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A review by pattydsf
War Dances by Sherman Alexie
4.0
I think I have fallen in love with Sherman Alexie's voice. I do not usually listen to talking books done by the author. Unfortunately the ability to write is not tied to the ability to narrate. However, this is the second book I have listened to by Alexie and I can't imagine going back to just reading his stories and poems. Last time I used a Playaway, this time I had the book in MP3CD format.
This book is a collection of over 20 stories and poems. I found most of them to be wonderful and many to be thought provoking. I especially liked "Bird Watching at Night" and "The Ballad of Paul Nonetheless". A couple of times I hit back track to hear a poem again. Also I found myself turning off the player so I could mull over the last story.
Which brings up my only complaint. I was very happy that the producer made each poem a separate track. That was helpful. However, there was not enough of a pause between stories. I am not sure how that would work, but I wished for about 45 seconds of blank space between each piece.
This book is a collection of over 20 stories and poems. I found most of them to be wonderful and many to be thought provoking. I especially liked "Bird Watching at Night" and "The Ballad of Paul Nonetheless". A couple of times I hit back track to hear a poem again. Also I found myself turning off the player so I could mull over the last story.
Which brings up my only complaint. I was very happy that the producer made each poem a separate track. That was helpful. However, there was not enough of a pause between stories. I am not sure how that would work, but I wished for about 45 seconds of blank space between each piece.