Booth's Sister Audiobook (Unabridged)

" This author's writing style was so hard to follow. The plot would switch from past to present with no indication. I found it hard to understand and to develop an interest in the characters. I thought it was going to be about Asia and John and how their relationship developed but it was primarily about their father and his eccentric theater lifestyle. He communicated with his family through role-playing...like everything was a play they were involved in. I just couldn't get into this book and didn't finish it. I don't feel right giving it a star rating since I didn't finish, but for what I did read I would give it 1 star. There was great potential for this story but the author just didn't deliver. "

" The author wants to tell the story of Asia Booth Clarke, the sister to John Wilkes Booth, but fails in clarity and style. The interesting bit, that of what happened surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, is lost amidst recollections of childhood, disjointed "visions" and scenes, and a wish for magic. Asia is a pitiable character who is bound by her gender yet rails against it, only ineffectively and never to truly live on her own. In that her behavior is probably accurate for the time, but it produces dull reading. I got this as a free Kindle book, and I'm glad that I did not spend any money on it. "

" Can I say I read it if I only got about 25 pages in and it was so bad I had to stop? Truly awful. "

" Ummm, welll...this is historical fiction, I guess. Fiction, certainly...historical characters, yes.. I guess the part that put me off was the absolute strangeness of the relationship between the characters. I never got the sense that the characters were developed...I never really understood them. This plays well into the 'insanity' defense that the book seems to offer fort he assassination. However, I just never really -fell into- the story, and had a hard time finishing. "

" I abandon this book....bored... "

" Read it on Kindle. Maybe wasn't complete in digital form. 1 star speaks for itself. "

" This could have been a really good book, but it was extremely difficult to follow at times. Very disappointing. "

" Very weird book. I would not recommend it! "

" I feel like giving it 1 star is too high of rating. The best thing I can say about this book is that I'm glad it's done and it was short. "

" Honestly I couldn't get past the first few chapters. Poorly & oddly written. Unfortunately an editor would have been useful. "

" I am not sure how close this is to the actual history but I found it a little bit strange. The book kept referring to a deep almost psychic connection between sister and brother. In the book she apparently felt like she was one with the brother? I don't know, strange story. "

" Just too weird and difficult to get into. Like many others, I couldn't get very far in this book. "

" I read about 1/3 of the book and stopped -- it was weird -- perhaps I should have read a bit more before quitting but life is not long enough to read something I did not enjoy. "

" Ok,liked the story not the writing style. Choppy & hard to follow. The history & a different poin of view is interesting, but the writing style kills the book. Just about the worst writing I've read. "

" Ok read, but a must if you are a Civil War period history buff! "

" got this free on the Kindle...this book was painful. I just didn't get the whole thing. "

" Read because I was on a kick of reading Lincoln books. Didn't really enjoy it but it was a good insight into the Booth family. "

" A free Kindle download that I couldn't pass up. Interesting story, not great writing. Sometimes the story seemed to get a little weird and disjointed, but I am glad I read it. Had not ever thought/read about Asia Booth and may have to do a little more reading about her now. "

" Really expected more out of this book, but at times it was confusing to keep up with, would have prefered more substance at the end of the book rather than the middle. "

" I never could get into this book. Finally gave up. Just wasn't a style of writing that worked for me. "

" This was an interesting book. It was a free download for Kindle, so I wanted to give it a try. If you like Shakespeare, you'll enjoy the many quotes. I did have a little trouble with the writing style, but learned many things about the man Booth as told by his sister. "

" April 30, 2010 "

" I tried... thought it was going to be a good historical novel from a different perspective, but found it slow and boring. Didn't finish it! "

" Was a bit hard to read at times, was interesting though. "

" Started but it just didn't hold my attention. Dumping it in hopes of greener pastures... "

" A very strange book -- I had hoped for more. Obviously John Booth and his sister Asia had a very strange childhood and adulthood was apparently affected...the style of the book was eerie, which was perhaps the intent of the author...but it didn't make for very compelling reading. "