The Emperor's Children
Author: Claire Messud
Narrator: Suzanne Toren
Unabridged: 18 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Published: 02/11/2008
Category: Fiction - Literary
Author: Claire Messud
Narrator: Suzanne Toren
Unabridged: 18 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Published: 02/11/2008
Category: Fiction - Literary
I found this a tedious book. Although it was a book I thought I would enjoy (and it is slightly possible I would have in non-audio format) I felt it was long winded and the characters were stereo typical in a way that was just too predictible. I became uninterested in each one as the book droned on. I especially found the reading voice and style grating. I finished it merely to be done! It was a long haul.
Tedious. If there was a plot, it certainly didn't manifest itself by page 126. I made it that far; I really tried. Wordy character sketches of quirky elitist New York literary types -- perhaps inspired by the very critics that thought this book was good -- never seemed to go anywhere. The one star is for the occasionally clever turn of phrase.