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Ich hatte damals den Film gesehen und das Buch dann nie gelesen.... das war ein Fehler!

Eines der nicht so sehr vielen Bücher, die ich in die Kategorie „unbedingt lesen (oder hören)“ einordnen würde.

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Classic. Shame about John C Reiley's "Chief" voice

This is undeniably a classic but it's quite a slog to get through. I've not read the book, and I've only seen the film once, 20 years ago as a teenager, so all I really knew/remembered is how it ends. I was excited to see that John C Reiley was reading the book, he's such a wonderful actor. When there's dialogue, particularly when McMurphy dominates the conversation, Reiley's voice is wonderful, the characters are very distinct (however, many might be offended by the "three black boys"...) My only problem with his voice is as the Chief... however this is a huge problem, because the Chief is the narrator of the story, so 85% of the reading is this quite monotone voice, which I really struggled to listen to, and I would drift off and sometimes miss key plot points. It's a real shame.

This was not a reading...it was a performance.

This book is a classic, so it doesn't matter whether I liked it or not (I didn't). The voice actor reading it was 100% amazing - it was like watching the film. I would recommend this simply for the amazing performance. And it's one of those books everybody should have read.

John C. Reilly weiß wie's geht

Tempo und Ton, Tempo und Ton! John verstellt die Stimme nicht, dramatisiert nur, wenn er Dialoge liest. Das ist genau mein Geschmack. Leider fehlen die zur Jubiläumsausgabe gehörende Einführung von Robert Faggen und das Vorwort von Chuck Palahniuk in dieser Ausgabe. Schade.

Voll in die Bux gegangen ist das Inhaltsverzeichnis, das die Aufnahme in sechs Stücke teilt, etwa 37, 8, 16, 17, 2 und 20 Prozent (Opening Credits [3h55'], Part 1 [50'], Part 2 [1h40'], Part 3 [1h48'], Part 4 [10'], End Credits [2h08']), während der Roman aus vier Teilen besteht, die etwa so verteilt sind: 45, 16, 18 und 21 Prozent.

Greatly entertaining and deeply interesting

The first major point I'd like to highlight is the quality of the narrator(s). Each character in the story has a distinct voice, which is so well chosen and performed that it truly augments the entire experience.

This is a classic story, which does not fail to deliver on any count. Some parts are entertaining, others thrilling, whilst others really make you question everything you've heard so far.