Patricia

Everyone needs to this.

Revisado: 04-14-25

Like Sapiens, this book has answered so many questions I’ve had for quite some time. It helped me gain a small grasp on the technological revolution we’re in right now and perhaps where the future might lead.

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So absurdly funny

Revisado: 12-24-24

This book touches upon so much of the ridiculousness in modern society I loved it

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I’ve never read anything so funny and tearjerking in my life

Revisado: 05-23-23

Sean Dietrich has the amazing ability to tell a story with such vivid detail and the use of humor is quite perfect. This is a must read for anyone.

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Bradbury: Stephen King’s mentor

Revisado: 02-19-23

Descriptive language is the best I’ve ever read and I have read thousands of books and taught English for 30 years. It’s creepy, relevant, and full of awesome unique symbolism.

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THE BEST NARRATOR EVER

Revisado: 10-30-21

This narrator is amazing. He is so talented with voices, pacing, and sounds

He really brought this complex and wonderful story to life.

I am very grateful.

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Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce!!!

Revisado: 05-03-21

It is often hard whilst listening that this is not actually Lenny reading his own autobiography. (Which would be hard considering he died 50 years before audible even existed. ) Marmos’ performance is nothing short of outstanding! By far one of the best readings I’ve ever experienced of any of audibles books! And by far one of the best and most laughable autobiographies I’ve read since Bukowski’s Ham on Rye(even though Bukowski claims it to be a piece of fiction anyone familiar with him knows that label only sticks as far as to allow the author a certain bit of wriggle room in espousing on his own exploits and memories without being side-tracked or consumed by specific details).
This book shows exactly why Bruce was far more than a comedian and in some respects not a comedian at all when taking into account not only the sheer gravity of what he accomplished simply by being himself but also proving by example his proclivities as a writer and thinker. I realize he had another writer helping to write the book but I’d imagine that was only for technicalities and to help focus what was ,without a doubt ,a very “frantic mind”!
Bruce was hip but he wasn’t a “Hipster”. He took the stage and made people laugh and think but he was not a “stand-up comic”. He was an author but not a writer. These labels only exist to restrain and Lenny could not and would not be retrained. Bruce also kicked down doors where so many would follow and this book tells that story and shows us how he did so while all the time using words whether spoken or written down to do so.

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Let the Right Title In!!!! The writer deserves it!

Revisado: 06-06-20

Okay, I'm not gonna harp on the point too much but the title of this book is Let the Right One In,,,,it's important for two reasons... One , because it's simply too great a work to begin the translation by messing up the god damned title right off the bat! The second reason is that the title (unlike too many other pieces of mediocre trash masquerading as "horror" ) has significance. This isn't a reference to some wolf with a preference for pork, it's about loneliness, and banishment, and all the awful things that can happen to us as children and how sometimes it can all be made better by simply finding someone else who you can share these things with. and it certainly doesn't hurt if that person also just happens to have the power to scare the shit outs any bullies who have been bothering you!
I could not have cared less when the American version of the film changed the title because I expect that from the movie industry and besides the only reason they remade the movie was because American audiences won't read subtitles... but this IS A BOOK... And what does it say about the translationin if you can't even get the f@##ing title right!!??
Here's the Problem:the title is actually taken from a Morrissey song named Let the Right One Slip In (For anyone who read the book before the American movie adaptation you know because Lindqvuist made a point of putting the lyrics right in the beginning of the book and regardless of your feelings about 80's British Alternative music there is importance and a reason that Lyndqvuist chose it. Now, I am not going to pretend to know exactly why that is but I'm guessing that the author was counting on the fact that those who were familiar with the band and the song would. And furthermore ,if you're at all familiar with any fans of Morrissey and The Smiths you know that they tend to all "get each other" in a way that the rest of the world doesn't seem to "get them". And when their not busy being sad I'm guessing they even pride themselves on it. And that's really the point isn't it? The title is like a secret message to Lindqvuists readers and fans saying "Hey,this isn't just a scary story about a young teen who just happens to also be a vampire (a word by the way that doesn't even appear in the book as far as I can remember) it's about how people treat each other and how we learn how to treat people often by how people treat us when we're children. And some other really scary sick shit thank God because there's already The Perks of Being a Wallflower and personally I prefer the sick evil shit! (Although the funny part is ...The Perks seems much more likely to be inspired by Morrissey than this book but ..oh well!)
As for the book? not to be missed by any fan of horror! (Or fan of Morrissey I'd imagine IDK I liked the book a lot more than the song) .Unrelenting in its willingness to examine what really frightens us ! There are many monsters in this book. Vampires aren't one of them. I hate regurgitating this trite quip of the professional American critic but "It's an instant classic!" I woulda come up with something a bit more original but I'm tired and never meant to even get this far! Oh,,,and the narration is excellent also! Have fun.

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Depends

Revisado: 08-08-16

If you're looking for the dark story of a serial killer who used architecture to further his murderous lust ... Then buy a book on H.H.Holmes. If you're looking for a book on the Chicago worlds fair and how it effected American architecture then find a book on that. These two stories only cross paths in the sense only that they happened at the same time and place and that any gathering on this grand scale affords many people a chance to indulge in nefarious ways. If you're not interested in both subjects you'll most likely find yourself waiting for chapters regarding one or the other.
O..and the narrators cadence becomes almost cliche and then even annoying like being on a small boat subjected to a constant and never changing ebb and flow . But that could be because I got so bored with facts about the worlds fair.
Psychopaths are just way more interesting than city planners and architects. But thats just me.

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Great story...suspect dialogue

Revisado: 03-10-16

This is a really good story. It's well written and read ...I have a lot of respect for the author for not indulging in the specifics regarding the depravity of a child rapist and murderer .However the dialogue reads like a screenplay. I can't stand when people try and and rehash a conversation they engaged in earlier the same day and claim it verbatim ... So to hear Flacco indulge in ,and act out, these dialogues that at best could only be as accurate as this poor traumatized boys memory could allow leaves them a bit suspect. Especially when the author writes it as if he had an actual recording. Or maybe as if he had a screenplay swimming in the back of his head .? I personally couldn't accurately recite the conversation I had with the girl at the McDonalds drive through this morning...and l im fairly sure there were only three sentences exchanged.

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Well written historical epic

Revisado: 02-21-16

The story and the narrator were exceptional. I never thought I would enjoy learning Florida's history and the settling of Florida as much as I did through listening to this book. The characters are unique, and the writer does an excellent job of delineating the the early settlers respect for the land in juxtaposition to man's modern-day degradation of the earth. I think the writer must be an environmentalist, and I strongly approve.

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