William Hinton

perfect for any 90s - 00s rasslin fan!

Revisado: 03-23-25

Such a great read! To have JR narrate this takes you back to so many memories he narrated throughout your life! Great energy and stories.

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Astonishing rendition on a classic series.

Revisado: 02-08-25

Percival Everett really did an outstanding job with this story. As someone who has listened to Tom Sawyer but not Huck Finn, I was aware of the characters but did not know where the story was headed. I must say he did a great job of adapting his story to parts that obviously were intertwined with Huck Finn's story. Most books set to this time period that use speak from those times are usually a hard listen, but this time it was not. The story had so much life and moved at a great pace. I was not planning to read Huck Finn due to the story and language of these stories being someone outdated. Now, I feel I must see what was happening from Huck's perspective during some of the events of the story. Although this has been said many times already, Great Job Mr. Everett for writing such a classic story!

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Great, fun, quick read!

Revisado: 02-23-24

Jared himself narrated this book and you can tell he obviously isn't a professional voice actor but he did a good job of showing off his personality. As a big sports fan and particularly a Lakers fan, this book did a good job of taking you right back to that moment in time. There wasn't a lot of information that was particularly new for someone like me who follows this stuff pretty closely, but the descriptions of everything did a great job of placing you right back to wherever you were when those moments happened. A good quick read to take someone back along that crazy ride in the world of sports during the peak of COVID.

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Great companion piece to 'The Bondwoman's Narrative’, not so much as a standalone

Revisado: 02-23-24

I initially began reading this prior to 'The Bondwoman's Narrative' after seeing a news article describing the story of Hannah Crafts. It was about how she was deemed the first black female author and it intrigued me. The article initially led me to believe that this was a narrative retelling of the story but it was more of an informational piece. I think that is important to know because I was initially disappointed because I felt that it was just spoiling the story without really telling it. I also felt irritated by the fact that it felt like a whitewashing of her story because it seemed to initially only to refer to the Hannah as hypothetical, even though it was presented as a story proving that she wrote it. I ended up taking a step back and decided to read her actual book first. When I came back, this work was much more enjoyable. Even though it isnt necessarily an exciting read, it did have alot of really good information. There were some moments where I wanted more, because subjects such as "passing" would be brought up and the topic of how slavemasters used "passing" to their advantage at times would come up. The issue I had is that there wasn't much information given there and it was such a provoking subject to bring to light. That is why I feel there is a little left to be desired with this book. Nonetheless it is a good companion piece to the original novel and it does provide good subjects for further investigation. If you are going to read 'The Bondwoman's Narrative' and want further explanation of events within the text it's definitely worth taking a look at.

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