Patricia E Branton

Truly chilling

Revisado: 11-12-24

This was so creepy but wonderfully so. The innocent main character descending into madness. If you love well told spooky stories this one is for you

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Thought provoking and humorous

Revisado: 10-01-24

This story gave me the same state of mind that anything written by Kurt Vonnegut gave me 55 years ago. Not that Jason Pargin is the reincarnation of Kurt Vonnegut and I haven’t found the word in my brain that describes my aforementioned state of mind only that I was thoroughly entertained and intellectually stimulated at the same time. This story is very relevant and we need more relevant stories.

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Beautifully told stories

Revisado: 09-02-24

Anthologies have always been my favorite and this was a collection of jewels. The very last story was especially good and told with heart.

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Beautifully written, Beautifully read

Revisado: 02-22-24

I am a reader. I read between one and two books a week and have done since high school and since I am 71, that is a fair number of books! I can finally say that I have a
favorite and it is this lovely story. I am touched to my core. I wish I could meet Nobody and Silas and many others-that’s how real these characters were. I can’t sing enough praise for “The Graveyard Book” so I won’t but if you don’t read and/or listen to this one you will be missing a truly good yarn!

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I couldn’t finish this book

Revisado: 10-22-23

I rarely dislike a story as much as I disliked this one. I stuck with it for awhile hoping the characters would start to become less two dimensional but the scene where the rabbit was not considered important enough to be placed in a safe place away from a breed of dog that is enticed to run by chasing rabbits and the way the two women laughed at its death where it was most likely terrified leading up to death was too much. These women , at that moment, went from boring and self obsessed to boring, self obsessed AND heartless. I COULDN’T read further.

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Enthralling story

Revisado: 08-30-23

Question: since this ended with an excruciating cliffhanger, how do we find out about the next season? I loved every aspect of this story especially the actors, all of whom were believable. The music in certain parts made me spooked to the bone and added perfectly to the overall weirdness. I loved this story and hope to hear what happens next!

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Disturbing, timely

Revisado: 06-11-23

This story examines our common human default of believing that God is on OUR side , that WE are the moral ones, the right ones . When rational we’re aware of the many ways to be right and wrong but not when deep in our convictions. Some of us are more guilty of this than others and that is why I , in particular, needed to read this book

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Exquisite.

Revisado: 03-11-23

Oh I enjoyed every aspect of this complex story. The narrator read this beautiful story in a way I imagine Joyce Carol Oates would read it herself. I was so immersed that I could completely imagine myself there. I especially love the mysterious character Hallalel(sp?) , a cat (and so much more than a cat, if that’s even possible).

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An exquisite story read beautifully

Revisado: 01-19-23

I love Joyce Carol Oates and have enjoyed every single story through several decades. There is no one, in my opinion, who understands how people “work” so deeply. And this was my favorite so far.The performance was perfect, phenomenal, just catching the exact right tone. When a reader is able to help one believe that there are many people!
Thank you so much

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Disappointed

Revisado: 01-06-23

I made the mistake of listening to several Pearl Buck novels before this one. This read like a harlequin novel. Silly phrases like “ no way !” As if that phrase would be spoken in the fourteenth century. Mispronounced words, too. I can’t recommend the Moon in the Palace to anyone with a reading level above third grade. Or who would like to get a sense of Ancient China.

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