Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (Dramatised) Audiobook

" It was a kinda slow at times, and sometimes it didn't really keep my attention. The end is really good, but I'm not sure if it is sufficiently good to make up for the slow rest of the book. It's definitely well written, many of the descriptions are really quite beautiful, but overall it was just okay. The style was nice, and if I spent more time thinking about the book and what it was saying I probably would have liked it more. "

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" Amazing writing. It seems to vibrate, its so alive. Funny, tragic, eerie and mostly about just regular everyday life. Short stories and loose threads of thought. I wish he hadn't died so young. I love just about everything he ever wrote, even down to his letters. "

" I could take it or leave it. Wanted to read after Joyce's portrait and liked some of the parallels but wasn't overly taken with it either. Though I could at least follow it better than Joyce! "

" Mostly amusing, occasionally heartbreaking (especially the final story, "One Warm Saturday"), and an interesting complement to the poetry and drama. "

" A pre-War Welsh childhood in story form, the prose studded with the kind of linguistic jewels that only a poet can muster. Uneven in their quality, the best are those of early childhood. Get your hands on a copy for the first story, The Peaches, alone. "

" I started telling my friend this story from my childhood when I realized I had no memory of the event. It wasn't my childhood at all but Three Peaches. Dylan's stories are so natural and absorbing that they settle in with you. "

" Dated. Overblown prose that's hard to stick with. Cider with Rosie gives a much better picture of youth in times gone by. "

" I just love D.T. His short stories are incredibly descriptive and sublime. "

" Though a homage to James Joyce's paradigmatic Portrait, Dylan Thomas' autobiographical work here made less of an impression. "

" None of these stories is quite so entertaining as the book's title, or its cover art. "

" A little slow at times. The style was nice, but overall it was just okay. "

" witty, hilarious, welsh "

" 39 years is all some people need. Haystacks & unspoiled boydom. A great collection of short stories about the young poet's dog's life. "

" very amusing and with pointedness of coming of age. "

" This is exactly how I'd like to imagine young boys live their lives (stated in a non-creepy way). "

" I especially like "One Warm Saturday" and "Who Do You Wish Was With Us" "

" Beautiful use of language "

" What a re-read! "

" last story gets 5 stars, rest get 3. "

" Short stories written in that wonderful prose style that makes Dylan Thomas so special. "

" Masturbatory material for readers who really, really like bad writing. This book has little redeeming value. How could such a brilliant poet produce such awful prose? "

" Perfect short stories about the author's life in Wales, from boyhood to manhood. Recommended. "

" Mmm Dylan Thomas about sums it up. "

" My first read of Dylan Thomas. I must read the rest. "

" Fabulous poetry. I re-read this on a frequent basis. "