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Independent-Muffin38 t1_j650xjb wrote

Oh my god. I live for the question because I have such a strong opinion on it.

Donna Tartts “the secret history”

Good God.

I love her. I really do. But I am so terribly sorry. Her monotone, cute southern accent does NOT go in ANYWAY with the tone of her book. A wonderfully written book but man. I was listening to the audio book about 30% of the book because I had a lot of errands to do and wanted to just finish the novel - I cringed a lot!

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lydiardbell t1_j651op3 wrote

I liked her narration but all the 'umm's and 'ahhhs' and half-yawns got to me lol. Her Richard was much more bored with everything than my reading of him.

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KaleidoscopeNo610 t1_j652120 wrote

Confederacy of Dunces. Kennedy. If you haven’t read it find a copy because it is utterly hilarious vi tried to listen to audible version and very heart and soul of the book was gone. I said find a copy because it’s out of print I believe. The backstory of this book is so interesting and appropriate.

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BJntheRV OP t1_j655wu9 wrote

What's the book about? What's the back story?

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KaleidoscopeNo610 t1_j675ii0 wrote

Back story—manuscript found under author’s bed after he committed suicide. In the book, He is a ne’er do well living in New Orleans with his mom and the book is laugh out loud hilarious.

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BJntheRV OP t1_j692ufj wrote

May have to give it a look. I could use something light after spending the last month slogging through Fairy Tale.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_j652oae wrote

Hi! Please make the effort to answer your own questions with enough detail to get a discussion going and to give something to other users to respond to. Let us know if you have edited your post.

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BJntheRV OP t1_j655r5r wrote

Edited

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_j658z91 wrote

Your edit is not enough, as it is not your experience. Have you not listened to any audiobooks that ruined the experience for you?

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quyenforthewin t1_j652vev wrote

My friend wanted to read “Call Me By Your Name” but the audiobook is narrated by Armie Hammer and that was a big turn-off for her.

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