-trick; and the Jewish complaint is coming from people in denial about the sexism and severity that is written into Judaism, just as it is written into other religions.
If you’re more into literature than religion; you’ll love this book.
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The End of Men
- De: Christina Sweeney-Baird, DeNica Fairman
- Narrado por: Rebecca Perfect, William Hope, Penelope Rawlins, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 11
Glasgow, 2025. Dr Amanda Maclean is called to treat a young man with a mild fever. Within three hours, he dies. The mysterious illness sweeps through the hospital with deadly speed. This is how it begins. The victims are all men. Dr Maclean raises the alarm, but the sickness spreads to every corner of the globe. Threatening families. Governments. Countries. Can they find a cure before it’s too late? Will this be the story of the end of the world - or its salvation?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great narration, otherwise disappointing.
- De Lisa en 05-19-21
Mostly about loss; Not about matriarchal society
Revisado: 04-07-22
I was hoping for a thought experiment that explores how society would be different if dominated by women -maybe a modern version of ‘Herland.’ While there are glimpses of this , they are minor and easy; phones become smaller to fit female hands - not exactly a feat of imagination. That said, the book is well written and does a good job of capturing loss and grief and the feeling of loneliness that occurs despite being surrounded by others in similar situations. Mostly it is just a retelling of the plague we’ve just been through. It feels like a bit of a wasted premise. Why kill the men if you’re not really going to explore what that means? The best part is the narration; each character is perfectly performed.
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Project Hail Mary
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 16 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 194,406
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 177,831
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 177,279
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bazinga
- De Davidgonzalezsr en 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Cringe, but not on purpose
Revisado: 02-16-22
I liked the start of this story: a single character in a single room trying to figure out what was going on. It was a fun puzzle of an opener. And I don't mind the junk science that litters the story throughout. The problem is that the protagonist is desperate to appear smart but also funny and self-deprecating but it just comes off like David Brent/Michael Scott -except not on purpose.
The tone is one of false modesty and cloying smugness: 'Oh gosh, how dumb, I was so busy thinking about quantum mechanics, I almost forgot about thermodynamics.' The character claims not to be a linguist expert but can learn an alien language in days, he's not an astronaut but can pilot a spaceship, he never asked to be a hero but... and so on.
The character is a "cool" middle school science teacher who really CARES about his students (as opposed to all other teachers???) . Years ago he published an irrelevant paper and hasn't been a researcher since and yet we are asked to believe that he is the one -the ONLY one- who can save the planet. And not just our planet, but his alien friend's planet too.
Both story and narrator remind me of those men who believe they're infinitely smarter than you but want credit for treating you like a person. If you are a teenage boy in need of a hero fantasy, this might fit the bill. For the rest, it feels like maturbatory, lazy writing.
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