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David

Berkeley, CA, United States | Member Since 2009

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  • The Confession: A Novel | [John Grisham]
    The Confession: A Novel
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    The Confession: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 33 mins)
    • By John Grisham
    • Narrated By Scott Sowers
    Overall
    (3098)
    Performance
    (858)
    Story
    (873)

    An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high-school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.

    Suzn F says: "I confess, I loved it!"
    "Disappointing!!"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    I thought I'd like it, but the crime is solved in the first quarter, and there are no subsequent surprises or twists. Characters are evil or heroic. Grisham can tell a story, but this one could have been a short story. Yes, I too am not a death penalty advocate, but his arguments were superficial. Preachy.

    4 of 7 people found this review helpful
  • Nemesis | [Philip Roth]
    Nemesis
    UNABRIDGED

    Nemesis

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Philip Roth
    • Narrated By Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (227)
    Performance
    (110)
    Story
    (108)

    At the center of Nemesis is a vigorous, dutiful 23-year-old playground director, Bucky Cantor, a javelin thrower and weightlifter, who is devoted to his charges and disappointed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. Focusing on Cantors dilemmas as polio begins to ravage his playground and on the everyday realities he faces, Roth leads us through every inch of emotion such a pestilence can breed.

    Mirek says: "Without pathos about life..."
    "Brilliant"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Unlike many of Roth's recent novels, this book is NOT about the angst of aging and facing death. Instead the young protagonist must face life, how chance, foreign enemies affect the choices he makes. Can he live with the choices he made? What is more crippling - loss and disease, or how we live after they strike? I just finished reading this and sobbing. The story and main character are sweet, earnest, and dignified.
    I think it is a masterpiece.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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