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Outstanding

Revisado: 01-23-25

Great story and FANTASTIC narration. Lately of a book doesn't hook me within the first half hour of listening, I simply stop. With this book I had the opposite problem. I couldn't stop listening. The way the narrator depicted each character was wonderful and nuanced. One of those rare books where I think I got more out of listening than i would have from reading it.

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WOW. Fantastic book; perfect narrator

Revisado: 05-01-23

I have both the paper book as well as the audiobook. This is one of the few times that an already incredible novel is, somehow, made even better through audio. You could hear the sly sparkle or sarcasm in the narrator's voice. The novel itself is fantastic. It literally made me laugh out loud at some points and choke back sadness at others.

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high hopes and disappointed

Revisado: 04-23-23

This book was underwhelming at best. One of those books where each moment is the biggest or worst or whatever-est moment ever. Until the next page, where the same hyperbole gets repeated. Took away from any potential profundity.

Also, PLEASE get someone who can pronounce our names!!! It's Ganga like "gun-gah," not "gaahng-ah." Not hard. It's a beautiful classic Tamil name—please don't butcher it.

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Just what was needed right now

Revisado: 07-15-21

This is the opposite of what I normally read, if book genres have opposites.

But this was perfect for right now. Frivolous sometimes, over the top sometimes, laugh out loud funny sometimes, and earnest always. Recommend for an easy weekend listen that’ll leave you feeling better about everything.

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More like modern history than memoir

Revisado: 01-21-21

I don't read memoirs. So I was happy to find that this book was more like an easily digestible historical account of these years than a memoir about maudlin personal troubles. Biased rendition of history, I’m sure, but still excellent.

Btw, all of the jokes about how s-l-o-w-l-y he reads his book are true. I listened at 1.5, and it was just right.

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WOW— and I don’t even like nonfiction!

Revisado: 10-11-20

The content, language, and narration were all perfect. Do listen all the way through to the Epilogue and Afterword. The author brings us from his birth to present day. If you’re like me and prefer literary fiction, don’t worry — you will love this book.

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Very teeny-bopper

Revisado: 04-15-20

The story is fine. The writing is accessible, though lackluster. It's a quick read. Easy but not particularly moving.

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Fantastic book. Fantastic narrators.

Revisado: 06-01-19

This was the rare book that is as good as an audio book as it is on paper. I loved every bit of it. Complex without being complicated. Perfect.

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Too much going on

Revisado: 02-28-19

This was basically a stringing together of various liberal Indian "issues", barely strung into a disjointed novel. It could have been a wonderful collection of short stories. Or another one of her magnificent books of nonfiction essays. I love her essays and her sociopolitical works. But she tried too hard to turn that into a novel here. From a literary perspective, this book felt contrived.

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Best book I've read all year.

Revisado: 12-09-18

I am a long-time public defender. So much of what Professor Forman writes rings true to me. More importantly, he writes about a little-known aspect of the history of our criminal justice system - - the role of various well-intentioned people of color, including African American judges, prosecutors, police officers, and the clergy, in helping to create the system that exists today. However, the author does so with precision, consistently noting the differences between what these African American leaders and advocates envisioned (a domestic Marshal Plan, as the author puts it) and what was ultimately delivered.

The book is readable and thankfully lacks the preachiness of many books on the topic. Last but not least, the narrator was fantastic.

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