Shade Audiobook

" I don't get all the hype for this book. I didn't actually enjoy reading it until page 180.... "

" In Ireland, just because you're dead doesn't mean you don't get a say. Lovely. "

" it was a good book,a little hard to follow in parts,it was sad but Jordan paints a picture of childhood innocence and describes the era and the location so well you feel like youre there.Its my first novel by Jordan so i think i would probably read some more of his work. "

" I enjoyed parts of this book more than others as I found some of the switches between characters confusing. Overall a very interesting read. "

" Agree that the beginning was tough, but after 14 pages, it was readable and I recommend it "

" The book is beautiful. Jordan's use of language is awe-inspiring. Hands down one of the best books I have ever read. "

" Wordy and slow starting but good. "

" Read for "Contemporary British and Irish Fiction," English capstone seminar, SP10 (Mary Smyth). "

" Although the dialogue was a bit too poetic for children speak, too many Shakespearean observations and ten dollar words, I thought the story was engaging enough to allow for a bit of writer's fantasy. A little slow, but a good read. "

" 2.5 stars. I liked the idea of the book but the style wasn't my taste. It's the type where instead of ever really saying what is happening in a "big moment", the author talks around and around it so you have to infer what he means. For me, that gets old. "

" A superior use of the same metafiction device (narrator is "speaking from the grave") as "The Lovely Bones." Give Bones a pass and read "Shade" instead. "

" Slow, sensual, beautiful but confusing in parts too. "

" Deeply imaginative,sad, funny. Beautifully written. I shall look out for more by this author. "

" Jordan certainly has a talent for beautiful prose and paints a vivid landscape in this novel. Unfortunately, I found the jumps in time and narrative voice confusing, and the parts of the book that glowed served to magnify the more stagnant portions. "

" it was a good book,a little hard to follow in parts,it was sad but Jordan paints a picture of childhood innocence and describes the era and the location so well you feel like youre there.Its my first novel by Jordan so i think i would probably read some more of his work. "

" I enjoyed parts of this book more than others as I found some of the switches between characters confusing. Overall a very interesting read. "

" Wordy and slow starting but good. "

" Read for "Contemporary British and Irish Fiction," English capstone seminar, SP10 (Mary Smyth). "

" Agree that the beginning was tough, but after 14 pages, it was readable and I recommend it "

" Amazing writing - very puzzled as to why this didn't win the Man Booker prize. Jordan is so much more than screenwriter (The Crying Game, Etc...) <br/>Big thumbs up! "

" The book is beautiful. Jordan's use of language is awe-inspiring. Hands down one of the best books I have ever read. "

" Slow, sensual, beautiful but confusing in parts too. "