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    Be My Wolff: A Novel
    Be My Wolff: A Novel
    Be My Wolff: A Novel
    Audiobook19 hours

    Be My Wolff: A Novel

    Written by Emma Richler

    Narrated by Lucy Rayner

    2.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Zachariah and Rachel Wolff are brother and sister. Well, not exactly. They are star-crossed lovers. Well, not exactly. Rachel is the cherished daughter born to a Russian family living in London, and Zachariah is her parents' adopted son, who arrived from the orphanage with one jumper, a head of rambunctious curls, and a dexterous set of fists, or fives, as he likes to call them. As children, Rachel and Zach were as close as two people could be. But when they crossed this forbidden line, there was no going back. Now, as an adult, coping with Zach's estrangement from their formidable father, Rachel is determined to invent a family history for her beloved. And so the novel cartwheels through Zach's imagined ancestry-from a tavern-educated boxer in Dickensian times to a Hussar during the Napoleonic Wars. All the while, Zach and Rachel's troubles in the present are building to a new point of no return.

    Filled with art and science, fairy tales and folk songs, tsars and foundlings, Be My Wolff is a novel of astonishing range and imagination: a love story, an exuberant adventure through time and place, and a tale of our most unbreakable bonds.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateFeb 14, 2017
    ISBN9781681684604
    Be My Wolff: A Novel
    Author

    Emma Richler

    Emma Richler was born in London and grew up in London and Montreal. She trained as an actress in New York City and worked in the UK in theatre, film, television and on BBC Radio for ten years. She lives in North London.

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    • 2/5
      I haven't been so frustrated by selfish characters since Audrey Niffenegger's "Her Fearful Symmetry". The premise was promising but the combination of loathsome personalities laced with a whiny-voiced narrator made it impossible for me to continue listening to this story after disc 2.
    • 3/5
      Be My Wolff...I guess it was just not for me. Seemed like the book overall lacked direction. The content, honestly, wasn't my usual thing. It's a very weird romance story between a girl and her adopted brother. Not necessarily taboo but just weird overall.
    • 3/5
      Be My Wolff is a rambling, eternal dialog between a sister and an adopted brother who adore and love each other. The dialog, which takes up most of the novel and does not seem to let up at times, is a bit of a sinking, hold you breath, keep holding, and pray for resurfacing. There is a lot packed in, from fun facts about wolves to Russian folklore to boxing, which I enjoyed; however, after a while some of it seemed repetitive for not real purpose. None of it seemed to really move the story along. In the end, I am not sure whether the story or the plot moved much, whether the characters developed at all, though this is not to say that things did not happen (an apt double negative, if you please.)When the writing was not too concerned with too-precious dialog, there were moments of great clarity with exquisite detail and fresh prose. The audio version had Lucy Rayner reading, and I wasn't too thrilled with her voice choices or very slow, articulated, and somewhat cold rendering of the story. I found myself wishing that I actually had the book to read in my own head instead.All in all, I think Be My Wolff is a good fit for lovers of romantic fiction and for those who like to know a lot about what each character is thinking and feeling at all times. Thanks to LibraryThing and the publisher for a copy of the audio CD version of the book for my honest review.
    • 3/5
      I was very excited to receive this as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewer program. It sounded very interesting - a different kind of love story, one that seemed almost a little taboo. However listening to it as an audio book, it was very hard to stick with. I can't tell if it was that it didn't seem to have an actual storyline or if it was the narrator who didn't convey the emotions of the characters properly. I would definitely be interested in reading a paper version of this, as it might make it easier to follow/become interested in.
    • 3/5
      Received this as an Early Reviewers Advance Copy. I've been enjoying listening to audio books on my drives to and for work and I've listened/read some works I never would have other wise and have found several I've enjoyed. I had a real hard time following this story and getting interested in the characters. It just never sparked my interest for some reason and i'm sorry to say became kind of a chore to get through. I did listen to the end, but ws kind of relieved it was over.Maybe reading the actual novel would have been different, but listening to some one read, it was hard to follow when the story splits off into imaginary side stories. I found myself lost as to where we were. I like history both British and Russian but just couldn't get into this novel.I'm sure it's a perfectly good book but just wasn't my cup of tea.
    • 3/5
      This was an interesting book- I received it on audiobook through a library thing early reviewer giveaway. I'm not sure if I liked it, and I think it would have been better on paper so I could flip back to remind myself. It's pretty unique, but I'm not sure how I felt overall about it.