Utterly charming use of the English language. The more words Williams crammed into a sentence the better it became. One of the best artistic uses of a run on sentence I ever read/heard. Remarkable description of Irishness. I was transported back to Galway wandering the peat bogs.

This book will be in my Top Ten listens for a long time. It is written so beautifully. The narrator is sublime. I found myself replaying whole chapters just to hear it again. And I will listen again. Niall Williams’ command of the English language and ability to illustrate detail may be the best I’ve ever read. If you love excellent writing, this is your book.

I really wanted to love this, because the other reviews made it sound amazing. But, it wasn’t the book for me. It felt a little too jumbled and in cohesive. Story telling from a grand parent- excessive/irrelevant detail, long winded, but touching. Sentence to sentence, it was beautifully written. But all together, it felt a mess.

Very evocative of a bygone age.

wonderful descriptions and characters that make a quiet simple story so memorable.

Not for me

Brilliant story, an amazingly clever wordsmith, great story and perfect narrator! highly recommend.

Wonderful book. Another time, another place where people people found their joy in community and family, not money and possessions. The book had me laugh and cry. Just wonderful.

The story was rather charming, but the minutia of life in a small town on an island in Ireland was just mindnumbing

Good

wonderful story, easier to listen to than read.

Beautiful depiction of rural life in Ireland.

T this book actually sent me to Ireland because the people described in this book were just like me-just a little crazy and living deeply in the spirit world

A beautifully written, charming and loving book.

I loved this book! Beautifully written and narrated. An unexpected wonderful VIP gift!

A lovely, slow-paced book; beautifully & believably narrated by Dermot Crowley. It lagged a little at times -- perhaps a cold-weather listen. Over all I enjoyed