The Awakening

It’s a good read.

Very unusual story. Narration was interesting because it was assorted readers.

Horrible and stupid

It wasn't as captivating as i thought it might be.

I couldn't stay with this book. slow, boring, didn't like changing narrators. wish I could delete it.

I quit listening due to boredom.

It's not my type of reading, I will search from your collection.

The cover suggested a more erotic story. It was rather dull.

not much of a romance book. more of a opportunity for romance lost. It's sad that she decided to end it the way she did. My favorite narrator was Sandra.

It was about time I acquainted myself with this title, and I do understand how scandalous it was at its time of publication. For a woman to write so intimately about independence in the spheres of intellect, emotion, motherhood, sexuality, sensuality, social mores, well her first readers surely understood that Kate Chopin had personal experience of them. It is hard to listen to casual, racist references to the nameless “quadroon” who assumes the care of the narrator’s children while she is discovering herself. It’s hard to listen to all kinds of references to historical things that don’t have cultural meaning for a modern audience. There are other racial terms used, for example, and an entire social structure that seems outlandish now. As for the assortment of narrators, I am happy they were all female. They all added something, and there was only one I strongly disliked. I ended up reducing the playback speed for her, and that helped a lot.

There were some empowering moments, but there were also word choices of the time that could definitely make you uncomfortable. The story is less dry and easier to follow than other literature from the period. Overall I enjoyed the work. The quality of the narration varied greatly between the 8 different narrators. nobody was spectacular and nobody God awful though.

I loved the story

Very good reading! I understood it better in this reading than I did when my class read it in high school