Susie Bright

Sean Duff-heads, Get in Formation

Revisado: 02-09-25

I hope there will be more prequels like this one— we all have our little questions about Sean’s origins, and this unlocks a few with great merriment.

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Great performance by the actor.

Revisado: 01-13-25

I love the use of so much Scottish brogue and Gaelic. The descriptions of the Isle and the quirks of the people are beautifully described.

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Walt has no tact. lol

Revisado: 12-12-24

This is a classic Longmire mystery and shoot them up. Really weaving in lots of crazy angles. And finding to put away the bad guys who are somehow running $1 billion scam in the middle of Wyoming! Another Longmire romance.

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Racist Anti-Obama Premise

Revisado: 11-02-24

It’s core premise being that all evil flows from a “left liberal” and clueless black president (Obama, given the timeline). Laughable racism

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Great acting.

Revisado: 09-17-24

I enjoyed the thinly veiled billionaire/titan metaphor. Very entertaining to imagine the rich as actually physically different, as they do often do.

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Unremorsefully cruel protagonist.

Revisado: 07-21-24

The self defining individualistic morals, entirely relative to the motivations of the character, creates the opportunity for a sympathetic psychopath, an immoral self server who appeals to our desire to “do whatever we want”

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Great tension in the VO performance

Revisado: 07-17-24

Excellent pacing of a tightly written narrative. The acting gives a real sense of the character’s personality and motivations

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Beautiful narration. Classic Mosley

Revisado: 06-16-24

No complaints about the story or performance. I am glad to have spent the time reading this book.

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Absolutely incredible, memoir of the year

Revisado: 10-16-23

I am on my THIRD time listening, I love it so much. What a storyteller! A master. His way of weaving in and out of his chronology, his beautiful voice, the mouth-dropping escapades he has survived from day one… it’s inspiring and mesmerizing.

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What a great book— couldn’t put it down

Revisado: 03-12-21

I read the print edition in one gulp and then quickly downloaded the audiobook. i am now going to inhale everything Lydia Millet has written.

The story reminded me of an old classic called “A High Wind in Jamaica” by Richard Hughes, which was also a “realistic” fantasy about a group of children left to their own devices in the wake of a hurricane— with surprising twists and turns. Millet is a master at it, and the emotions she evokes— from real pathos to stinging satire— are brilliant. It’s more prescient than she probably knew when she composed her first draft.

The reason why I’m writing a review here, though, is because of the “bad” reviews. They are a disingenuous reaction that arose when the book won so much critical recognition, and was named one of the best of the year. Taking the “title” literally, a group of pious Christians without a scintilla of humor, were horrified to see this story is a skeptical, blasphemous, look under the hood, People who think children (and women) should be seen and not heard— saw the title and thought this was going to be the equivalent of a parish newsletter. No, it is not! (LOL) It is satiric, dystopian, sensitive, nuanced, allegorical, and a cautionary tale about climate change and our own species’ moral failings. Yes, FOX NEWS would hate this book. So if that’s you, just keep fiddling your tiny violin, and reading your narcissism romances.

So back to the book’s natural audience. None of “the Children’s Bible” is pedantic... not at all. It’s literary fiction in all its glory! Millet held me in the palm of her hand. I never would have fallen in love, if it had been preachy or dull. It’s beautiful, and you will fall in love with these kids, identify with them, and even the precarious adults around them. You will laugh as the world ends, and cry, and not be able to turn away. I couldnt’ bear it when it ended.

Xi was inspired casting. She sounds exactly like I thought Evie would!

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