On The Road CD by Jack Kerouac Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of On The Road CD
Book Review: On the Road
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a huge fan of both Keroauc and the audio book in general. I am glad this was unabridged. I have a copy of an abridged version that I downloaded a while ago, which cut out some of the flavor of the novel, I thought. However, I didnt care much for Dillons reading of it. It wasnt bad, just not nearly as good and natural sounding as the guy that read the abridged version. But, for the relatively low price of this ten disc set, and the pure enjoyment of the story, this is still a good deal.Book Review: Perfect presentation!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Matt Dillon's presentation was superb -- he brought the characters to life. Especially, Dean, with his slow, distant, unique way of talking ... it was like Dean was really there.
I would very much recommend this audio CD to anyone who likes On the Road. Very, very well done.
Book Review: Really great
Summary: 5 Stars
It was with some trepidation that I started listening to this, but am really glad I did.
Matt Dillon does a great job - his metre, tone, pacing and the the "world-weariness" in his voice are all just right in my opinion.
I enjoy listening to it almost as much as I enjoy reading the book.
Highly recommended.
Book Review: What a book, ehhh on the reading
Summary: 3 Stars
On the Road is an amazing, beautiful, tragic, disturbing, uplifting, inspiring, discouraging book. If you're looking at these reviews to decide whether you want to read or listen to it for the first time, stop deliberating. It truly is one of the great novels of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
On Matt Dillon's reading, let's be honest, he simply slugs his way through big portions of this book. While listening to it I thought to myself numerous times that he wasn't even paying attention to what he was reading, but was just reading the words on the page. He does much better when there's dialog to be read. I liked his Dean very much and thought his William S. Burroughs (Bull Lee) was spot on. So what you get is a somewhat uneven reading of a truly classic book.