The Conservationist Audiobook

" too literary, but a fantastic attack on our fantasy lives in africa "

" Had a hard time getting into this book. Finished it but... "

" vile manipulative racist protagonist. make me wonder whether the author holds some of the same prejudices. "

" This was a difficult book to get into. The beautiful lyrical prose wasn't enough to make it interesting. "

" This book is a challenge to get through. I am not sure why. The story is compelling but basically not much happens except at the very beginning and end. This requires a re-read down the road to "get it". "

" Just started, but excellent language and pacing "

" I found this turgid and unexciting but had to read it because I was studying it! Very dull stuff. A Booker Prize winner as well! "

" This book is rather uneven. There are some good and some bad parts as well. The begining is quite interesting, but then... I've got bored. Too little action, too many long monologues. "

" This book is a challenge to get through. I am not sure why. The story is compelling but basically not much happens except at the very beginning and end. This requires a re-read down the road to "get it". "

" Read this on the long plane ride to South Africa. Another great character and national study, set in the countryside outside Johannesburg, by a master writer. I wished for a little more plot, or plot resolution, though. I might have given up on the book if I hadn't read it in one very long sitting. "

" some of her most evocative, poetic writing, a depiction of South Africa pre-apartheid that I can only imagine is dead accurate ... but the protagonist is so cold, so detached, so resistent to life that it's hard to "love" this book. "