I finished 11/22/63.
I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it - it started out gripping and amazing and I was hooked in the first couple of hours, but it got bogged down in deep romantic schmaltz in the middle. It picked up when Jake actually started spending time in Dallas and got really exciting on The Day - but the aftermath veered off into weirdness and awkward "explanations" before taking a swing back to schmaltz at the end. It was fun but would have been better with some major editing of the endless sappy romantic stuff. I also didn't like the reader of the audiobook. For utterly inexplicable reasons, he started doing minor characters in famous voices - one sounded like Bill Clinton, another was Jimmy Stewart, there were several others - it was jarring and weird. All in all, devout King fans will probably love it, but as someone who was a huge fan and fell away as he moved away from his classic horror stuff, this didn't exactly make me fall in love with him again. It could have been much better.
I wish I could have gone to the dog show too! It looked like fun.
ReplyDeleteMy first experience with an audibook (The DaVinci Code) was so annoying I havent been able to listen to another since. The male reader tried to do Sophie in a truly horrible breathy French accent. Still makes me shudder.
Here's to slothfulness- something I am good at.
Kimmen
Dog shows are fun just to watch but they have to be much more exciting and engaging when one can be right there and see all those wonderful dogs.
ReplyDeleteI've only listened to one audio book. it was about a ground breaking criminal case of false memories, explained how they are formed, and was tremendously moving, more so than a book, I believe.
The man was innocent of the crime and the woman victim helped to have him exonerated. The voices were done by both a woman and a man. It's called, Picking Cotton.
Lella
One of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to was the audio of "The Help." It was read by several women, including the one whose name escapes me who also played the role in the movie, and it was like listening to one of those old-time "radio plays" - excellently done. The reader for the King book was okay but turned extremely annoying when he started doing some characters in very recognizable voices. Really bizarre.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I probably wouldn't have finished the King book if I didn't listen to it instead of reading - I was able to get other things done while the story meandered through a lot of boomer nostalgia and sappy stuff.
ReplyDelete