Oracle Night Audiobook

" I really liked this book. The premise is very clever, a book about a book. I was wondering if anyone has noticed the similarities to Murakami's "Wind Up Bird Chronicles"? I love the magical realism and the open-endedness of the story, leaving your imagination to go where it will. "

" i found this book in the trash and hadn't heard of auster. i liked the cover. i thought it was stupid at first but i ended up reading the whole thing in a few days and at the end, i was like yeah, thats a good book. its cute and light like a cloud. "

" Noah lent me this book with a statement about it that I can't remember, but maybe something not so positive about it. I liked it, it was intense, taking a turn I didn't expect. I think I've read other Paul Auster books but can't remember which ones. "

" Probably the beginning of the slide for Paul Auster. SO GREAT in the early novels. "

" I love Paul Auster - there was only one part in this that I didn't absolutely love - but the rest of it was brilliant "

" This is an amusing story with an unpredictable ending. It's a little boring at the beginning but becomes better and better through the end... "

" an original story with a few surprises....and it takes place in cobble hill "

" A poor showing by Auster. A novel within a novel within a novel. Simpering protagonist. Big disappointment. "

" As I read this book I started off as interested, then REALLY became interested when he was writing his story, and then I got plain bored when he was talking about his life, but then became interested again at the end. I didn't see that coming. A lot of ups and downs, but overall a good book. "

" The the best use of footnotes I have ever read. Some people might complain that nothing happens, the nothing is tragic and terrifying. "

" More like a few interrelated short stories than a comprehensive novel. Hard to follow, not a very satisfying plot. There was some mention of time travel on the jacket which persuaded me to read it, but it never materialized. Disappointing overall. Guess I'm just not a Paul Auster fan. "

" I remember being really into this book while I was reading it...but now...I can't even rememebr what it's about so I guess it wasn't that good. "

" my favorite book of 2006 "

" Fantastic. It felt like being told a deeply interesting confession by a drunken stranger at a dinner party. Profoundly intimate. I was going to lend this to a friend but it has earned pride of place in my permanent collection. "

" Complex, cynical and minimalistic; mixed and spiral-psychological stories about himself's (?) job, but in that decadent northamerican middle class. A story into another story. Great! "

" not the best auster unfortunately. "

" Great story within a story about a writer in NYC and what does writing mean, anyway? "

" I liked this -- it was entertaining and easy to read. But I didn't like the end -- and it was a bit too 'meta' for me. I don't know, it was clever and entertaining but somehow didn't give me that 'oomph' or woo me... "

" Great and natural storyteller. I breezed through this book and enjoyed it. "

" The first half of the book was so amazing that it was hard to stop reading and not thinking about it all them time. The second half was then predictive but as always the ending was brilliant. I loved it, every single page. I just love Paul Auster. "

" brilliantly layered plot, page turner. paul auster at his usual standard "

" Grande scrittura, alcune trovate geniali, un finale leggermente al di sotto delle mie aspettative, ma, in definitiva, un romanzo che attrae e cattura fin dalla prima pagina, questo libretto di Haruki Aust... oops, Paul Muraka... pardon, Paul Auster! "

" Similar uncanniness to his other (better) novels the Music of Chance and NY Stories, but the elements here are barely hanging on to the thread that loosely weaves them together.Doesn't "end," it just kind of stops. "

" Interestingly clever weirdness from Auster, a master of questioning identity, truth, reality, etc. "

" I love the idea of a story within the story within the story. You get hooked right from the start. Auster does know his job. I would recommend it to aspiring writers for the insight it gives into the writing process. "