Mathilda Savitch: A Novel Audiobook

" This male playwright has magically transformed his voice into that of a troubled adolescent. She is consistently inconsistent, fluctuating between impervious to helpless to surly to giddy, much like a real adolescent. On occasions she is brilliant and on other occasions she is just plain ruthless and stupid. "

" atypical story in the narrative voice of a typical precocious child "

" It just did not work for me on any level. I really wanted to like it. "

" a fantastic book, slightly reminiscent of "Lovely Bones" but following the little sister's story. Mathilda is a lovely, complex protagonist who broke my heart a few times throughout the course of the novel. I read it in two days because I couldn't put it down. "

" I really got into the character of Mathilda in the beginning, but there just wasn't enough growth for her to make this book satisfying for me. There was so much room for something to happen, but I felt like nothing did. It just fell flat for me. "

" I thought this book was really interesting, if confusing. I did not Mathilda as the narrator, I felt she was pretty, well....crazy. And the 'surprise' about the way Helene died was not really a surprise at all. The author tried to tell "

" Didn't love it. I thought the premise was interesting but frankly, it just started to feel like I was reading about a very disturbed young girl that needed psychological help. Got kind of bored but plowed on to the end. "

" Mathilda is a great character. Her older sister has died and her parents are not coping well. She takes it upon herself to figure out what happened to her sister. Sad and great. "

" A good read but I didn't find it particularly memorable. "

" Reviews said funny & compelling. I found it depressing & bleak. "

" I loved Mathilda's voice in this book. Her character is wonderfully dark and quirky. It's a quick read. "

" Mathilda is crazy, I loved being inside her head. "

" Hard to get into, a little graphic, but I could not put it down.....I had to get to the end:-) "

" Just plain excellent writing, unique voice, and compelling storytelling. "

" I'm a sucker for precocious young female narrators in the first person, but the story wasn't enough to back up the original voice. "

" I thought this book was really interesting, if confusing. I did not Mathilda as the narrator, I felt she was pretty, well....crazy. And the 'surprise' about the way Helene died was not really a surprise at all. The author tried to tell "

" This book started out with such promise. I looked the voice of the narrator. She was witty and funny and dark at the same time. But then the story just got weird. I didn't like the turns that it took, and it ended up just being creepy in a not good way. Great narrative voice, bad story. "

" 3 1/2 Lodato tells the story of a teenage girl who sister dies by falling in the path of a train in a fresh, interesting voice. Mathilda deals with her family and friends after the death of her sister. I enjoyed this book. "

" How ironic that I would be enjoying a book told from an adolescent's point of view. I dread the mention of such books in our book club, yet I am fascinated with this girl's perspective. She is so bizarre, but hilarious in her way with words and her take on what is happening around her. "