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Joseph
Leesburg, VA, United States | Member Since 2002
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![I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | [Maya Angelou]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eHP2FDLGL._SL175_.jpg)
"Pretentious, conceited, self-important"
Is there anything you would change about this book?Maya should have listened to other audiobooks and found out how much a good reading of a book enhances that book. Her self-reading was the worst narration I have heard and interfered with my enjoyment and appreciation of the book. I read the critical praises of the book and asked myself if they were reading the same book. When I filtered out the effect of her narration, I appreciated the book more.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?Her cross-bearing, chip-on-her-shoulder attitude and beliefs are at once both the most interesting and least interesting aspect of the book. She thinks she is the only one in the world that had to struggle and overcome. She will probably attribute my lack of appreaciation of the book to my white skin.
How could the performance have been better?Her jerky performance could have been improved by having any professional reader do the performance.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?No. It would be very difficult for a screen writer to make it an interesting movie.
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