Kelly

One of the best recorded versions ever

Revisado: 04-20-25

I thoroughly enjoyed this version. I gave it five stars, although I dithered because I absolutely did not like his voice of Tom Bombadil. Think Disney’s Goofy and Star Wars’ Jar-Jar Binks, with a little bit of Woody Woodpecker sprinkled in. Simply awful.

Everything else, though, absolutely made up for it. I will definitely listen to this again, but skip his Tom Bombadil chapter. Too bad, because I love Tom Bombadil.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Repeating chunks = confusion

Revisado: 11-29-24

The story is good, and the narrator is absolutely amazing, but poor editing made the story hard to follow.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

A quiet warrior - thank you, Cassidy!

Revisado: 10-02-23

I’ve been worried about our country’s future, but if there are more young men and women with Cassidy Hutchinson’s courage and honesty, we are safer than we think. Thank you.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

More than just a book

Revisado: 06-20-23

As I listened, I found myself thinking I haven’t listened to Streisand in a while. Several days later, I rewound to get myself back in the story, then realized I only know Carol Burnett’s TV work, not her broadway work, so spent another few days in a YouTube spiral amazed at how incredible she is, then watched her 90 years of love and laughter Netflix special and marveled how Cher still has it, and so on and so on. Listening to the book the second time, I thought I would just be able to listen straight through, but wondered how on earth I missed Randy Rainbow’s interview with Terry Gross, but kept pausing that to listen to the whole Randy Rainbow song, not just the snippet played on Fresh Air.

You get the picture. Playing With Myself is just so full of humor and love and wonderful nuggets of sunshine, it’s more than just a book.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Reader’s Simba voice is even more annoying

Revisado: 04-05-21

This readers Simba voice has always been annoying – more like an aged hillbilly mule, but in this book the reader has inexplicably drawn out the braying even more. Fortunately, he doesn’t feature prominently in this book. The endless dithering about what layers of good and evil are in the twins has gotten old, though. Only reason I am listening to this and the last one is to find out how the story resolves. It feels like the series could’ve ended a while ago, frankly

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Jaw-dropping realism – not for the faint of heart

Revisado: 02-22-20

I started listening to this early on a Sunday morning. I was riveted for the entire 10 1/2 hours. There’s so many things to say about this book. It broke my heart to not only hear everything these three women went through, but to also find out it could’ve been stopped, but no one believed them. The letter the youngest wrote to the FBI and other officers brought me to tears.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Abuela!!!

Revisado: 11-15-17

If you’re a Jane the Virgin fan, you’ll love this. Even if you’re not Team Michael.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 11 personas

Great job!

Revisado: 04-13-17

I loved his transparent honesty and vulnerability. That, combined with his razor sharp wit, made for excellent reading without getting syrupy or maudlin.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Rowling is great - would prefer Fry's version

Revisado: 08-14-16

I love Harry Potter, but I wish Americans could order Fry's version of the audiobooks rather than Jim Dale's. I first encountered Jim Dale in another series and absolutely hated the way he voiced girls and women - and two of the three main characters were female. He was so bad, I researched a bit to find out why this fun, promising book (The Emerald Atlas, btw) had such a terrible reader and was very surprised to learn he had won awards for Harry Potter! It took me quite a while to resign myself to get these audiobooks. Rowling never disappoints, but Dale is another thing altogether. He is quite good with most of the voices, but Hermoine's is so terrible, it has shades of sexism. I'm not calling him sexist, but he's just that bad.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 126 personas

We all need a friend like Rabia

Revisado: 08-13-16

Before Serial, I assumed, rather naively, that truth played a large part in our justice system. Now, I know that it relies on building credible cases, positioning circumstances so that the case seems credible to the less committed observer. If truth happens to line up with credibility, it's sometimes more a happy coincidence than a focused goal. Rabia, however is committed. Adnan's case should have slipped away, but Rabia has her spotlight fixed on truth and refuses to turn it off, annoying the hell out of people sometime, including friends and family. Others have said that Adnan's situation could happen to any of us; that is true and chilling to think about. More sobering is that few of us have a friend like her to help if it does.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña