The Secret History

I might love the book, but....

Haben Sie die Zeit genossen, in der Sie dieses Hörbuch gehört haben? Warum oder warum nicht?

... I don't enjoy listening to it very much. Donna Tartt is an amazing writer for sure but not a very good reader. The reading sounds awkward and the audio book is not half as enjoyable as it could be if it was read by a professional reader.

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Beeindruckend

Halten Sie die Hörbuch-Ausgabe von The Secret History für besser als das Buch?

Ich habe das Buch auf Deutsch geschenkt bekommen und mir dann die englische Hörversion geholt, weil mir einiges etwas schlampig übersetzt vorkam. Ich habe es nicht bereut! Dass die Autorin selbst liest, hilft beim Verständnis dieses klugen Buches.

Welches andere Buch würden Sie mit The Secret History vergleichen? Warum?

Ich habe beim Hören weniger an ein anderes Buch als an den Hitchcockfilm gedacht, in dem zwei Studenten einen Menschen töten als intellektuelle Herausforderung töten (Rope)
Hier liegt der Fall zwar etwas anders, aber Anklänge an die Hybris dieser Studenten sind feststellbar.

Hat Ihnen Donna Tartt an der Geschichte etwas vermittelt, was Sie vielleicht beim Selberlesen gar nicht bemerkt hätten?

Die gesprochene Sprache vermittelt die Unterschiede zwischen Ost- und Westküste in Amerika und die Eigentümlichkeiten der Protagonisten in einer Intensität, wie es einem geschriebenen Text logischerweise nicht möglich ist.

Gab es im Hörbuch einen Moment, der Sie ganz besonders berührt hat?

Ich finde es verstörend, wie der Hörer der Komplize der Täter wird, wie man mitfiebert und hofft, obwohl das, was sie tun, moralisch unverzeihlich ist.

Was wäre für andere Hörer sonst noch hilfreich zu wissen, um das Hörbuch richtig einschätzen zu können?

Es ist eine Geschichte, die den Hörer mitnimmt, im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Sie verlangt Konzentration und, obwohl ich das in keiner Weise geplant hatte, war das parallele Lesen und Hören fruchtbar. Mir ist beim Hören viel aufgefallen, was mir beim ersten Lesen entgangen war.

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great book! but...

Würden Sie gern ein anderes Hörbuch von Donna Tartt und/oder Donna Tartt ausprobieren?

yes. but only if ms. tartt weren't the one reading it. when i read the secret history some years ago i was fascinated and had lost some sleep, not having been able to put it down. but as an actor, playing all the parts and doing all the reading, she is not as good.

Welcher Moment von The Secret History ist Ihnen besonders im Gedächtnis geblieben?

the awful rendition of bunny. the way ms. tartt used her voice while portraying bunny was just disturbing my listening pleasure. i also believe that she doesn't have the talent, or rather knowledge, to keep a voice going, i.e. the french accent that became a mixture of british, american and french. i had to stop listening after an hour.

Wie hat der Erzähler das Buch beeinflusst?

if i had not read this book some years ago and know already what an amazing and entertaining read this is i would not have wanted to continue listening or read anything else.

Hat The Secret History Sie zu etwas Bestimmtem inspiriert?

yes. to use my satisfaction guaranteed policy.

Was wäre für andere Hörer sonst noch hilfreich zu wissen, um das Hörbuch richtig einschätzen zu können?

what i have figured out in listening to the snippets we hear before committing to a buy is that they are usually the part of the book that is the narrative. but when it comes to dialogue is where an actor either reels you in or pushes you away.a prayer for owen meany by john irving1Q84 by haruki murakamiand now the secret history are audio books i have had to replace because of that reason.having said that i am happy that audible is so generous with its customers.thank you.

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I love the book and I do like Donna but..,

Her voice and accent make it impossible for me to go through. I really tried, loving the book so much but I seem to just get...well...disappointed. She isn't a professional reader and it can be a good idea for the writer to interpret their own work but it just sounds awkward and I cannot concentrate on what she says when she breathes like a bull but talks like a mouse....so so sorry, for I do like her so much...maybe only Stephen King can read his own books to us I don't know...before you buy make sure you listen to the voice for a while and try to imagine she gives a small kids voice to a grown man, trying to make him sound intellectual..still...the book is fantastic as are all her three books.

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Donna Tartt at her best

This must be my favourite book of Tartt. And yes, she isn’t a professional reader but I adore her reading of this book.

Actually, I shouldn't like it

It is a bad crime novel, because it is neither thrilling nor entangled. There is not a single character I like, the totally unambitious, oblivious of all around him narrator being the worst of all. Finally, I am not interested at all in the microcosm of a college for affected, spoiled children of rich parents. Nevertheless, Donna Tartt, as author and as speaker, managed to pull me into the story. I don't know why. Maybe, it is because its gloomy, distructive momentum.

Worst Audible book I have ever listened to

Stuck with it to the end but got to say, wish never started it. Female narrator for a male main character read in first person: ok I can get past that but the story was dire.

Disappointing

I don't like the position of the narrator who seems without any place in this world - utterly emotionless and generally unbelievable (the idea might have been that of an observer-narrator like Nick in The Great Gatsby, but that does not work since the narrator is not taking any sort of action or moral stance or at least undergoing a late enlightening). In addition, the narrator is male, the reader (and author) female, so that does not help, and neither does the rather dull performance. All in all, this was a boring disappointment.