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A review by dustilane
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
slow-paced
2.0
President Lincoln's son, Willie, died, leaving the President distraught. He returned to hold his son's body multiple times. These are historical facts that lay the basis for Lincoln in the Bardo, a story that takes place over one night in the graveyard where Willie was laid to rest.
I love audiobooks, especially full-cast with music. That is why I wanted to listen to this book. It has 166 narrators, I believe, and music and it's supposed to be AMAZING. Nick Offerman is one of the key narrators and I love him so I knew I had to give it a try. When I got to the Booker Prize prompt for my book bingo, I knew it was time.
But unfortunately, I would have DNFed this book if it hadn't been for bingo. The thing is... I get why so many people love it and why it has the acclaim it does. It is such a unique and interesting concept for a book and goes between being sad and funny and serious. The writing is good, the story concept is fine. But I was so bored and spent half of the book incredibly confused. I found the short "quotations" to be odd and jolted me out of the story. I get what Saunders was trying to do and I appreciate it, but this book just wasn't for me and it won't be one I recommend to most people.
I love audiobooks, especially full-cast with music. That is why I wanted to listen to this book. It has 166 narrators, I believe, and music and it's supposed to be AMAZING. Nick Offerman is one of the key narrators and I love him so I knew I had to give it a try. When I got to the Booker Prize prompt for my book bingo, I knew it was time.
But unfortunately, I would have DNFed this book if it hadn't been for bingo. The thing is... I get why so many people love it and why it has the acclaim it does. It is such a unique and interesting concept for a book and goes between being sad and funny and serious. The writing is good, the story concept is fine. But I was so bored and spent half of the book incredibly confused. I found the short "quotations" to be odd and jolted me out of the story. I get what Saunders was trying to do and I appreciate it, but this book just wasn't for me and it won't be one I recommend to most people.