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

Stay focused...it's great!

Another story that can't be enjoyed without your concentration, but worth the effort. This is not a subject matter I would normally chose, but after having enjoyed MOST of Jodi Picoult's books, I gave this book a whole-hearted listen. I was not disappointed! It was thoughtful & heartfelt, as with all her books.

Good, but at some times hard to understand.

Very interesting. I learned a lot about the German side of the war, and how evil it was! With the race riots America has now, the rioters should be taught about what the Jewish people had to go through under Hitler. America isn't so bad.

didn't disappoint

spellbinding in a way that only Jodi Picoult can be... couldn't stop listening. I found myself thinking about it when I couldn't listen. It has every range of emotion one can muster and you really live with the characters.

Outstanding story!

This book surprised me. I love long books and usually get into every emotion as if it were my own. This one wasn’t that way though. I enjoyed Sage’s character and relationship with her grandmother, Minka. Her grandmother’s story which took up at least 1/4 of the book drew me in and I felt that for the first time I had “lived” what the Holocaust victims had endured. Obviously I can’t truly imagine their pain, but the performers and their performances drew me completely in. Some parts were a little predictable, but there were some shockers too. Overall this was an extremely enjoyable read!!!

Horrifyingly beautiful

I have recently discovered Ms. Picoult and so glad I did. This book fills you with joy, sorrow, horror all at once. It is not only a story of a holocaust survivor, but also gives a deep understanding of life in general. Many different ways...
And those baking details...made me almost bake that famous roll filled with chocolate-cinnamon. :)
Thank you for such a wonderful experience Ms. Picoult...and thanks to all wonderful narrators!!

Fabulous Book

What did you love best about The Storyteller?

I loved everything, a great story, terrific narration

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Storyteller?

The interweaving of different stories

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

The fact that the characters were clearly recognisable by the different narrators

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was very moved by the eternal themes of the darkness within all of us and the possibility of redemption

Any additional comments?

Can't recommend it highly enough, I was left bereft that it had finished

Heartbreakingly beautiful

Trying to summarize this book is difficult, given that it’s at least four separate tales interwoven into one beautiful story. But when I try, I just say it’s a story that asks the questions: what defines a monster, and what does it mean to repent?

This is not a story that paints any figure who took part in any of the horrors at Auschwitz as forgivable. But it is still a study of human nature and an exploration of the impact doing such terrible things can have on the perpetrator, the victim, and the victim’s family years later. It’s a story about generational PTSD, and how one could possibly go about tackling it within their own family. The story does not provide any clear cut answers or resolutions for a situation where there is none, but the questions raised are more than enough to shine light on those ugly parts of being human that we hide and how heartbreakingly beautiful it can be to finally face them.

Loved it

loved every minute a great story of moral fibre and story telling. I recommend this to anyone.

This book is so well written.

The story of a Jewish woman's Grand daughters path crossing with a past SS death camp Captain living in a Maine town who asks her forgiveness by begging her to put him to death.
She takes in his story only to Feel the great dilemma , finally asking the Grandmother her extreme story of family , friends, the train to death camp Aushwietz, her survival throughout and ...how she survived extreme cruelty through her imagination...the end ...is for you to find out.

Decent but predictable

Decent story but pretty predictable. The main characters voice was also pretty annoying, but it was supposed to be "sexy." Overall decent story, but not fantastic.