The List

By: Jade Chang

Narrated by: Jade Chang

Length: 50 mins

Publisher's Summary

Forget online dating, matchmakers, and awkward setups. In this insightful essay, Jade Chang, author of The Wangs vs. the World, exposes the secrets behind the latest solution for finding love in the twenty-first century.

The new dating craze among the divorced, recently broken up with, and frustrated singles of Los Angeles starts with the creation of “the List.” The converted swear by it - just write down everything you want in a partner, and the cosmos will provide. But could such a simple, old-fashioned technique actually work? Enter Jade, who investigates this increasingly popular path to a soul mate, with charming and hilarious effects, tracing the history of list making - and learning about dating and love along the way.

The List is part of The Real Thing, a collection of moving, hilarious, and big-hearted essays on the modern realities of friendship, romance, commitment, and love. Each story can be listened to in a single sitting.

©2018 Jade Chang (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Please kill me

There’s a reason the author or narrator is still single.
Good information terrible delivery.
I’m glad it was free.

Audiobook and Kindle in Motion!

The List by Jade Chang is the first piece in The Real Thing Collection. Each book is short enough to read in one sitting. I listened to the audiobook on Audible, and it was about 50 minutes long. The plot description tells you exactly what this story is about so I won't bore you with my own extra details. :-) I randomly came across this series on Amazon as I was aimlessly browsing. It sounded good to me, and because it was also available on Audible, I grabbed it. I sometimes enjoy listening to shorter books and stories in between the longer ones, and this one fit the bill perfectly. If liked it, I could easily move my way through the collection, as they are all fairly short. Each story is written and narrated by a different author and can be read in any order.

I really wanted to love The List, but, truthfully, I wasn't overly impressed. To me, the story was just kind of "blah," and the narration wasn't bad, but it wasn't super good, either. Basically, it just gave me something to listen to while I did some organizing.

My original plan was to give the audiobook a rating of 3-3.5 stars, but after reading some of the reviews on Amazon in regards to the Kindle version, I decided to give that a try, as maybe I misjudged it. It is a Kindle in Motion book, which means you are able to view animated illustrations and videos on some of the pages as you read. You also have the option to turn them off, making the format the same as other books in your Kindle library. I thought the Kindle in Motion features added to my overall reading experience, so I bumped my rating up a star. For those who are going to get this book, I recommend you give this version a try.

Because each of the pieces in this collection are short, I'm going to give the next one a try. I like being able to sample writing from various authors because I might find a new favorite!

Thank you for reading my review. I hope it was helpful. :-)

An interesting perspective on manifestation

I appreciate the authors research and different perspectives on this idea. I liked the humor and the well researched information. The end was also well received as I thought it was an interesting perspective on manifestation.

The List!

Enjoyed the way she incorporated some metaphysical beliefs in the story without altering its flow.

Short Listed Listen

What do you want in somebody? Write it on a list?

This is a short listen, written and narrated by the author. I really liked her other short, written and narrated listen, “You’ve Already Changed the World”, and I highly recommend it. So when I saw this as being an even shorter listen, I put it in my listening library. Good for in between regular listens. If you can’t decide what’s next, stick it on.

It really isn’t too overwhelming. Just a: do you want love, this is what some people do, and is this something you would do.
I give it an 8/10
I give the author as a narrator a 10/10.
I would like to her to narrate more.
And I highly recommend “You’ve Already Changed the World.” I liked that one far more. A little longer but not too much, more thought provoking.
I also am going to try the authors fiction story, not narrated by her and see how I like more of her writing style.

Not sure if I will write a list for other than what I personally want to work on for myself; maybe someday.

Short and Sweet

Author does a great job reading a cute story. No advice content, but will make you smile.

A little dull

Not badly written, but it just didn’t do anything for me. There were a few interesting muses about love, but it didn’t really say much. It’s not witty or very thought provoking, but it isn’t terrible either. It’s the kind of thing that just doesn’t make an impact for people like me. It might do more for others

Interesting.

Interesting story. Don’t share may of the beliefs about lists but it was a good ‘read’...