The Butcher Boy (Abridged) Audiobook

" As disturbing as the subject matter is, it really is an engaging book. Despite the fact that the main character is a psychopath, you do feel sorry for everything he goes through in his life. "

" I even could not finish reading this book. But the book is not my taste. So I stop "

" Couldn't put the book down, scary how the human mind works "

" Masterfully written, although I couldn't say I 'enjoyed' it. I would only recommend this book to someone with a strong stomach! "

" This is a powerful book, one that fills the reader with pity and terror. The protagonist is Francie Brady, a sort of Irish Huckleberry Finn, with three important differences: 1) Francie still yearns to be respectable, 2) he has no wise Jim to guide him, and 3) he is despised by his town and betrayed by Joe, his own Tom Sawyer. Alas, there is no Mississippi river to escape to, and the book ends in blood and madness. Yet--and this is one of the strange strengths of the book--it is narrated by Francie in an upbeat, almost jaunty tone that never loses its sense of humor or its humanity. "

" great book and my copy is extra special cause it's signed by the great man himself "

" A well-executed and disturbing novel. "

" Ah. Poor old Mrs Nugent but you gotta love Francie! "

" The author did a nice job of finding the main character's voice and I felt like I was struggling with him as his world kept changing despite his own arrested development. It felt very real as if you get a better feel for what it must be like fall into psychosis. "

" And yet, like The Wasp Factory, I never want to read it again. "

" Really messed up but good. "

" an amazing voice tells this story, a voice that you realize is sadly psychotic. Horror and heartbreak mingle in one broken teenage boy "

" stay away from children "

" this book was not what i expected. it was both dark and captivating. the character was raw, alive, evil, innocent, and unexpected. "

" The childhood of Anton Chigur, as experienced by a chummy, hilarious, sociopathic little Irish boy. Extremely vivid and livid "

" Creepy and confusing... "

" This was my favourite novel when I was 17 years old. I related to The Butcher Boy in ways that I probably shouldn't have! A mischievous anti-hero, in this Patrick McCabe created an enduring classic. "

" Pretty amazing book, despite some points I wish I could skip. I both empathised with and disliked Francie. I found this book really humorous at times, and at other times painfully sad. "

" I found this one slightly over-rated. I liked that the story was an inner-dialogue from start to finish, but I suppose I found it more sad than disturbing. "

" Funny, sad, and wretched. Might mess you up just a little. "

" Scary, hilarious, brutal, full of brilliant writing. Totally disturbing, though, and not for the faint of heart. "

" Wow, so great, and at Shauna's recommendation I watched the film immediately after reading. Probably one of the best book-film adaptations I have ever seen. Disturbing, complex, sad, shocking. "