Wise Children (Abridged) Audiobook

" A quick, charming read. Draws heavily on Shakespearian comedies with tons of twins, switcheroos, confusing parentage, Old Hollywood, the theater, and all kinds of hijinks, with narration that's funny and ribald and sweet all at once. "

" I want to kiss Angela Carter's feet. She's a genius. This is the third book of hers I've read. She appears to be fascinated by incest, language, the theater, magic, and fires. What's not to like? "

" Hypnotic writing but never really developed into a plot - I can see more and more why Carter is a great short story writer. "

" I got this book as a preteen, and it's one of the books I love the most, and have read several times in the years since. I could write about the wonders of the book, the ephemeral nature of all things, the absorbing qualities of the narrative ... but I'll just say that if you haven't read it, you should. Soon. Very soon. "

" Having not much liked Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus, I was a little reluctant to read this. However, I am glad that I did - I found this book much more to my taste than Nights at the Circus. I found the story of Dora and Nora quite interesting & loved the references to the 30's and 40's musical stars. "

" This is a clever book full of British humour, which I often don't think is really funny. It would appeal to the same people who appreciate British humour in other contexts! For me it was annoyingly complex - I didn't really care which twin was which and who fathered whom. Not my taste! "

" This is one of my very favorite books and I read it practically every year. It is so funny and smart and full of life. "

" Kind of wacky "

" read for college Sunset on the British Empire class "

" Read it 3 times and counting "

" Like Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes, but grown-up, with sex and aging. "

" A raunchy tale of two sisters that takes one from the cabarets of England to early Hollywood hoopla. "

" crude and delightful "

" Modern Brit. Lit. class at MSU. Good class, great book. Very English, if you know what I mean. "

" meh. I mean, still really good, but compared to what Carter can do... meh. *update* I am convinced that Carter on her worst day is still WAY better than most on their best. A two was too low. A three is more accurate, because you should still read this book. "

" apparently, angela carter cannot even make identical twin flapper showgirls interesting. also, the phrase 'born in a trunk' apparently refers to theater people who grew up around the theater. "

" This was a fun read until the end. Dora's voice was a joy. Her flippant, inside/outside attitude was lots of fun and I got quite a few chuckles from the story of her and her twin's lives. I did not really like the ending. "

" One of the few books that succeeded in making me laugh out LOUD. "

" Macabre, twisted, darkly sensual feminist fairy tales. Grown-up women, toss aside those copies of Twilight, and embrace Angela Carter. Be brave. "

" For English coursework last year... very, very, very... graphic. "

" Angela Carter’s writing is vivid and dense. I often find myself rereading her passages and with each pass, another layer of meaning becomes evident. Frankly, her writing reminds me, I have much left to learn-but in a good way. "

" I've read a couple of the stories in this collection, such as "The Bloody Chamber" and "Wolf Alice." I'm excited to get into more of the book. "

" LOVED THIS. Carter's command of language in these fairy tale re-tellings is delightful and creepy and sometimes just plain chilling. Her strong female characters (many of them are the narrators of their own stories) are a pleasant twist to the original tales. "

" i didn't really enjoy this book as a whole. there were two stories that i liked overall, though. it's something that i need to reread later to appreciate more i think. the prose is too thick for me to fully appreciate "

" Fabulous. I had to read 'The Company of Wolves', a short story from this book for a English Course I'm doing and I'm so glad I did! Carter's writing style just blows you away,and I just had to read the whole book despite the fact it made my coursework late!! "

" Familiar fairy tales and tropes from folklore re-imagined for grown-up readers - dark, beautiful, twisted, and with a feminist slant - these often go in unfamiliar (but welcome) directions. "

" Good ideas, sometimes lacking in the execution. "

" Beautiful retelling of traditional fairy tales with some criticism on culture and society, mostly through a feminist approach. Somewhat old fashioned but definitely worth reading. "