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Full disclosure: I won this (gorgeous, hardback) book in a Goodreads giveaway. It has taken me a few months to get around to reading it though, during which time lots of other people have read it, and for the most part, raved about it. I’m not sure my review can add much!
Lincoln in the Bardo certainly is a uniquely written, creative book, reading more like a play than a novel. There’s plenty of humour (not all to my taste, for sure), some interesting historical detail and some very emotionally m ...more
Lincoln in the Bardo certainly is a uniquely written, creative book, reading more like a play than a novel. There’s plenty of humour (not all to my taste, for sure), some interesting historical detail and some very emotionally m ...more
During the first 50 pages of this book I was so confused that I wasn't sure I was going to make it. Luckily this was about the point where I realized what was going on. I would have been very sorry to miss out on this beautiful book. The audio was also brilliant, with it's 166 narrators.
The story starts out with some ghosts discussing their lives just as a young boy enters their midst. Throughout the book the characters are not able to admit they're dead, which causes a hilarious number of euphe ...more
The story starts out with some ghosts discussing their lives just as a young boy enters their midst. Throughout the book the characters are not able to admit they're dead, which causes a hilarious number of euphe ...more
Wow! I see more George Saunders in my future!
4.5 stars
This was so good. It was unique in the way the story was presented by switching between actual historical accounts and the fictional part that almost read as a play, while some passages were very poetic.
The audio was excellent, especially Nick Offerman as Hans Vollman and David Sedaris as Roger Bevins III. Also, Bill Hader and Megan Mullally were hilarious as the Barons. ...more
This was so good. It was unique in the way the story was presented by switching between actual historical accounts and the fictional part that almost read as a play, while some passages were very poetic.
The audio was excellent, especially Nick Offerman as Hans Vollman and David Sedaris as Roger Bevins III. Also, Bill Hader and Megan Mullally were hilarious as the Barons. ...more
Ok literary friends, it's time to interrupt your reading lists and start this audiobook immediately. This is a masterwork. At once so utterly weird and fantastical and yet so moving and tragic. It's a tragic theater and word poetry and novel on grief combined. You won't be upset you delayed whatever you had next in your list.
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To all the haters and to the readers that attempted this book, or simply didn't understand or enjoy it, I give you my friend's marvelous review, which I thing addresses a lot of the book's constructive criticism:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I mean no offense by this, I just think Miranda's review is worth reading. Thanks, buddy.:) ...more
Interesting, thought provoking, and heartbreaking.
Jan 07, 2017
Barbara
marked it as to-read
