Nightmare Alley
Ratings8
Average rating3.9
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Ratings8
Average rating3.9
Inedito in Italia, uno dei grandi noir americani degli anni ’40. Un classico da cui nel 1947 venne tratto un film con Tyrone Power diventato di culto, «La fiera delle illusioni». Nightmare Alley è stato ora adattato da Guillermo del Toro, regista Premio Oscar del film «La forma dell’acqua», in una nuova versione con Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper, Willem Dafoe. Uno dei film più attesi del 2021. Stan lavora in un circo di creature deformi davanti a una folla affamata di sensazioni forti sempre pronta a sbeffeggiare la sfortuna altrui. Ma quella, si ripete, non sarà per sempre la vita che farà. La sua sarà un’ascesa piena di luci e ombre, di colpi di fortuna e di inganni meticolosamente organizzati.
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I wasn't sure if I liked this until I got to the very end. I liked the early parts, the sideshow, but the middle dragged for me. The last page, the last paragraph really, made me appreciate it more. Which isn't fair, the story is great and disturbing, but that last bit just pulled it all together. (I feel misled by the introduction and how Dr Ritter is described. I expected more.)
Closer to a 2.5 star rating!!! I was super interesting in the book in the beginning with the description of the freak show, but the book started to lose my interest around halfway though. I enjoyed the main character and the carnival but the mystery fell really flat for me.
The narrator for this audiobook did an amazing job! He changed his voice for every character and it never sounded weird or annoying and they were all different enough from each other that I was never confused.
Thank you to Tantor Audio and NetGalley for providing me with an audiobook copy to review.
Big for his britches
wants to rip off a rich man,
impress his mommy.
