Adrienne Bonilla

Beautiful story and wonderful performance.

Revisado: 09-09-24

Loved everything. A sprawling, complex, beautiful, gripping, and moving. It’s been on my list for years and it was worth the wait.

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Excellent Twain collaboration . Loved this!

Revisado: 02-18-24

Very enjoyable book. I love Twain and this collaboration is entertaining and funny. I am astonished that it’s never been made into a movie. Great characters and storylines. The narration is superb.

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A lovely touching and fun book

Revisado: 12-07-23

I can’t recall how I chose this book but it was perfect. Well written, it pulls you in immediately and is such a joy. The writing is wonderful and keeps you totally engaged. The narration was really well done. I really enjoyed this one. Terrific story and great performances.

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Wonderful!

Revisado: 09-11-23

‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Have heard this forever but never knew the absolutely gripping, interesting backstory. Great but of history so well written it reads like great fiction. Narrator is perfect. Great read. Loved it!

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Very disappointing.

Revisado: 07-07-23

After reading London and Sarum by Rutherford, I was really excited to read New York. My expectation was that he would start at the very beginning (as he did with London) with, say, the indigenous people and work his way through time. He did not. He started with the Dutch. Then, although the title of the book is New York, referring to NYC, it really is not. It is the story of Manhattan. New York City is comprised of 5 boroughs and they each share in NY's rich history. Speaking of rich, the story starts out with a variety of diverse characters - which is fitting for a city such as New York that has always been a rich tapestry of cultures. But, eventually he seems to poop out and ends up with story focused on NY "blue bloods." I think he forgot he was not in London anymore. It became trite and formulaic. The narrator seemed to give up, too. As we near the final third of the book, his accents were terrible and, slightly insulting. As I say, I was very disappointed.

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Loved the writing, not sure about narrator or story

Revisado: 08-04-20

I am loving my return to classics. This one though.........? Tolstoy is a phenomenal writer who can mine, examine, and describe the innermost thoughts and emotions of a person like no other. I enjoyed another look at the lives of the Russian aristocracy. But, it’s an odd, diverging narrative with series of flawed characters. I’d recommend for a great book club read. Dense and chewy for discussion. Narrator was okay. I was annoyed by her flat accent and a couple of mispronunciations.

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One of my favorite historical tales ever!

Revisado: 05-07-20

True synergy of a wonderfully researched and well told story of the mutiny on the Bounty and superb narration. Exciting, gripping, and satisfying.

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Spectacular story and performance

Revisado: 12-29-19

This is my new favorite. Such a rich, satisfying, exciting, intriguing, spellbinding story. Wonderful! The narrator is incredible.

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Such s rich and charming book.

Revisado: 01-26-19

A charming, heartwarming, and entertaining story of March girls. Just lovely. The narrator- Barbara Caruso is phenomenal. She brings each and every character to fully realized life. Loved this classic. Well done!

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One of the very best performances of a classic!

Revisado: 12-18-18

Wow! I’m on a stroll through the classics and picked this one and I’m so pleased. Wonderful and rich and deep story by Melville. And one of the best reader/performers ever. One performer brings all the story, characters, and action to life. Quite incredible.

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