The Storyteller

By: Jodi Picoult

Narrated by: Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Fred Berman

Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Jodi Picoult's poignant number one New York Times best-selling novels about family and love tackle hot-button issues head on. In The Storyteller, Sage Singer befriends Josef Weber, a beloved Little League coach and retired teacher. But then Josef asks Sage for a favor she never could have imagined - to kill him. After Josef reveals the heinous act he committed, Sage feels he may deserve that fate. But would his death be murder or justice?

©2013 Jodi Picoult (P)2013 Recorded Books

The family went through a lot.

Took a little while to get into this book, but once I got a couple chapters in I was hooked. was sad to end it.

Wonderful and Powerful

Loved this book! Great stories and the narrators were all wonderful. Jodi is a very talented writer.

Must Read

This book made the Holocaust real to me. Before this book, the Holocaust was something that happened in the past, but after this book I wanted to learn more about WWIi, Hitler and the Holocaust. I was so bonded with the characters it made what happened real. I think every high school student should read this book so they truly understand how horrific the Holocaust was.

Great listen.

Engaging; great for a road trip.The multiple narrators worked well with this story. and, as always Picoult is a winner.

Wonderful

The narration really made this book. I loved hearing the voices of all of the characters. This is one of my favorite Picoult novels. anything to do with the Holocaust is my go to and this definitely was worthwhile. Not a very long listen but one I put on throughout my day as a stay at home mom. Loved the symbolism with the story about Anya and Minka's own life. Absolutely wonderful.

A tough subject handled with humanity

I admire this author’s amazing research and her ability to humanize the mundane. Her books pose moral questions and reveal travesties of mankind against man, nature, animals. She is a model of asking the tough questions and leaving the reader to come to his or her decisions about life’s difficulties. I have read a majority of her books and will not stop!!!!

Awesome story!!

I was a little nervous when I saw the negative reviews, but this was an awesome listen! If you are used to Picoult's usual progression of jumping from character to character, it isn't too hard to follow. I loved how she flowed between the grandmother's written story, and the main story line. It was like I got to know her in the way the main character does. Definitely worth a listen! (Voice actors/accents were a great addition!)

solid ending worth waiting for

In the beginning it may be confusing because it's a story within a story but you don't know that. One of the story lines is really happening and the other is a fiction book the main character is writing. This is revealed shortly into the first 1/3 of the book so it's not a huge secret. But I would have rather known that than to be confused the first couple of chapters (although I do understand that literary technique). This book has hard topics because of the subject matter and I read a lot of books on the suffering that occurred in the death camps during World War II but it's good book with good characters and I'm glad I bought it. There are a couple of surprises at the end. 4 stars.

DIFFICULT

This novel presented an historical picture of extreme prejudice and cruelty that was difficult to contemplate. Although I had read this book a few years ago, I was very disturbed by the author's vividly accurate presentation of Natzi cruelty.
I do recommend this disturbing novel. The content needs to be shared and the audio presentation does so in manner that brings to the listener a disturbingly intimate experience of extreme ethnic cruelty.

excellent story teller

exceptional telling of an actual historic incident. chilling at times. very sad. hard to read at times.