Katherine T. Reed

Ridiculous

Revisado: 06-01-23

This is some cheesy drivel. Not sure why the algorithm thought I’d like it. Bad writing, silly, stereotypes.

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Stereotyped characters, one annoying performance

Revisado: 05-01-23

This fascinating story is weakened by some very two-dimensional characters and a weak “subplot”
Involving an Australian scientist and a British student working on a research project. Also, what is Jackson Pollack doing in this story?!? Too much going on. Also, I can’t stand listening to readers like the guy who narrates the section about the stable worker who is closest to Lexington. He reads as if he has no idea what he’s reading — vocal expression totally detached from meaning. Leans very heavily on a deeply melodramatic intonation, which drove me nuts.

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Infuriating main characters but a terrific book

Revisado: 01-29-23

I had never read Anne Brontë and thought I would start by listening to this novel, and I’m so glad I did. This story is told from the perspectives of the two, prideful main characters, and they are equally misguided, at times, though Helen is absolutely a victim of the times in which she lives and struggles between a rock and a hard place. The two main characters are voiced very well (good casting) and sub characters are voiced with enough nuance to make them easy to distinguish. It’s a very satisfying listen, and now I’m going to go find more Anne Brontë.

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Emma Thompson narrates

Revisado: 01-23-23

Super entertaining dramatization of the book, and Emma Thompson is the best part of this production.

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Skip this one

Revisado: 11-04-22

Nothing happens for a long time and when it does, it’s ridiculously implausible. Not a single character of interest. Overwritten. Husband and I give it two thumbs down.

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More love story than espionage thriller

Revisado: 10-30-22

We liked this a lot — great narration, the usual great characters, story and dialogue we’ve come to expect from Ian McEwan — but we were slightly misled by its categorization in the Audible catalogue as a spy thriller. Still really recommend (with one trigger warning about an extremely long and explicit description of a gory act of violence… we kinda fast-forwarded through it).

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Good story: overwrought, annoying female narrator

Revisado: 09-25-22

I wish I had read this book instead of listening to it because it’s a compelling tale, a kind of anthropological love story. I dislike Xe Sands’ breathy, nasal, almost unintelligible style so much that I was grateful for how little of the book required her participation. Simon Vance is always solid.

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Wish I had read this when I was 18 years old

Revisado: 09-18-22

Absolutely essential memoir/treatise on the importance of finding meaning in our lives by Holocaust survivor/psychologist Viktor Frankl. This is a short, powerful book that makes sense of so much of the pain and suffering of human beings.

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Could not stand the narrator

Revisado: 07-28-22

I will never again buy a book read by this person. Every sentence is breathless and there is no variety in the pace or intonation. It’s as if she has no idea what she’s reading. I may read this book the old-fashioned way but couldn’t stand this performance.

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Ridiculous

Revisado: 07-09-22

If the narrator’s awful Southern accents don’t kill you, the absurd story will. Can’t understand the enthusiasm for this cloying novel.

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