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Wonderful stuff

Revisado: 05-27-21

Great book which is much enhanced by absolutely top-class narration. You need some local knowledge to fully appreciate it though.

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Much better if cut to half its length

Revisado: 04-28-16

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Not really. It was too long and drawn out. I wanted to find out what had happened, so I persevered to the end through all the blind alleys, some of them irrelevant to an irritating degree.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Lake House?

That's the problem - nothing was particularly memorable because it was all so thinly spread and bloated.

What three words best describe Caroline Lee’s voice?

drawling boring odd

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Maybe

Any additional comments?

There was a good book in there which got swamped. Needed liposuction to remove irrelevancies and unnecessarily purple prose.

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Should have listened to the negative reviews!

Revisado: 05-13-12

Would you try another book from Jenny Lawson and/or Jenny Lawson?

No.

What was most disappointing about Jenny Lawson???s story?

I listened to the sample, and the little I heard seemed pretty good (deer sweater story), but it turned out to be just about the only tiny piece of the book that I enjoyed. It is just rambling and self-absorbed, and she tries so hard to be funny or shocking that it ends up not working for me. I must admit I gave up one-third of the way through, and skipped forward here and there to see if things appeared to be improving, but anything I hit was only more of the same, so I just got out to cut my losses. I'm writing this to get the whole thing out of my system before starting a new book.

What didn???t you like about Jenny Lawson???s performance?

I don't want to be too negative here, so let's just say that the good point about it is that it is energetic.

What character would you cut from Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)?

It wasn't a problem with characters as such.

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Fascinating and original book

Revisado: 02-24-11

This is a remarkable book. First of all, it is SF-like in creating an entirely different world, the one the boy constructs (with the aid of his mother???s explanations) to rationalize the very strange environment he finds himself in - which is not at all strange to him, as it is the only one he knows. But, much more than this, it is also an absorbing and thrilling adventure, and an impressive story of maternal love, full of emotion but not at all sentimental. A really great listen, though at first I found the high-pitched narration of the boy a bit jarring. But the story was so good that I soon got over that and was drawn in completely.

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