Narrated by Erik Singer.Audiobook published by Random House Audio.
Formats available: print, ebook, MP3 audiobook, CD audiobook.
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For some reason I feel guilty that this was one of the least enjoyable books I have ever listened to. I think of this feeling as "women's guilt": something particular to women like me who have been raised to feel shame when we dislike someone or something that society tells us we should like. Like cats, or newborn babies. Somehow it feels wrong to dislike the story of a man who is not only dead but highly esteemed by others.
Randy Pausch was, by his own assessment, an incredibly intelligent man. He was also, by his own assessment, a likeable, funny, generous, and respectable man. But there in-lies my problem with this book; I've never liked people who are full of themselves. Many would say, I'm sure, that Randy Pausch had every reason to be full of himself, that he was just as intelligent and funny and generous as he said he was, and I don't doubt they are right. But his arrogant and cliched writing style rubbed me the wrong way and unfortunately his purported message, that of living your dreams and seizing the day, left me thoroughly uninspired.
Erik Singer does a fine job of narrating the book.
