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Amazing, constructive, plenty of examples

Revisado: 02-11-22

Great constructive book, that teaches you how to become good at storytelling with lots of examples!
I was almost turned off though by the beginning of the audiobook by the 1st narrator. I thought how good a book about storytelling be when you’re falling asleep because of the narrator’s voice?… but this last only couple of minutes, than the author starts to speak and it’s all good :)
Thank you for this book!

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Amazing, true and well written story, but I wish the author narrated it himself

Revisado: 07-16-21

Bill Bufford describes a very true reality of what a cook’s job is. He also does it in a very entertaining way, very well written book.
But I absolutely disliked the narration. In comparison to his 2nd book, Dirt, this one was narrated without any feelings expression, or passion. I’d say it really brought down the listening experience for me… I’m glad I’ve listened to the 2nd book first, which was narrated by the author himself, so I could imagined how he would have done it and stocked to listening until the end.

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A relatable Work-In-Progress kind of Memoir

Revisado: 05-15-21

A very humble and realistic memoir of a Chef, who had already achieved some career heights and learned some important life lessons. But, who understands that he’d just scratched the surface.
I won’t say that “Eat a Peach” is very entertaining. I also won’t say that it’s for everyone. In fact, I highly doubt that non-industry folks would even make to the end of this book. David Chang wrote a very narrow-targeted book for Chefs and cooks who know what it’s like to work in the industry.
At the beginning, I’ve even wanted to stop and return this memoir. It’s not engaging at all in the beginning, like most other memoirs are. Most importantly, however, is that it’s so painfully true and familiar, that it almost feels like you don’t want to spend any more time in this kind of negative/realistic atmosphere. I would also caution people with depression symptoms from reading this book. In first chapters David Chang talks a lot about his depression and suicidal thoughts. And, only if you make it though the whole book, there would be some sort of resolution. But, if you, like I, would stop somewhere at the beginning, you might be triggered to fall into another loop of depression…
Despite, all that was said above, I’ve absolutely loved this book! It’s a very different kind of memoir. Not the one, that was written as a summary of one’s life, achievements and lessons learned. “Eat a Peach” is a Work In Progress kind of memoir. And this is why it feel more authentic, relatable and useful.
And a final note: if you work in the industry, or thinking to enter it, you do want to read this book. It is contemporary and reflects how it feels to be part of the industry right now. If you are familiar with Vlogs, it actually feels like that. Like a Real-Life Vlog, with all the feelings, regrets and thought process logged in.

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Just a waste of time

Revisado: 01-15-20

The narration is excellent, but the story itself is shallow and absolutely not worth reading. I’ll probably forget about in 2 days already...

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a very detailed history of food...

Revisado: 11-20-19

Loved the ending chapters of the lecture series. The beginning was too long and boring for me to listen to. Overall very educational lectures. Not suitable for background listening (too many details to grasp), must be listened attentively!

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Terrible narrator

Revisado: 08-02-19

90% of the book is a description of all Agassi's games, which is fine, but would be interested only for those who actually know the rules of tennis and play the game, otherwise, would be impossible to follow.
Narrator is not suitable for the book: feels more like he is reading a fiction tail and not as a biography, also his female impressions are just terrible, better keep the same voice for all the characters...

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