
At the Foot of the Rainbow
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Rusty Nelson
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the performance was incredible- the art of speaking in accents and switching demeanor per character is highly under appreciated.
heart wrenching tale.
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The narrator - you will either love him or hate him, that’s a personal preference. For myself I thought the accents actually made the book more enjoyable.
The plot - a man pines for 15 years over the woman he loves, while enabling a lazy drunk (who happens to be his best friend) to go on being a lazy drunk until he dies of substance abuse. Taken from a Biblical standpoint, it’s just not right. So Danny doesn’t get to marry the girl he loves. Go find another great woman, Danny! So you didn’t get Mary, but you could have had a wonderful life with some other woman. And perhaps by busy caring for your own household, Jimmy and Mary would have had to work things out between them. That’s real life - caring for the people around you, trusting God, choosing contentment about what you can’t change and praying for the things you so long to see change.
I’d have preferred that ending - where Jimmy learns to love Mary, and were Danny’s idolizations of her ends. Because, after the honeymoon life is still just lots of ordinary days, lots of ordinary work.
The book ends with Jimmy dead (you knew that had to happen) and Danny and Mary happily in one another arms at last. But, is that really the best outcome? Danny enabled Jimmy to remain as he was, never improving, never learning from his mistakes or becoming a better man. Mary seemed bitter to the core, even allowing three babies to die through her own disinterest in their lives, since her whole life was wrapped up in hating Jimmy and pinning for Danny.
And, sadly the book just drags. Had there been interesting tidbits throughout, or just more of the real life ups and downs, but no. Danny is all shining goodness and Jimmy all evil deceit. Listening to it just rankled my soul, as it felt like so much unhealthy co-dependency masquerading as love when in reality it was too selfish to confront and do the hard work of changing. I wish the priest had been a bit more Biblical in his counsel, pointed them to the life changing truth of scripture.
Anyways, in summary I’d say this is a GSP you can safely skip. Go enjoy “The Harvester,” “Laddie” and “Keeper of the Bees.” :)
You can skip this GSP, it’s sadly a bit of a dud.
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What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
If the narrator had NOT tried to do accents for the characters. They were horrible. I couldn't even listen to it.Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Rusty Nelson?
Someone who can do accents.Terrible Narration
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