The Visible World Audiobook (Unabridged)

" If you can get to the third part of the book, it's a heartbreaking and beautiful love story. "

" There are some interesting vignettes in the book and I like the structure, but overall it was not very satisfying. In the first section the narrator tells of his family life with his WWII Czech-immigrant parents. In the second section after their deaths he unsuccessfully tries to piece together the mystery of their relationship and her love of another man. The third is the narrator's imagined love story of his mother and her lover, a resistance fighter who assassinated Heydrich, and also tells how his mother ended up with his father. "

" The Visible World is a bleak and depressing novel told as if a factual account of the author's parents' lives in the Czech republic during Nazi occupation. At times it's very poetic and at others, just lethargic. I enjoy stories of this time period but this isn't one of my favorites. "

" I enjoyed this easy to read book about two lovers caught in the middle of war-time Czecoslovakia. I found some of his descriptions, metaphors and similies a little repetative, therefore only scores a 3 out of 5. "

" I didn't like this book-I kind of felt pressured to like or feel anything fr the characters and like The Outcast, I just didn't. I also found general writing style and first person narrative grating and after weeks of perseverance I finally gave up two thirds of the way through. Disapointing. "

" Boring. Couldn't force myself past page 2. "

" Had trouble getting hooked in Part One (The New World), but I stuck with it. Part Two (Prague) was gorgeous. Highly recommend. Anything thing that may have been lacking in the first half was more than made up for in the second. Read, read! "

" Taking a while to get into it. Will be interesting to see where it goes. "

" Well, I read this book just a few pages at a time, which may account for the fact that I never felt particularly involved with the characters. A somewhat different love story, but it didn't grip me enough to make me recommend it...... "

" I probably need to read this book again as I couldn't decide whether I liked it or not but I did want to find out how it ended. "

" An account of how one woman's experiences in occupied Czechoslovakia during WWII affected her life and that of her family. Nicely written but there are so many other, similar novels that it's hard to see this one as anything special. "

" An incredibly romantic and tragic tale of Czech resistance fighters during the Nazi regime. Just achingly beautiful. "

" Very poignant and moving memoir. I literally yelled out what?! At least three times. Continues to shock and insipire. "

" I didn't like this book-I kind of felt pressured to like or feel anything fr the characters and like The Outcast, I just didn't. I also found general writing style and first person narrative grating and after weeks of perseverance I finally gave up two thirds of the way through. Disapointing. "

" Rich writing full of history and a poetic perspective from a man searching for answers. "

" Very poignant and moving memoir. I literally yelled out what?! At least three times. Continues to shock and insipire. "

" Boring. Couldn't force myself past page 2. "

" An amazing story of love and loss. Look past the Czech names. It is worth it. "

" Had trouble getting hooked in Part One (The New World), but I stuck with it. Part Two (Prague) was gorgeous. Highly recommend. Anything thing that may have been lacking in the first half was more than made up for in the second. Read, read! "

" Lovely prose and a captivating story. "