Sylvia Newman

Fun for the Anglophile

Revisado: 03-17-24

This was my first Trollope novel, and what fun it was. Surprising relevant to today's concerns over social media and disinformation. If you like Dickens, you'll like Trollope.

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Not my favorite Trollope

Revisado: 03-14-24

The story isn't terribly compelling, though I've wonders if Trollope was expressing his ideas about British politics through the mouth of the senator. The narrator also didn't do too much for me. Timothy West's narrations of Trollope are far superior.

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A masterwork by a master

Revisado: 02-20-24

This is one of Trollope's best known novels, and for good reason (even though he supposedly considered it a failure). A powerful and tragic story of a marriage gone off the rails. My only complaint is of the narrator's dreadful attempt at an American accent for the American characters.

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Compelling plot

Revisado: 12-04-23

A compelling story but it dragged a bit, and I'm a little tired a women falling into bed with men after one deep conversation and then in the morning, promising to take things slow. Exasperating. But otherwise an interesting story with a satisfying ending.

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Unbelievable

Revisado: 10-16-23

We in the 21st century can hardly imagine an ordeal such as this. Thankfully Lansing's immaculate research and storytelling make it possible for us to come close to understanding such endurance and perseverance through such impossible conditions. Riveting.

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Loved it

Revisado: 09-28-23

This book relies on mystery novel cliches while at the same time turning them on their heads. The mystery within (or without) a mystery is a delightful and compelling twist. The literary milieu, references, and allusions added to the pleasure of this book. Narrators were great. Now I really wish there were eight more Atticus Pünd novels.

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Doors, keys, hallways, bees, repeat

Revisado: 09-11-23

At one point in the novel, the author writes (paraphrasing) "Zachary Ezra Rollins was sick of doors." By that point of the story, so was I, along with every other bit of imagery that was beaten to death. I really liked the characters and was invested in how things would turn out for them, but getting there was like, oh, I don't know, drowning in honey?

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A beautiful story

Revisado: 12-19-22

Trollope never fails to weave together characters that generate the strongest feelings in his readers. Mr. Harding (the warden) is a truly good man who is a model of kindness and magnanimity who must see his way through a most difficult set of circumstances. It would be an honor to have such a friend as he.

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Masterful reading of a masterpiece

Revisado: 12-05-22

I loved everything about this production. The narrator has a riveting voice and emoted beautifully, and the story is riveting. Of course, as it's Dostoevsky, it warrants a second listening, which I gave it immediately following my first time through.

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Awful production

Revisado: 10-02-22

Look, it's a classic story by one of the great writers of all time. That's not the issue. The problem is, this is THE WORST produced audio book I've ever heard. The narrator, a legendary newscaster, sounds like he marbles in his mouth. He frequently stumbles over words. And, worst of all, the splicing between the sections is just terrible. The volume changes, things send to cut off but then jump right back in, etc. If it hadn't been free, I would be really annoyed.

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