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demonchicken's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
oddskyla's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
melmothwanders's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
grace_mae's review against another edition
Listened to the abridged audiobook of it. It's only 4 hours long and nearly, fantastically incomprehensible because of how much was cut out of the 600 page book. Do I want to read the whole thing now? Not sure!
readmetwotimes's review against another edition
4.0
http://nonsempreiosonodelmiostessoparere.blogspot.it/2015/04/un-grido-fino-al-cielo-di-anne-rice.html
mabechel's review against another edition
4.0
While the writing style isn't my favorite as it can be difficult to follow at times, I still feel the book is worth a read given its uniqueness and intriguing oddity. The colorful depiction gave me a new appreciation for the historical era and culture. It fills a narrative niche I didn't realize needed attention. Overall, I enjoyed reading it, but probably will not seek out other Anne Rice works if the writing style is consistent with this one.
classicadg's review against another edition
4.0
A little too detailed for my taste (I don't need to know what everyone is wearing at all times... and come to think of it, I felt the same way about Larsson's Millenium Trilogy). But this is my first Anne Rice and it wasn't about vampires, so I put up with it. I read the reviews before starting this book and thought that it was pretty silly for people to say that the book was too long. I'm not sure how long Rice's books usually run, but having read +1000 page books, I thought to myself, "You people don't even know what a long book is!" But now that I've read it, I feel like it did take too long for her to tell this story. Yes, I understand the need to stretch it out to show the passage of time, but given that the book takes place over about 4 years, there are other ways to have acheived character growth.
evan_j_dove_007's review against another edition
3.0
I want to say I loved this book. Anne Rice writes addicting novels in a manner few can match(I read over 80% of this book in a single day, despite the 4 day read length shown on here). Her ability to draw you in and keep you entranced is matched only perhaps by her ability to make you feel a deep-set discomfort which in turn battles in your mind, arguing for you to put it down. Tonio was in a way easy to hate, and perhaps that is why I’ve given it 3 stars? I cannot pretend to comprehend what he felt and went through, but at times his willingness to be happy combined with his intractable desire to not be was maddening. Rice’s writing is also predictably fecund and florid, and as someone who’s own writing suffers from the same predilection I feel confident in making that assessment. It was sexual, depressed, vibrant, holy and full of shame, but for some reason I can only say that it was a good book, despite the hold it had on me. It was not great.
alecscudder's review against another edition
4.0
This book is set in eighteen-century Italy and talks about castrati who are male sopranos; the story talks about Tonio who’s a castrato and his teacher, Guido, they fall i love and try to find a way to live a life like true men. The way the music is described is simply magical, the atmosphere is immaculate, it made me fall in love with my country over again.