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eichitenshouin's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
Extremely silly, but also delightful and inspiring. I guess I'm not immune to silly. It's like if Dr. Seuss wrote for adults. Make sure to listen along while you read, I don't think it's half as effective if you aren't hearing it.
Extremely silly, but also delightful and inspiring. I guess I'm not immune to silly. It's like if Dr. Seuss wrote for adults. Make sure to listen along while you read, I don't think it's half as effective if you aren't hearing it.
hollymeek's review against another edition
challenging
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
anneofgreenplaces's review against another edition
5.0
4.5
Such original and intensely delightful poetry, whimsical characters, evocative setting--especially meaningful because I started reading it in North Wales, and listened to part of it while driving down the Welsh coast. (Had to pause because it was too dense/accents too strong for me to listen to without referring to the text.)
Such original and intensely delightful poetry, whimsical characters, evocative setting--especially meaningful because I started reading it in North Wales, and listened to part of it while driving down the Welsh coast. (Had to pause because it was too dense/accents too strong for me to listen to without referring to the text.)
briancrandall's review against another edition
5.0
FIRST DROWNED
How's it above?
SECOND DROWNED
Is there rum and lavabread?
THIRD DROWNED
Bosoms and robins?
FOURTH DROWNED
Concertinas?
FIFTH DROWNED
Ebenezer's bell?
FIRST DROWNED
Fighting and onions?
SECOND DROWNED
And sparrows and daisies?
THIRD DROWNED
Tiddiers in a jamiar?
FOURTH DROWNED
Buttermilk and whippets?
FIFTH DROWNED
Rock-a-bye baby?
FIRST DROWNED
Washing on the line?
SECOND DROWNED
And old girls in the snug?
THIRD DROWNED
How's the tenors in Dowlais?
FOURTH DROWNED
Who milks the cows in Maesgwyn?
FIFTH DROWNED
When she smiles, is there dimples?
FIRST DROWNED
What's the smell of parsley?
CAPTAIN CAT
Oh, my dead dears!
[6–7]
There's the clip clop of horses on the sunhoneyed cobbles of the humming streets, hammering of horseshoes, gobble quack and cackle, tomtit twitter from the bird-ounced boughs, braying on Donkey Down. Bread is baking, pigs are grunting, chop goes the butcher, milk churns bell, tills ring, sheep cough, dogs shout, saws sing. Oh, the Spring whinny and morning moo from the clog dancing farms, the gulls' gab and rabble on the boat bobbing river and sea and the cockles bubbling in the sand, scamper of sanderlings, curlew cry, crow caw, pigeon coo, clock strike, bull bellow, and the ragged gabble of the beargarden school as the women scratch and babble in Mrs Organ Morgan's general shop where everything is sold: custard, buckets, henna, rat-traps, shrimp nets, sugar, stamps, confetti, paraffin, hatchets, whistles.
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aaroncbabcock's review against another edition
4.0
what more can one say than "the dead come out in their sunday best?"
simoneclark's review against another edition
3.0
What in the world did I just read and listen to? This describes the inhabitants of a Welsh village? Well, looks like all Welsh people are weird lol. I seriously doubt that, but that is the impression I have after finishing this book. I loved the songs, though.
dhwan's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
beecycling's review against another edition
5.0
As brilliant and beautiful as I remember. The BBC production is one of the all time best marriages of material and performances ever recorded. Best listened to all in one session to fully appreciate it, I think.