I’ll start, so as a teen I stumbled across a book called," Someone comes to town, someone leaves town." The synopsis caught me as it’s about a man with a mountain as a fathera washing machine as a mother and one brother that is dead and trying to harm him. I’ll admit some of the technical terms were too much for my developing mind but it has stuck with me all these years.

What is the wackiest / craziest book you’ve read and did you enjoy the ride?

  • Electrical_Jaguar596@alien.topB
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    I found it really tedious and obtuse. I know I didn’t give it the attention it deserved but I was soured on it almost from the start. I loved his short stories but this didn’t do it for me.

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        1 year ago

        Really?! I felt it was like listening to someone read a pile of cereal boxes! I had to abandon. (Had you previously read the print book? Most people who recommended this audiobook to me were already familiar with the print book.)

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          1 year ago

          No. I hadn’t read it in print. I felt like I was listening to a play on stage with so many actors reading their parts.

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      1 year ago

      Did I write this comment?? I feel exactly the same way, pretty much verbatim. Loved his short story collection so much but found Lincoln tedious and obtuse.

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      1 year ago

      Thank you! Everyone was raving about that book to the point where I suspected people were pretending to like it because to me it was… not good.

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      I wonder if you might like it in audiobook format. The audiobook is a full-cast production, and so many of the characters are really delightful with the voice actors’ performances’ breath of life in them.

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        1 year ago

        Seconding the audiobook, but would add have the text handy at least at first to get the gist. However, it isn’t for everyone. I adored it!