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Brian
Boyceville, WI, United States | Member Since 2012
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![A Canticle for Leibowitz | [Walter M. Miller]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Y8SbaCOuL._SL175_.jpg)
"Maybe it's just me"
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?The narrator was good with the different character voices, but the overall tone was too dry and succinct - as if the narrator was reading the evening radio news instead of a story.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?Between the overly verbose conversations and droll tedium there were parts where the story progressed. The continuity between the ages and church vs. state dilemmas are interesting, but you really have to dig through the fluff for it.
Any additional comments?I purchased this book on the many five star recommendations that I read, only to be disappointed.
Unlike some of the other 1950-60's books I have read that stood up (i.e. Heinlein's and Aasimov's books), this one did not stand up to the ages well - and I'm not just talking about the use of Latin.
This story could be half as long and accomplish just as much, but it was written in a time when literature was ornately over-worded (i.e. Lord of the Rings, Atlas Shrugged, etc.) so I feel this story fit the generation from whence it came. By today's standards though, it's a bit of a tired slog :(4 of 6 people found this review helpful