Love Anthony

I would recommend this book to a friend in print form because I think it would be a more enjoyable read than listen.

I found the audio version somewhat confusing because the narrator did not give enough differentiation to each of the different women "character voices." So I often found myself confused about who was speaking in that particular chapter. This is a book that would have been better served with a variety of narrator voices I believe.

I think this would make a very beautiful screen adaptation.

I was a little disappointed in "Love Anthony" as compared to Genova's "Still Alice." I see what she was aiming for, but the plot was just more convoluted. Again, perhaps a different narration style would have helped.

I loved this story. I was one of those books in which I was sad every time I had to stop listening. I'd even drive the long way home just to get some extra listening time in. I liked the main characters and looked forward to finding out about them and their lives. Both women, far from perfect, were forced to deal with life events beyond their control. I found Anthony’s story fascinating. It was a point of view that I have never encountered. The book contained a great deal of humor, friendship, discovery and pain. After finishing the story, and now months later, I have a feeling of missing these characters and hoping that they have found happiness.

the story was really good but it was really the narration that i loved here! would love for debra to narrate more!

No. I like my novels to feel real. This one did not.

The ending was predictable.

Narrator's voice was not consistently at the same level of volume, especially in the beginning.

No follow-up book would improve this story line.

After reading Lisa Genova's previous 2 books and liking them very much, this book seemed very juvenile for her writing abilities. I was very disappointed.

Deborah Messing does a superb job of narrating this book. It's very well read.

I loved how this author really connected me with Anthony. I feel I understand this terrible disease a bit more now.

She read them all wonderfully.

I loved the ending. It was incredibly powerful

This is a very moving story and a great listen, especially if you work with kids in any way or have a chlld with special needs.

I liked the insight into Anthony's thoughts.

Anyone else....I couldn't listen in the car, she kept fading away. The same boring voice for all characters.

Listening to Anthony's perspective on being autistic. It was fascinating.

I loved the analogy of the rooms in Anthony's brain. It really got me thinking about the children I work with who have autism - it really resonated with me because it made so much sense!

The narration was good in that Debra Messing had a calm and quiet voice that matched the tone of the story. However, I found the volume of her voice to be very inconsistent. I would crank the volume to be able to hear the narration but then the beginnings of sentences would be so loud they would hurt my ears. The sentence starting was not nearly as smooth as the rest of the reading.

Spoiler alert: I really wish I could have known three things at the end of the book: 1. How did Jimmy and Beth work things out? 2. What did Beth finally name her book? 3. Where did Olivia go?

Olivia cannot move on with her life until she understands the reason for Anthony's life and death as an autistic child. Then she meets Beth who is writing a book about a boy speaking through her to his mother. As Olivia pours through her journals about life with her son, Anthony, his story comes to life through two different perspectives.

The story was entertaining but I had a hard time believing that someone could write an book on a subject that they hadn't researched and come up with a paranormal channeling experience giving a non-verbal child a believable voice that has the vocabulary of an adult.

Although I did enjoy the story of Beth and Olivia's relationship, I found parts of it teadious and farfetched. I enjoyed Genova's first two novels, Still Alice and Left Neglected , much more, which were entertaining and educational at the same time.

I will still be on the look-out for the author's next novel because I was so blown away with "Still Alice"

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yes theirs a lot of people that can relate to this book

house rules

soft voice to a tender topic

if you want to read a great novel that involves neurological disorders who better to write them but a neurologist themselves. I have read every book by Lisa Genova and with every book her writing improves. The author gives a voice to those that can not speak for themselves.

As a fan of Lisa Genova's Still Alice, a moving novel about a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. I was anxious to see how she tackled the topic of Autism in, Love Anthony. despite the fact that I didn't fall as deeply in love with it as I did with still alice. it was still a wonderful book, this book did talk about autism but it was mostly about a lesson in life and how to deal with curve balls thrown at you.

This book gives a startling and beautiful picture of the details of living with an autistic boy, and also stretches and deepens the understanding of its meaning

Debra has a beautiful voice however she starts every sentence very loud and by the end of the sentence I could barely hear her. Listening in my vehicle I was constantly turning the volume up and down. At one point she spoke so low I had to crank up the volume and when she started the new chapter my volume was so loud I almost jumped out of my seat lol!

I don't think so