Unabridged Audiobook
I strongly prefer to read over listening to a book. However, when I started reading Blue Spool of Thread for a book club, I found that I cared so little about the self-involved, melodramatic characters, that the only way I could ever finish it was to listen during commutes. Early in the book, the author spends several paragraphs emphasizing that there is nothing at all remarkable or unique about the Whitshank family this book revolves around. This is true, and, for the life of me, I can't understand why a talented writer like Anne Tyler would spend so much ink telling their story.
Narrator was so good. I enjoyed the writing style so much I added other books by this author to my wish list.
Cute story. It makes you think how cool it would be to be able to glimpse over generations of our family and see how they came to be. The stories that are never told exactly how they happen, the stories and family that gets forgotten after 2 or 3 generations and history becomes lost. I really like how the story was laid out. Great narrator. She made it pleasant to listen to. That's a key thing I look for in audio no matter how great the book is.
Wonderful story. The characters really draw you in. I loved the attention to detail. And the reader was phenomenal! There is a lot of dialogue in this story and the reader made it come alive with distinctly different voices for each character. It was much better than if I would have read the book!
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