The English Patient: Man Booker Prize Winner Audiobook

" Excellent prose.I read it twice to fully appreciate it! "

" Beautiful prose, but I couldn't always find the characters very believable. Is it even possible to self-inject with thumbs? Was it possible to serve as a nurse at age 20? I don't know, but there was a lot about this that wasn't really very realistic. I most enjoyed the intrigue surrounding the Egypt storyline. Thought that using the race card to explain Kip's breakdown in the end was kind of lame. It would be equivalent to a white American losing it over some major wrong done to France, a culture that considers itself superior to all others, just because they share the same race. More believable to have just been stressed by the absolute totality of the atom bomb -- no chance to defuse, no second chance, no chance for survival. Is there any validity to the point that the a-bomb was not used on Europe? Probably, but there was also a lot going on with the timing of the readiness for actual use. I just think that the Kip character would have been more bothered by an a-bomb making his life-saving skills worthless and, therefore, himself just as worthless. "

" I read this originally in high school and loved the romantic story and conflict set against the war backdrop.... After rereading it, I still do! "

" Love this story but I prefer the movie to the book which almost never happens. "

" I hesitate to rate a book that I didn't finish reading... but if I don't, I'll never have any books rated 1 or 2. I stopped reading after the forth f-bomb (the beginning of Part II). It was really slow moving and I was ready to stop wasting my time anyway. "

" By large and far one of my favorite books. It's even better than the movie - and that's saying something. "

" The worst kind of pretentious, literary fluff it has ever been my misfortune to read "

" This is one of my all-time favourite books. "

" I know I am supposed to love this book because everyone else did, but I did not. I found the story slow-moving and depressing. I was not engaged. "

" Decent. The book was better than the movie. "

" Hard to get into but once it got going well worth it. Nice transition book from Atlas to 50 shades. "

" Flat out one of the finest books ever written. Stands toe to toe with any classic. Ondaatje has such remarkable sensitivity as a writer and creates a wonderful, poetic work. "

" Holy cow. Having seen the movie years ago, but knowing nothing about Ondaatje, I was totally unprepared for the fearsome intelligence that pervades this achingly beautiful book. "

" I think this may be the only novel that I enjoyed less than the film... Unfortunate really as it is such a beautiful story. I found the novel too remote at times. "

" I trudged through this book, got to the last page, closed the cover, and hurled it across the room. "

" Just read this book last month. Such a beautiful writer Ondaatje is. I envy him. "

" Friendship, Romance and Race conspire with destiny in this beautifully written work "

" Really I was waiting for more when I started this book, I thught in some parts it was difficult to follow or simply boring... Maybe I should watch the movie .. "

" Read it in High School my Senior year. Beautiful language. Everything means something. "

" Confusing story, very confusing ending. A lot of jumping around from past to present and other places. "

" At the end of World War Two, four people come together in Tuscany, all with shattering stories that are retold. Very dense language, very beautiful, hard to read more than a few pages at a time. Absorbing story. "

" I loved this book. It was complex, beautifully written, passionate. I couldn't put it down. "

" Both the book and the movie are outstanding. For discussion of the similarities and differences between books and movies, see Ondaatje and Murch's conversations, a fascinating read that provides insight into the creative process in both areas. "

" Read it in High School my Senior year. Beautiful language. Everything means something. "

" I'm totally caught up in this, even though I saw the movie, that was years and years ago. Feel totally new. "

" Man did I hate this book. And I loved the movie! Stylistically pretentious crapola. I struggled and <br/>skimmed to the end because I was curious about plot differences with the movie. And there were some <br/>major ones. "

" Ondaatje is a poet and masterful story-teller. Lots of emotion and depth. And history. Wonderful. "

" Evocative, soulful and romantic. This is one of my favorite novels. "

" One of the few books that I liked the movie version of better. "

" I wish that I had read this book before I watched the movie. While the book is very good, I was utterly moved by the movie and coudn't seprate it from the book as I was reading it. Such depth and emotion in each character. One of my favorites on a purely emotional side! "

" I read this book because my daughter was assigned to read it for a High School lit class. While, it was an interesting story and very well written, there was too much sexual description. I was disappointed that this was chosen for a High School class. "

" Had to re read this one. Its been awhile. A master piece. I dont want to even try to put words to it "

" A poem. An epic. A historical fiction. A fictionalized history. It's about romance. It's about war. It's about the tenderness of love against the brutality of humanity. It guides the readers through a dark tunnel with no light at the end. "

" I really liked reading this book. The story was interesting, although it did jump around in time a bit and challenged the reader to follow. "

" Beautifully written. Epic and descriptive. "

" I cheated here. Can't really say I 'read' it because I fell asleep NUMEROUS times. Most boring book. Ever. "