Prague Audiobook

" I read it in Budapest, which is surprisingly apt despite the title. "

" Hilarious narrative about young expatriate hipsters in Prague, and the collision of worlds after the walls came down. "

" This book was almost too well-written for its own good - in some passages, the author was almost playing with words to show off. The funny thing is that this book takes place completely in Budapest, and I went to Budapest within weeks of finishing it...so if you're off to Hungary, I would highly suggest this. I also got a kick out of one of the characters, Mark, who is a PhD student and likes to play around with colons in the titles of his works (not that I have ever written anything like that...okay, guilty). "

" Not a bad story, or even poorly written, but for some reason it took me over 3 months to get through. and it doesn't even take place in Prague. "

" A good book about a movement I missed by about 8 years. It was a great time to leave college, leave america and start over in a new eastern europe. I, like the Author, would have chosen Budapest---now that's a city. "

" Not bad, but didn't touch enough. "

" It's an interesting book about Budapest, around the change of regime (1990). It contains some strange parts that I don't like. "

" I've tried -- 3 times, I've tried. I give up. It wins. I just cannot finish it. "

" Ugh. I'm sure I missed something here, but by the end of the book I did not care about or for a single character in this book. "

" This book brought back great memories of my summer in Budapest. It was colorful and fun, but could've been shorter because it dragged a bit. Good read. "

" #25 for 2009. "

" Slow going and less "clever" than Phillips' later novels, but I liked it well enough in the end, if only for the descriptions of Budapest. "

" It took me several attempts to get into this book. I don't know why. That happens to me sometimes with certain books. Once I did get into it, the pay off was great. This is a story that grabs ahold and doesn't let go. Characters I will always remember. "

" I did not like this book. This is the second Arthur Phillips book I have read and I didn't much care for either book. I will not read any more Arthur Phillips books. Life is too short to read dumb and pointless books. "

" This book was so terribly boring and overwritten that I could not finish it--and I very, very rarely stop a book halfway through. But my spare time is just too precious. Very disappointed. "

" Really liked the premise, but it became a little too unhinged towards the end. Also dragged on too long. "

" Great for someone who lived in Hungary in the early 1990s. I loved all the references to the way of life I'm so familiar with...and miss. I did have a hard time staying engaged in the story, though, because it's so random. "

" Is hard to slog through. Has some interesting parts, but I've completely read 3 other books while also reading this one off and on. Not really holding my interest...hope to finish it someday though. "

" Many characters from those years are recognizable. I wish Phillips had stuck around another year or two and woven together more of the oddness. I have trouble separating my views of the book from my desire to match memories with the text. "

" The next generation of ugly Americans makes it to Eastern Europe in the early 90s. While the book is highly entertaining and informative, Phillips makes the unfortunate mistake of seeming to celebrate rather than condemn, as Alex Garland did so ably in the Beach. "

" The four stars are entirely earned by two slim sections of the book: Lone Wolf Aspirants and any and all things dealing with a failing but ingeniously sourced doctoral thesis on nostalgia. "

" Eh, I think his writing is good but this book wasn't grabbing me. I have heard his other stuff is better "

" i liked when it captured the feel of what it is like to be young and traveling through europe, meeting new people, drinking too much, and in general being ridiculous. but other than that, not so much did i love it. "

" book actually about Budapest, I had hoped for a story about Prague. "

" 208 pages in, I give up. This was unbearable. "

" Is hard to slog through. Has some interesting parts, but I've completely read 3 other books while also reading this one off and on. Not really holding my interest...hope to finish it someday though. "

" Ugh. I'm sure I missed something here, but by the end of the book I did not care about or for a single character in this book. "

" One of my new favorites among living authors. I liked this work a lot and could relate to the characters for the most part but often felt myself a little alienated by their dialogue. It often seemed a bit too rough and left me a little put off. Other than that is was a lot of fun and a great read. "

" I did not like this book. This is the second Arthur Phillips book I have read and I didn't much care for either book. I will not read any more Arthur Phillips books. Life is too short to read dumb and pointless books. "