Accordion Crimes Audiobook

" I enjoyed how the accordian was weaved into the stories of so many people over the years. "

" This wasn't a great book but it had its moments. Really the explicit thread linking the parts in this collection of short stories, the green button accordian, played a very small part in most of the tales and was almost non-existent in the later ones, except as an afterthought. The more implicit thread was that everyone who comes to the United States (or is a minority there) gets fucked over by the "Americans" who live there, including disrespect, drug addiction, sexual abuse as children and death. Oh well, since so many of the characters were miserable, misogynist, racist and bigoted themselves, maybe they brought this mistreatment on themselves - put them out of their misery, at least. There was some good writing in this but when it's so hard to find anyone to like or at least identify with, it gets to be slow going. "

" Well written, however I didn't like any character in it. Plot moves along very well. "

" Still struggling through this...grim... "

" Life is hard, but hardest for immigrants. Why can't people just get along? "

" I can't remember the last time it took me so long to get through a book. I kept thinking that it would get easier as I read on, but it wasn't until around pg. 350 (out of about 475) that I actually became mildly interested. I'd never read any Annie Proulx and the description of the book intrigued me, but it was nothing like I expected. I was hoping for more of a story ABOUT the accordeon, I guess, but it was really how the accordeon ended up in the hands of random people that you never had any interest in or attachment to. "

" i liked this book a lot. "

" Tough reading, but I admire her attempt here. She has a strong vision of what she wants to write about, and that's unusual in today's writing for the market mentality. "

" The device of an accordion that changes hands many times permits the telling of many stories of very different characters. Very entertaining. "

" Gruesome, realistic series of immigrants' tales of coming to/living in the U.S. Violent, absurd twists in each character's (even minor, incidental ones) story. Her writing is superb, but a sense of humor would make everything more palatable. "

" If you liked the red violin, you will like this account of a cursed instrument. "

" To me, this a great American novel- it cuts across many ethinicities and the stories of many families while following one accordian on its way from Italy to and through America. It is dark and tragic at times, but the breadth of it just amazed me. "

" Okay, I really tried to finish this book. I rarely give up on a book, but I did with this one. I'm not sure what others see in it. "

" annie proulx is the greatest writer in history. "

" Great device following one item throughout its history...good story, well written, interesting historical commentary. "

" Honestly, who cares? It's an accordian, not a Stradivarius! "

" I could only get to chapter three. The book is depressing in my opinion. I would give this book to someone is the paid for the shipping. "

" Lots of love for E. Annie Proulx. One of 'merica's best contemporary authors, in my opinion. "

" Sprawling, epic novel, but it was so sad I couldn't finish it. Proulx is a terrific writer, but with a dark vision sometimes. "

" quite good so far. Vivid picture of the life of immigrants in the 1920-1930's. "

" Curious series of stories tied together with an accordion made in Italy and subsequently brought to New Orleans. Some of the stories are intriguing but all seem to end abruptly and tragically until the accordion itself meets its end. Not up to the standards of other Proulx books I've read "

" Sad, haunting story that follows an object, an accordian, rather than a person, through time. It chronicles amazingly well the triumphs and tribulations of generations as they struggle to make their way. "

" Well, I powered through it and survived. Wonderful prose but impossibly depressing. "

" too gory..couldn't stand the crudness of this story...not Annie's best book. "

" a gritty little book...a very gritty little book But in the big scheme of things, Proulx points out the cultural importance of the accordian to nearly every group of emmigrants to the United States. I liked it, a lot. "

" Liked the Shipping News better.She does a good job at creating some unforgetable characters but the book took on a drone after a while it just didn't leave you satisfied. "

" Wow...as usual, a wonderful book by Annie Proulx about a bunch of miserable people and an accordion which is passed down through cultures and generations. Dark and funny at the same time. A great read! But don't expect anything good to happen. "

" Not as good as the Shipping News. "

" This book really does ramble off on a lot of tangents...sometimes the accordion isn't even mentioned for what seems like days. But there are some memorableCharacters involved. "

" toch niet de allerbeste van annie "

" Really quirky, but I like that! This is the story of a bunch of different people who own one accordion. It took me several months to read this- some smoother than others, but for the most part, I really enjoyed it. "

" I actually didn't finish this book. It was one of the most brutal books I have ever read. May start a list of all the ways she killed off her characters. I couldn't attach to any one person and couldn't care much about the accordion either. "