Snow Angels Audiobook

" I forgot to bring my own book when I was in Wisconsin this past week, so I had to dig through Grace's collection. This was bleak but well written. "

" Short audiobook - only 5 discs. 3 and half stars. I really liked the main character Arthur. "

" Just saw David Gordon Green's adaptation this weekend at the Sundance/BAM festival here in Brooklyn and was mightily impressed. The book is excellently conceived, and delivers all of the 70s era isolation you could possibly want without any lingering images of Kevin Kline in a three peice cordouroy suit. "

" Book was okay. Wish the ending was different. Sometimes a point or issue needed to be expanded on and left me wanting more of the story. "

" Well written, but so harrowing I'm not sure you'll be glad you have the story in your head when it's over. "

" Well written but depressing story. "

" This is the first book I've read by Stewart O'Nan. I am giving it 3 of 5 stars because I had a hard time developing empathy for any of the characters except for Arthur, the 14-year-old boy in the midst of his own hard time. Snow Angels is a sad dark story, one I won't forget for a long time, because the writer has a knack for getting you into the thoughts of the various characters. He describes the setting of Butler, PA, and the endlessly long winter, which adds to the gloom and sense of impending doom. Planning to watch the indie movie Snow Angel. "

" Depressing and disturbing. "

" I enjoy O'Nan's writing. It's very descriptive and thought provocating. This story is very dark and sad. You need to be ready for a downer when you pick this one up. "

" Astute observations on nostalgia, family, and the transience of love. "

" Haunting... "

" Disappointing. Not nearly as good as A Prayer for the Dying. "

" There's a few spots that sag, but overall O'Nan supplies enough emotional intensity to make the entire story resonant. "

" I've read a few of Stewart O'Nan's books and this one is predictably different than the others. While not as engaging as Last Night at the Lobster, still quite good. "

" Blatantly brilliant, apart from a few odd/unclear sentences. "

" This book was okay up until the end. To me, it just seemed like the book was a waste of time to read because it built up some things but it just never went anywhere.4/08 "

" Love/hate Simply written with unlikable yet honest characters. "

" Interesting treatment, with parts of the intertwining stories completed separated, which suggested to me the way in which we are all absorbed in our own affairs, even when we're aware of our personal links to tragedy in the lives of others. "

" The book starts out as a page-turner, with an appealing narrator. O'Nan writes well but unfortunately the events of the story turn out to be pretty predictable, and I was not sorry to see it end. "

" Stewart O'Nan continues to write the daily life in a way that makes it more than mundane. This was a departure from the other books I've read by him. This one had a deeper sense of poignancy and nostalgia. He is a master of words. "

" I picked this book up because it is set in my hometown, and I always enjoy reading something where the geography is familiar. The story is a dark, but very believable and easy to read. Would give it 3.5 stars if I could. "

" I actually read this book it two days....it was an excellent story, beautifully written....just simply loved it. "

" Love O'Nan and do plan to read them all. This is his first novel and it shows a bit - hasn't matured as a writer, but still a good read. "

" Debut novel of the author I am clearly obssessed with at this point. This starts with a murder in a small town and slowly we come to learn whoh Annie Marchand is and how this horror happened. "

" Did not like the ending... I felt it was a very unanswered book, so many ways it could have ended and I felt cheated at the end. "

" The book was not good but I at least finished it...Unlike the movie. "

" Good writing. Really, really depressing story. "

" The characters felt underdone...this story felt more like an exploration of a premise, "ripped from the headlines", an exercise of where the story would take the characters. "