Let me start off by saying this: I strongly, strongly recommend getting this as an audiobook. Unless you can read it with a variety of strong Irish accents in your head, pronounce the Celtic placenames and sing in Gaelic, you are really missing out. Gerry O’Brien does a fabulous job and his work really adds to the story. This is… Read more

I feel like I’m breaking up with this book: Really, it’s not you. It’s me. This is probably a very nice book. There’s nothing wrong with the writing, and there were occasional turns of phrase and flashes of wit that I enjoyed. Randolph the Labrador Retriever was generally charming. (Although really – Proust? Come on. Why would such a nice… Read more