wendy Jenkins

Might be better as an inaudible book

Revisado: 08-17-13

If you could sum up The Interestings in three words, what would they be?

insightful, alienating, sad

Who was your favorite character and why?

I found Goodman Wolf believable and enjoyed his sad journey.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

This was my biggest complaint. The way she reads it, all of the characters have a disdainful, superior edge. It gets tiresome, and I started to wonder if maybe I would've done better just to buy the actual book instead. At times I felt like I was being told that the characters liked each other, but I didn't understand why. Many characters are described as being funny, and but they're not. I would give the narrator high marks on giving each character a distinct sound, and nailing the various accents.

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

No, I was "able to put it down." But I did enjoy it and looked forward to taking it up each time I started in again.

Any additional comments?

I found the dramatic parts compelling and involving, but it never made me laugh once. The "witty" banter among the characters was, at best, mildly clever, and never actually funny. I cried a few times, but I was never close to laughing, and I think it would've made the whole thing richer if it could've risen above its earnestness at times, and made me giggle. I went to camp and made tight friendships there, and it wasn't all badinage and witty ripostes. We were also warm and silly with each other, and this doesn't capture that at all.

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