atla's comments (member since Oct 19, 2009)

atla's comments from the All Ears Audiobooks group.

For anyone who is on a classics binge (Donna?), might I recommend Frankenstein as read by Simon Vance? I just finished listening to this, and it is beautiful. I was listening to random samples on audible, when I listened to a sample of Dune. I decided that while the book didn't fit my mood at the moment, the narrator did. Tracking him down, he's read many, many works. I chose Frankenstein to fit October and was not let down. This prose itself was lovely and lyrical, only occasionally overwrought, and not at all what you'd expect if you pay attention to pop culture Frankenstein. It was heart-wrenching, thought-inducing, and masterfully narrated. I'm picky; my average rating is 2.96. This, however, goes on my favorites shelf.