The Member of the Wedding (Dramatized) Audiobook

" Youth revisited. "

" I wanted to love this book - I really did. I usually love coming-of-age stories and the way they can transport you back in time. This particular one was just very slow. While a short book, it took me awhile to get through it. Very well written and poetic, it just didn't speak to me as much as others have. "

" Really excellent book about a girl who is tired of a lot of the things she has been used to but unsure how to proceed next. She wants an adventure but is mistaken about the kind. "

" Interesting. McCullers again showing off her incredible ability to soak into her characters souls and reveal to us her fantastic human insight. However the book seems to be standing still, everywhere except the maincharacters mind, all the way till the end. The narration beautiful and her knowledge of minds once again shown off and spot on. "

" "If you want to read something that will shock you, turn to page 66." "

" Didn't resonate with me the way The Heart is a Lonely Hunter did--not sure why. It was fully imbued with the very Southern notion of possessing both and incredible fondness for the place you're from and the ineluctable desire to get the hell out of there. "

" Reread of a favorite. Frankie is such a memorable character in her anger, confusion and isolation. "

" Read this because I kept running into references to it in other things I read. Well worth it...great translation of feelings into images. "

" A bit depressing perspective of adolescence. Yet found ways to relate even though being 12 is far from my memory:) "

" So beautiful and sad with the slightly distorted worldview of a child. "

" if it were possible, i'm afraid this would be in the negtives for star ratings. "

" Carson McCullers is pretty unbelievable. the characters and places are intense and realistic. this isn't as complex as her first book, but almost as good. "

" Slow going as a read, but amazing ideas to digest once you're done. Wish I read this one as a teen, would've felt less alone in my mind world. "

" I found this paperback in the freebie bin at my neighborhood book store. It's a beautiful coming of age story by Carson McCullers set in the South. Her characters and sense of place made this short novel a page-turner. I was sad when it ended. "

" I just don't get it. An overly precocious 12 year old wants to badly to be grown up. Colloquial language, historical setting, but I just didn't like it. "

" Best read on a sweltering summer afternoon, but perfectly pleasant on a cool spring day. "

" I don't see what the big wow is?? It was OK. "

" Another sparse, quick novella by McCullers with beautifully drawn characters and attention to little details, the heartache of a young girl not knowing how to break free from a simple Southern life. "

" I love the way McCullers writes childhood. It's weird and a little off, but perfect at the same time. "

" This was a reread. I'd forgotten how exquisite the writing is, and how powerfully McCullers captures the emotions of a young woman wavering on the brink between childhood and adulthood. An all time favorite. "

" I really liked this book with a twist ending .. "

" A bit depressing perspective of adolescence. Yet found ways to relate even though being 12 is far from my memory:) "