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A review by tygaribay
The Deadline: Essays by Jill Lepore
2.0
Only my 2nd DNF of the year so far.
Lepore is a good enough writer, but I did not find the subjects of most of the essays I made it through to be very interesting. Also, they were written in very academic styles, with lots of references to source material that just was not compelling.
Perhaps the worst aspect though was that I did this one on audio, and the author unfortunately chose to narrate her own work. Lepore's voice is not nice to listen to for long periods and eventually drove me to give up on the book. Might be better as a dead tree read.
Lepore is a good enough writer, but I did not find the subjects of most of the essays I made it through to be very interesting. Also, they were written in very academic styles, with lots of references to source material that just was not compelling.
Perhaps the worst aspect though was that I did this one on audio, and the author unfortunately chose to narrate her own work. Lepore's voice is not nice to listen to for long periods and eventually drove me to give up on the book. Might be better as a dead tree read.