The Whole World Over Audiobook

" Best thing about this book-the quirky characters! Fenno, Saga and Walter are my favorites. "

" I was disappointed. Because I LOVED Three Junes, I hoped Glass's next book would be awesome, too. This book deals with Sept. 11th tragedies through the eyes of characters who are too pathetic to care about. "

" This was a really enjoyable read, but not a runaway, can't-put-it-down kind of thing. I'd like to read her first book though. "

" Good, not great. The story lagged in places. "

" not as good as her others, but still worth the time! "

" This was a decent love story for the most part. It tended to be wordy with a bit too much homosexual detail for my tastes "

" This is really good - a well written story. I really enjoyed it. It was like going into another world each time I opened it. Great characters. "

" I just loved this book and its characters... I love an effortless 500-page read! Has the most lovable Republican character in fictional history! "

" I picked this book by the cover, as I am prone to doing. (Browsing at the library has a visual component for me), but I really enjoyed the writing and story. I have Three Junes to read next. "

" A long story for a disappointing ending. "

" This was an extremely cleverly written and entertaining book, and I would have given it a 5 if only the end was a little less rushed. "

" The beginning of this book dragged on and on. The book is supposedly about the characters' mid life crisis but in the end it solves itself and it didn't feel like there was much of a solution or a point. "

" As with the Janet Fitch novel I had high hopes. I hadn't read either Fitch's or Julia Glass's first novels that had gotten such great reviews. This, like Paint It Black, was disappointing (although TWWO wasn't nearly as terrible at PIB). "

" I love the way she develops characters. This book if full of lovable people finding their way toward and away from one another. I thought the ending was a little weak, but otherwise thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I'd also recommend her other book, Three Junes. "

" The second novel by this author. Great characters, dealing with huge issues of love, loss, and family. Wonderful story. "

" A lovely read by the same author as Three Junes. I enjoyed it very much, but perhaps not quite as much as Three Junes. It does feature one of the characters from the earlier novel, and it's nice to follow his life a little further. "

" Rich characters. An enjoyable read. "

" The best book I've read in at least a year. Tangentially related to Three Junes, her other book, but I don't even remember that book and it didn't detract from this experience. Great writing, interesting and unusual characters. "

" I think I liked this even more than Three Junes, which won the National Book Award. The thing that amazed me was how Glass zooms in on the lives of four distinct characters and, at the same time, makes you aware of their connections to one another -- and what those connections mean. "

" Glass' down to earth and compelling novels are some of my favorites! "

" This book was a little bit better than "three junes". Some of the same characters were in this book but it was not a sequel. There was still jumping back and forth between characters but for the most part, it was all written in the same time period. "

" This was a very long book that seemed to be quite slow-moving. I thought that the ending was very odd and slightly disappointing. It was an okay summer read, but not overly recommended. "

" Julia Glass stands out to me because she does not keep the book moving so much through the plot, but because she dives so much into the minds of her characters that you feel personally invested in their well-being. "

" I really loved this book. Glass combines my love of cooking and the Southwest and relationships. Add a lot of humor and it became a great bedtime book. "

" Character formation was built naturally and situations arose realistically with believable reactions and consequences. Until a sequel's released, I'd like to join these new friends at a dinner party! "

" A lot of characters and relationships. I really liked it -again reading and listening. "

" Overall, a really good book. That said, the pre-9/11 portion is an order of magnitude better than the post-9/11 portion, so that was disappointing. "

" I disliked this book. I did finish it but with great irritation all the way with the predictable plot, stereotypical/cutesy characters, etc. I break out in a rash when I think about it. "

" An enjoyable read. I wasn't compelled to start it, but once I did, it was hard to put it down. Told from multiple viewpoints, each is interesting. I especially liked the handling of 9/11 and how the characters were affected, in life-changing ways. "

" This book was okay. I enjoyed the non-major characters most. Some scenes were a little far-fetched for my liking. "

" This book took me a long time to read...I ended up liking it at the end as everything came together but I almost abandoned it a few times. "

" not as good as her others, but still worth the time! "

" This was a really enjoyable read, but not a runaway, can't-put-it-down kind of thing. I'd like to read her first book though. "

" Slow-moving, but a lovely depiction of relationships: husband/wife, male/female, male/male and parents/son, single woman/older man. "

" This book was terrible. Pointless. There were a few decent stories and characters, but it really wast more of a collection of ramblings than a well crafted story. "