Lorenzo Val

A magnificent achievement, beautifully narrated.

Revisado: 04-26-25

A moving and beautifully written WWI story that illuminates the best and worst aspects of humanity - the capacity for brutality and ignorance and for curiousity, care, compassion, loyalty and love. All set within the both harsh and beautiful Carpathian Mountains. The narrator is perfection and is able to pronounce the melange of languages of that place and that. time.
I liked this even better than "North Woods" which was brilliant.

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Another beautiful novel from a great author!

Revisado: 01-23-25

A beautifully woven story, braiding several characters with their landscape. It exudes love of land and nature, as well as of the flawed humans that live upon it.
Maybe one of my favorite of Erdrich’s novels.

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I wanted to like it, but was mostly irritated.

Revisado: 10-24-24

Being full of well meaning and meaningful tropes, alas, does not a good novel make. Needed to be edited by at least a third - so much repetition was highly annoying and unnecessary details (and I usually enjoy details) just kept going. Why the villain was so hateful and murderous is never really adequately explained, so that he was just a cookie cutter bad guy, while the heroine's motives and guilt went on and on. The themes are good: the importance of protecting nature, that all is connected and we need to care for each other and the planet, but this is not news. It becomes a lecture after a while - we get it! It might be more successful as a TV film. The narrator was excellent as the British heroine but her other accents were odd and weird.

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Perhaps my favorite Strout of all! Gorgeous!

Revisado: 09-16-24

I loved all the books about these characters and families, and this one ties them together so well ( but probably can stand on its own) and we meet a new family as well.
It is a beauty of a book, intimate and deep and moving. Contrary to some of the other reviewers, I LOVED the narrator's slow thoughtful narration. It is a book about human connection and the pauses allow the listener to feel the characters reacting in real time to each other. If you want a speed read or listen, I'd suggest another author. This novel is one to savor!

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Terrific tale, terrific prose, terrific narration!

Revisado: 08-14-24

I enjoyed this so much I didn't want it to end. Grossman is a brilliant writer who gives us a full sensory experience. His take on the Arthurian legend is fresh but obviously full of love for all the traditional iterations. The narration is superb and adds to the drama, pathos and humor.
My favorite audio this year!

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Lots of recapitulation in this final book of the series.

Revisado: 06-12-24

I am probably in the minority here, but I can barely stand to listen Cassidy’s narration, especially after listening to several books narrated by the fine British actress, Eleanor Bron. I recommend this as a paper read not a listen, unless you like your prose syrupy and sentimental and affected. It’s so sweet it made my teeth hurt.

The story, unfortunately, is a lot of rehash of the previous novels with some new good tidbits thrown in-perhaps the author’s way of looking back over the long series, and saying farewell, but it also seems to presuppose that the reader,who is now on the final book,is new to the story. As a result, I found much of it rather tedious.

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Engrossing story, sympathetic heroine, lovely seaside setting.

Revisado: 06-10-24

The narrator, whose dialogue was fine, drove me nuts with her (non-dialogue) strange pauses which interrupted the flow of the phrase, sentence, or even two word description.

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Superb narration

Revisado: 05-26-24

But an abrupt ending, rather disappointing. The author has created a carefully observed and described time and place in Oxford filled with interesting characters. The narrator brings it all to life perfectly. I would listen to anything that she narrates.

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beautifully written and performed heartbreaker

Revisado: 05-14-24

Not my favorite from a favorite author only because it is so sad - about human foibles, frailties, inadequacies. But brilliant writing and detailed observation, as always, of place and character, and the narration is perfection. Howard is an oft overlooked talent. Everything she's written deserves listening!

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Exquisite prose, exquisite performance!

Revisado: 04-19-24

The Cazalet series is one of the best audio experiences I’ve ever had. The narrator was one of Britain’s finest actresses, as well as the mother of the actor, DanielDay Lewis and close friend of the novelist. A tremendously moving and detailed World War II novel about the family at home,filled with love and loss.

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