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A review by amylsays
Toil & Trouble: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3.0
Do not get the audiobook!
The book is interesting and Burroughs is a clever writer. It’s more a collection of essays than a memoir, although there is a loose tie. It’s a fun and thought-provoking narrative of the author’s belief that he is a witch, what that means, where the powers come from, and how he uses them. Might more of us be witches than we realize?
But lordy, the audiobook narration is downright bizarre and completely distracting. This author-narrated book is incredibly slow, and his cadences…with…lots of pauses… is even stranger at higher speed. It drove me up a wall. If you listen to a sample of this versus Running with Scissors, you’ll hear that RWS was also narrated by Burroughs, but at a normal pace and speaking pattern. I have no idea why this one is different, but heed my warning and listen to a sample to see if you can stand it. Otherwise, just…read…the book.
The book is interesting and Burroughs is a clever writer. It’s more a collection of essays than a memoir, although there is a loose tie. It’s a fun and thought-provoking narrative of the author’s belief that he is a witch, what that means, where the powers come from, and how he uses them. Might more of us be witches than we realize?
But lordy, the audiobook narration is downright bizarre and completely distracting. This author-narrated book is incredibly slow, and his cadences…with…lots of pauses… is even stranger at higher speed. It drove me up a wall. If you listen to a sample of this versus Running with Scissors, you’ll hear that RWS was also narrated by Burroughs, but at a normal pace and speaking pattern. I have no idea why this one is different, but heed my warning and listen to a sample to see if you can stand it. Otherwise, just…read…the book.