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A review by lauraborkpower
Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
4.0
I started this audiobook last year, but switched to something else for one reason or another. It's a slowly starting book that, while I found well written (obviously: it's Amy Tan) and interesting, I wasn't sucked into immediately.
But I gave it another go last month and, although it's a character driven story first and foremost, I found that the plot becomes very tense about a third of the way through. It's not a fast book, but it's a very good one.
Tan's narrator is a ghost, and I always enjoy reading books with a narrative twist. It's successfully organized and the narration never feels gimicky or silly. It's a sad book in many ways, but a terrifically satisfying read.
Tan does her own narration for this book, which I enjoyed. But be warned: there are a number of characters who have accents--English and Australian--and Tan does not do good accents. But otherwise, her reading is very good.
But I gave it another go last month and, although it's a character driven story first and foremost, I found that the plot becomes very tense about a third of the way through. It's not a fast book, but it's a very good one.
Tan's narrator is a ghost, and I always enjoy reading books with a narrative twist. It's successfully organized and the narration never feels gimicky or silly. It's a sad book in many ways, but a terrifically satisfying read.
Tan does her own narration for this book, which I enjoyed. But be warned: there are a number of characters who have accents--English and Australian--and Tan does not do good accents. But otherwise, her reading is very good.