Lisa H

Superb, moving and deeply relevant to me

Revisado: 11-27-23

The book’s narrative has mirrored my own grief. It took my breath away. Beautifully performed. I was overwhelmed by the sadness and her bravery and the grief she had to endure.

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Deeply moving

Revisado: 07-28-22

I was gripped from the beginning and while I don’t understand this kind of deep love of a flawed partner, I am so grateful that I haven’t had to experience this. This book is deeply moving and I couldn’t stop listening. I feel the author was so brave to make a life outside of this person but still loving him so deeply, she kept being drawn back to him. So many feelings but most of all, a respect for the author. Thank you for this sharing.

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Wonderful messages and illustrations

Revisado: 05-22-21

This book has made it very easy to chat about manners and kindness with children. The cadence of the rhyming means that it’s easy for my children to recite back. Having audible for the car means that they have been able to follow along in their books. Very sweet.

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A Gripping Novel!

Revisado: 03-30-21

This gripping novel gave a great sense of the American wild. Plus showing how politics can influence the way National Parks are run. The human side of the story was very believable.

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I never wanted the book to end!

Revisado: 05-06-20

The story was intense and the narrator read each character with incredible depth. I never wanted it to end!

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Feelings, having listened to The Long Night

Revisado: 05-31-18

I'm not sure that in reviewing this book i can actually say I "liked" it and give it 5 stars, though I have done so. Ernst Israel Bornstein wrote of his experiences in many concentration camps not long after his liberation, so the writing is more raw than most survivor books. He names names and his bitterness is evident but nevertheless I just couldn't put it down until the very end. This book should be read by all school children, with discussion afterwards and films to hammer the lesson home so that this never happens again.

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Beautiful story - starting in the wild west

Revisado: 01-24-17

What did you love best about The Son?

I loved the three stories and how they were read, keeping me in the character of a specific chapter's activities and how the three lives dovetailed throughout the length of the book.

What other book might you compare The Son to and why?

Lonesome Dove - just an all time favorite of mine.
Grapes of Wrath - the history interwoven into a life story

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

Pete - his character became more and more complicated throughout the book and kept me guessing as to how he impacted on the Colonel's and Jeannie's life.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was just transported with each character's rendition of events.

Any additional comments?

I did not find that the 3 stories were any less or more compelling than each other. I was intrigued right up to end and now want to listen again for anything I may have missed. ii really loved it.

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Such a moving, honest insight

Revisado: 08-13-16

What did you love best about Beautiful Boy?

I was so moved by the insight of being a parent to an addict, loving that boy so much and just the pain of being in the parent-addict relationship. I felt the author was so truthful relating his parent- child guilt about divorce and decisions that were made during that time. It was painful and deeply insightful to listen to the author's angst in trying to connect with his beautiful boy and wanting to help him

Who was your favorite character and why?

I felt empathy for all of the characters.

Have you listened to any of Anthony Heald’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, not that I know of.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Every time the son and father managed to get to a stage where both were committed to do the steps to recovery.

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Disapointing

Revisado: 08-13-16

What disappointed you about Addict Chick?

I feel that the author wrote a soft / maybe not so soft porn book under the guise of a book about addiction. I felt it was shallow and not a true reflection of the angst of addiction that I am really looking to try and understand. I felt only scathing dislike for the author and marginal sympathy for the (hardly mentioned) ex-husband and the mother.

Has Addict Chick turned you off from other books in this genre?

Maybe I just picked a bad one. The addicts that I am trying to understand are a lot less self-opinionated. But now I will so research on the author first before I buy the book.

What aspect of Stephanie Rose’s performance would you have changed?

The narrator just had a below-average book to read.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Addict Chick?

The detailed sex scenes I felt were not realistic. I kept trying to imagine that they were real to her, so this is why there was such an attraction. But I honestly could not relate. And maybe that is a thing about me. But I just could not relate.

Any additional comments?

Don't read this book if you are trying to understand the urges of an addict.

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Fascinating and incredibly insightful account

Revisado: 05-02-14

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The author relayed exactly what it was like for these young soldiers to experience a war that many did not believe in but felt torn / obligated to participate in to defend their personal honour and their country. It was so insightful and the anguish was so palpable. Each character introduced came alive. It was brutal in that I had to compare the decisions that my own son would have to make.

Which scene was your favorite?

I listened to this book twice in succession to just get everything and not miss a single section. If I had to choose, it would be where the author tries to flee to Canada and meets up with the old man who helped him make his decision. How eternally grateful I would be if I was a parent of this son and had this man guide my boy through this terrible and emaotional time.

Any additional comments?

This book is one of the most profound audible experiences I have had.

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