John Englehardt
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RickK | 9 reseñas más. | Aug 13, 2020 | Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.
The description of the book sounded interesting, the book was not. The characters and their "issues" didn't seem like they were even part of the same book. I know the author was trying to show the different feelings and lives of people affected by a school shooting but the way this was written/organized, it just came out as a jumbled mess or newspaper clippings thrown together.
There were descriptions used through out the book (he xxx like yyy) that made ZERO sense which added to the overall confusion.
I would have given it 1 star except for the fact that there were a few lines in the book that I liked. I can't remember any of them now but I do recall myself thinking, "Hey, that was insightful...how did he manage to not edit that out?"… (más)
There were descriptions used through out the book (he xxx like yyy) that made ZERO sense which added to the overall confusion.
I would have given it 1 star except for the fact that there were a few lines in the book that I liked. I can't remember any of them now but I do recall myself thinking, "Hey, that was insightful...how did he manage to not edit that out?"… (más)
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Disco_grinch | 9 reseñas más. | Jul 16, 2020 | Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.
Probably I ended up listening to this novel three times as I had difficulty keeping narrators straight and it was hard to get back into it after several days pause in listening, so I kept starting over on the disk. I look forward to actually reading this as the second person narrator is challenging to write, but it does not work well on on audio. I received the audiobook for review from the Early Reviewers program.
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stacypilot | 9 reseñas más. | Dec 21, 2019 | Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.
I really wanted to like this book more than I did, but there were a couple of things holding it back for me. The first was the author's use of 2nd person narration combined with multiple narrators. Writing in the 2nd person is typically a risky move, and in some ways it does pay off, but I found it particularly confusing with multiple narrators, since I would lose track of which "you" was currently the subject. The other thing that made this book harder to love for me was the multiple narrators in general - the way the story would bounce around between the three (technically four, counting the overarching narrator) stories and I'd have to re-calibrate every time, since the stories are only somewhat interconnected. Also, an issue specific to the audio version of this work - as other reviewers have suggested, the person reading the audiobook has a fairly hypnotic and monotone delivery, so I found it easy to get distracted and/or lost while listening. I do wonder if I may have enjoyed the print version of this book more.
There were things I enjoyed about the book - I particularly liked the insights into Eli, trying to unravel the motivation behind his decisions. I liked the almost poetic descriptions of some things in the book, like Rose's photography visits to the hospital. Ultimately, I'd suggest if you are going to give this a read, pick up the book or ebook rather than the audio version.
Note: I received a free copy of the audiobook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.… (más)
½There were things I enjoyed about the book - I particularly liked the insights into Eli, trying to unravel the motivation behind his decisions. I liked the almost poetic descriptions of some things in the book, like Rose's photography visits to the hospital. Ultimately, I'd suggest if you are going to give this a read, pick up the book or ebook rather than the audio version.
Note: I received a free copy of the audiobook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.… (más)
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Caltania | 9 reseñas más. | Dec 5, 2019 | Listas
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- 1
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- #405,584
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- ½ 3.4
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- 10
- ISBNs
- 4
John Englehardt has written an important, if not heartbreaking and difficult story. Single events can be catastrophic and life altering and it is easy for us to miss the signs as we struggle or avoid the struggle to cope with the trauma of loss. The author adds a little lightness to the story by setting it in Ozarka University "home of the Raccoons".
While the second person narrative writing style does make the story a little harder to follow, Bloomland is well written and accurately captures the angst we are feeling during unsettling times.… (más)