Blind Boy

Her most untipical work

Revisado: 06-18-24

I supposed it might be more than a runaway story. Indeed it is more. You'll find a mind-numbing and oh so confusing exorcist thriller part at the end.
However not a bad novel. The mother-daughter relationship is sensitively described and 5/6 of the audiobook is more than enjoyable. The deep humorlessness is depressing, but all in all it is a sad story.

It is very hard to grow on the author's flat voice. I gave her a 2 because she even sung. Positive that Lydia usually isn't keen on reading her books herself.

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Avoid this if you like Paterson

Revisado: 01-14-24

What's wrong with this title, I wondered at the beginning. Typical Paterson situation with a boy searching for his new place in a rural world. Narration is pretty okay. After a few minutes I realized why this title has been ranked so low. The dogs in this story are TALKING. Quite surprising from a realistic author. I quickly left the audio alone.

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Il libro dell'innocenza smarrita

Revisado: 05-05-20

Questo é un breve romanzo sulla perdita della fede in etá adolescente. E su tante altre cose, come é solito da Baricco. Penseresti che fosse un romanzo triste. Ma non lo é affatto. C'é in Baricco una ilaritá elementare che brilla attraverso ogni vicissitudine e dubbio. Ecco perché compro ciascuno dei suoi audiolibri appena pubblicati. Mi rallegrano, tutto ció.
A volte sogno di un'altro narratore. Riccardo Bocci lo fa sempre in modo frettolosissimo. Sono costretta di ascoltarlo a velocitá 0,9 o 0,8. Calmati, figliuolo mio!

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A Ponzi ghost story

Revisado: 04-19-20

I've read all the available audiobooks of Emily. This one is superbe. But please don't take it as a sequel to 'Station 11'. It is closer to her previous works, more somber and meditative. Action is scarse and things run under the surface. I loved it even if the Ponzi part was really a bit too long. Narrator was OK.

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Not a literary gem

Revisado: 10-12-18

I have been spoiled by a recent Daily Deal title, 'The Bloody Chamber'. Angela Carter's prose mesmerises me. In comparison everything is so down-to-earth, especially this one. This is not literature. It is a so-so story told like the author sits in a pub chit-chatting after the third round of ale. An absolutely unremarkable thing. If you want good sci-fi, I still recomend PKD or Bradbury.

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Where's the Italian version?

Revisado: 04-10-18

This is a pretty good essay on book covers. However, it was a bitter disappointment for me. I simply loved the bilingual edition of 'In Other Words' and even if I found at times painful Mrs. Lahiri's pronunciation, I enjoyed the original version very much. Here I find only the English translation.

I really recommend the editor to release Mrs. Lahiri's following writings bilingual. I think the author is pleased to narrate in Italian and there are many Italian or Italian-speaking fans (such as me) who want to listen the original text.

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Patience Lost

Revisado: 01-30-18

I know this is a modern classic. And that narrator did a great job indeed. But after 1,5 hours of listening I skipped to the last track and did it done. Somehow the perspective to struggle myself through the mostly unprobable rise of Charlie's IQ seemed exhausting. And the pacing is also somehow old-fashioned and longish, whilst the degression comes too soon. I think the first and the last tracks are sufficient to get an outlook.

You know... I grow older and older and I must realise that everything written before the 90's get me bored. The only exception are the shorts of Bernard Malamud and iron curtain classics. I simply can not keep myself on the mood and I loose the focus. May it be the beginning of my degression report?

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O mangiare questa minestra...

Revisado: 01-26-18

Vi spiego perché ho dato all'audio sole due stelline. Tutto sommato niente male, ma parliamo della registrazione come di un prodotto per il quale pagavo un paio di dollari. La traduzione é bella ed affidabile, questo va da sé. Il concetto "full cast" molto fortunato visto la varietá delle voci a Spoon River. Il problema é che la maggior parte dei ragazzi non mi sembra per niente convinta di dover avuto partecipare. Come tirati sul palcoscenico a furia di pedate e minacce. Alcuni di loro sono stati incapaci di capacitare e di consequenza interpretare i loro brani. Iddio, sono ragazzissimi! Alcune voci erano godibili e belle, ma c'erano anche qualuni appena appena intelligibili. Sputa fuori la gomma, figliuolo!

Eccolo. Se l'avevo acquistato gratis, direi va benissimo, bravo scuola. Ma per un prodotto da vendere un pochino da lavorarci su ancora. Buon proseguimento e coraggio!

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May I rate it 0 from 5?

Revisado: 01-25-18

A very efficient tool, cleverly structured and actually practical. But the poor Finnish girl...

I met many Scandinavians with peculiar pronunciations. And I am still unable to comprehend why an intelligent human being can not make a distinction between sh and s. She says Finnis. She says dis instead osf dih. She says always Finnis. And this is only a sample of her immense buchering of Englis. First it made me laugh then angry and in the end I decided to return the title. It's idiotic to listen for six heavy hours. Maybe this narrator is not at all an intelligent human being. Just a being. What a shame!

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The very shame of all narrators

Revisado: 11-02-17

Hear the very first story. The female voice is high-piched like a gay pig. And all along the audio this diamond of all actors keeps on voicing women like this. Quite hateful, it spoils all my pleasure gained by listening to these briliant stories. What a shame, Mr. Griffin!

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