Joseph Ballan
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Time Will Darken It
- By: William Maxwell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28
Pregnant with her second child, Martha King finds her marriage to lawyer Austin King more and more frustrating when her husband befriends his young foster cousin, Nora, and, in the process, unwittingly jeopardizes his marriage, career, and place in the community.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great American novel
- By Joseph Ballan on 03-07-20
- Time Will Darken It
- By: William Maxwell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
A great American novel
Reviewed: 03-07-20
The narrative peters out toward the end, but on the whole, this is a remarkable, wise book.
I have never had such mixed feelings about a reader. He does a truly superb job with the dialogue, which is no easy feat with so many characters, of varying backgrounds and genders. My favorite bits of this book, though, are the reflective interludes in the voice of the third-person omniscient narrator, and the way Maxwell sets and colors his scenes. Oddly enough, the reading of these sections was unsatisfying. I often felt like the wrong words were being emphasized, the wrong tone struck.
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