Friday, March 20, 2015

ZEITOUN

Author:  Dave Eggers
Genre:  Non-Fiction, Standalone
Published:  2009
Personal Rating:  3.5/5 (good)
Format/Narrator:  Audiobook/Firdous Bamji
Yearly Count:  17


Zeitoun, a Syrian-American, stays behind after his family packs up and moves away from oncoming Hurricane Katrina.  After a week of daily communication, Zeitoun abruptly stops all contact.

I got a great sense of Zeitoun's surroundings and plight, but I tuned out a couple of times.  It wasn't necessarily boring, but maybe a little stagnant here and there (no pun intended) -- too drawn out maybe.  Other than that, it was interesting to live vicariously through Zeitoun in the terrible aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Thoughts of Joy


2 comments:

  1. I started this on my Nook a few years ago and really enjoyed it, but never finished. Time to get back to it!

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    1. Les ~ I hope it ends well for you. :)

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