Jill J

Loathe the background music

Revisado: 04-07-25

Such a great story, and a wonderful narrator, but the last 2 minutes, clearly meant for quiet absorption, are ruined by the sudden rise of, f-ing sappy music. Who makes these choices!? The words of the author and the voice of the narrator are enough. And the stupid music stole a reflective moment a listener/reader deserves at the end of a book. Soo mad.

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grating character voices!

Revisado: 10-31-22

Beware of ch 4. I had to quit because the narrator's voice of an old man was so grating, and the scene was 10 mins long. it was excruciating! He needn't have done this...the author had written enough for us to understand the annoyingness of the voice. Murikami is a masterful author NOT a script writer. The narrator should have toned it down.

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Like a big sister explaining

Revisado: 01-25-22

Stacey is your big sister giving you the reality check you can't see on your own. It's hard to hear, but truth now from one who's been there is better than dismay and lack of preparation later. And if you don't like how it feels, she's got the research to back up her report and her suggestions. And, you'll appreciate Machiavelli too!

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Good prose, decent story

Revisado: 11-25-21

Narrator seemed southern in cadence and that lilt was a distraction at first for a novel set in NYC. No character was likeable in this novel (except for the mothers, curiously)...but what the author does well is show one or two shiny moments of each man's reachable humanness. I liked that, and we deserve that as readers.

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Like it's a delightful surprise

Revisado: 01-15-21

I enjoyed Pike's narration of Pride and Prejudice but thought it was a one-off, so it was a delight to find her narration outs S&S, too. I've come to appreciate R. Pike the actor much more. In her narration is displayed a greater variety of her acting talent than she's been allowed on screen. What's best is she has complete awareness of Austen's stinging humor and knows how to express it just so.

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Narrator's voice takes some settling into

Revisado: 01-02-21

The narrator's voice was so different than the author's voice you will hear at the end. It is not a scholarly voice but one weighted by more emotion than the author exposed in her text. In one way, that's a good thing - the narrator gave us a rhythm we less scholarly plebs could keep to, but it will at first annoy any scholarly sense you may have.

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Great narrator

Revisado: 04-19-20

I loved the voice, the way he made each character live and have personality is a true talent. .

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You're not the only one!

Revisado: 04-20-17

What did you love best about Driven to Distraction?

It validates and defines a 'disorder' many of us thought was an innate flaw. It's a relief to "put a name to it" as so many of his clients say. It's so good to know that there are experts out there who know and study what you are going through, and that there are promising solutions and help.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Driven to Distraction?

The stories will leave you involuntarily nodding your head at the symptoms and chuckling (sometimes sadly) about the missed cues. The stories and anecdotes, however edited they may be, make each of us who struggles with ADD feel so much less alone.

Have you listened to any of John McDonough’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Nope, but I enjoyed his friendly and wise-sounding voice.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No way.

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