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Delightful

Revisado: 02-19-24

Short, lovely story. Nunez writes so lovingly about animals, and about Leonard and Virginia Woolf.

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Definitely worth it!

Revisado: 12-20-22

This is not as propulsive a listen as Doerr’s All the Light You Cannot See, but it is worth your time. Five separate stories gradually- very gradually - coalesce, each of them compelling. What binds them is a reverence for libraries, books, and one ancient story. The reader is excellent! Enjoy it.

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As the NYT review says, a gorgeous book

Revisado: 08-14-22

Anthony Marra has such a wonderful feel for language and extraordinary skill for creating memorable characters. But what else to expect from the author of “Constellation “? And Carlotta Brendan is a narration star — she had to inhabit multiple accents and did so with aplomb.

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Metaphor upon metaphor

Revisado: 06-06-22

This early Egan novel, set in the 70s, tells a story of growing up and family tragedy. It could have used a mighty editor who could have pared down the habit of describing every sound, sight, and atmospheric fact in clunky metaphor. The story kept me going but it was annoying. And I couldn’t quite forgive the narrator for pronouncing Chianti with a Ch like Charles….

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A Unique Family Story

Revisado: 03-02-21

A story of tragedy, love and loss. Well written but strangely humorless. Even in a story that is deeply emotional, some humor is called for. The narrator is fine but loses track of the characters’ voices on occasion.

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What a beautiful book!

Revisado: 12-28-20

Every chapter of this book is a gem. Such memorable characters, rich setting, and exceptional narration.

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What a pair!!

Revisado: 02-26-20

Ann Patchett and Tom Hanks — what could possibly be better??? A wonderful listen. I could listen to him read the phone book, but the story is both simple and infinitely complex.

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You’ll love Anna

Revisado: 09-28-19

Denise Mina, as usual, doesn’t disappoint. (If you haven’t read or listened to Garnethill do it soon....) In Conviction, the first person narrator, Anna, starts her day listening to a true crime podcast, and then her carefully crafted world falls apart. The interplay of her past, her current troubles, and the truth around that podcast make for a propulsive mystery. Excellent narrator, by the way, who handles multiple voices and accents smoothly. A really good listen.

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Wonderful reader, marvelous story

Revisado: 10-04-18

I’m a big fan of Kate Atkinson — I’ll read the phone book if she wrote it. Here she delves into England’s MI5 just before WWII, and a young woman typist turned spy. Not quite a thriller — more slow and steady. But the narrator is soooooo good that you can’t stop listening. Definitely worth your time.

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Annoying narrator ruins great story

Revisado: 11-11-11

I've heard great things about this book but the narrator's repetitive, unwavering cadence never allows me to lose myself in the story. I'm two or three hours in and considering abandoning it. Mr. Graham's delivery chops up the sentences into an odd, sing-song iambic pentameter. A terrible shame since most Audible narrators are so skilled at enhancing a book, not diminishing it.

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