too verbose

struggled to finish this book
too long-winded
often going nowhere
plain boredom
real disappointment after the promising outline I had read online

4 Leute fanden das hilfreich

Super impressive presentation of a great narrative

Donna Tart's epic tale of a boy's life, shattered by date in so many ways, and saved by himself, his friends, and the love for a painting, is a powerful novel. the characters are original and vibrant, and the love for art that pervades everything is rarely found as a main thread. (Boris is my real hero, btw!) But the greatest aspect of this work is its presentation -- David Pittu effortlessly owns the many different characters, and he makes them all come alive in there very own way, without ever even tending to dominate the story itself. His work is as brilliant as it is subtle. Overall, a quite long work, but one that deserves the time we dedicate to it.

2 Leute fanden das hilfreich

An amazing book

Amazing how someone can lift this outstanding novel to an even higher level by reading it as Pittu does! You grow close to all the characters of the sfory and they will become part of your life as you dive into Theo Decker's story.

1 Person fand das hilfreich

Just brilliant

I've just finished listening. I can't find better words than it is just brilliant. Can't find a single thing I didn't like or admired about it.

4 Leute fanden das hilfreich

Uninteressant

Sehr langatmig. Es ist Ermüdend zum zuhören. Dee Sprecher ist leider auch langweilig auf sie Dauer.

great Story... the speaker grinded in my nerves

i had to stop listening as I did not like the speaker. way to overemphasizing for my taste. am now listening to the German Version....much better.

Good one

Impressive characters voice play. Miserable Russian pronunciation.
The book is great, so well researched and the character of "Russian" Boris is so authentic, I was really impressed. Full of surprising turns of events and very well written.

Very long and I don't mean just the book

While I enjoyed the general idea of the story the almost stream of consciousness style writing and the endless monologues (within dialogues) made it very difficult to not lose focus. It took me 5 months to finish this because I never felt I had enough energy to actually concentrate on it for long periods of time.

I also in general enjoyed the reader, however the (fake) Russian accent was exhausting to listen to (especially during the monologues).

hervorragend gelesen

ein wunderbares Buch . ganz b3sonders wird es durch den hervorragenden Vorkeser, der jedem Charakter eine eigene Stimme gibt. ein Hörgenuss