Les Ross

Just excellent

Revisado: 08-09-23

Heading now to re-listen. For such a long story, as a listener I had no sense of the narrative being padded out or ponderous. Really, really enjoyable.

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Oppressive, somehow.

Revisado: 07-04-23

I thought I’d like this more. There’s not a lot of substance to it. Likeable enough though the deadpan wears a little. And the verse and singing are pants.

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If only all autobiography...

Revisado: 05-21-21

...got as close to doing its job properly as this one. Imagine!? You get some insight to someone, how they are who they are, where they’ve been in their lives, their points of view, their honesty, strength, frailty, confoundedness in the face of ignorance and some horrific realities (vile and blatant antisemitism) All set in these current times where dignity has often been traded for mammon. I liked Seth. Now I really like him and look forward to what I hope will be for him a long fruitful time in and out of the public eye. And his next piece of writing. He can write. He should do a bunch of essays on themes close to his heart or themes that hurt his heart. If he can make time. Of course.

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Abridged!!! Why!!?

Revisado: 02-10-21

The heft of this novel is cruelly dispatched by this hatchet job. Abridged, indeed. I could have lived without all the guitar nonsense. Wouldn’t have missed listening to the story though and I’ve downloaded the next book in the series. A more satisfactory 13 hours worth. David Tennant, eh!! Bright future that lad.

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Great fun

Revisado: 03-13-18

A lark of a story. Not breaking any new ground and not particularly original either. But very satisfying, engaging, fully rounded, and I’ll be back for more.

The reader, however, can do an English accent, an almost passable Scottish accent, and a Caribbean accent. Characters not English or Scottish, sound like they’ve come from The Caribbean. Most perplexing.

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Evocative

Revisado: 03-03-18

Unvarnished truthful documentary, well edited and structured, and read by Martin Sheen. While the evocation is marvellous and oddly beautiful, it doesn’t step back from the heroism met with ingrained racial prejudices in play.

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At last, Joni in her true voice

Revisado: 03-03-18

Too often I’ve read Joni in interview and rankles at the tone communicated. As ever, the voice and agenda of the interviewer prevails. Not here. Malka brings the truest most believable experience most of us will have of this unique artist.
A few errors by the reader annoyed those of us more fully familiar with Joni Mitchell’s work.

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Out of date

Revisado: 08-22-17

Science doesn't stop. Quickly upon starting to listen one is tripped up by statements evidencing that things have moved on and what is being heard acquires the shade of unreliability and being behind the curve.

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Luxuriant

Revisado: 02-23-17

Immersive and a pleasure.
Very annoying repetition of some sections of the story recording also the recording cuts off before the story fully finishes.

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Ruined by the Reader

Revisado: 12-13-15

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The book is a good read. It's a great addition to the Dahl cannon. The return of the characters from previous work is effortless.

What was one of the most memorable moments of To the Top of the Mountain?

No, I can't say there was one. I liked the book's momentum, sense of place and character.

How could the performance have been better?

A different reader. One who understands when less is more. Some awful voices, completely at odds with the book (as I read it, and i *have* read it) it's place, pace and characters. If I encounter this reader again, I won't but the book to listen to.

Do you think To the Top of the Mountain needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I would like to see the team working again as a team or as individuals or paired. I think they're fully formed and tractable as characters that they could carry stories in their own right.

Any additional comments?

Never employ the reader again.

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