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A review by nickmasters
The Memory of Water by J.T. Lawrence
5.0
What a mind f$%&. And I say that in the most complimentary way I can.
Damn, that was a ride and a half. An exceptionally well written journey through the mind of Slade Harris. Slade Harris, just that name alone seems to suggest that the owner of said name has no choice but to be some sort of sociopath or psychopath. The embodiment of that name didn’t disappoint. Slade’s mind is nothing short of interesting, and although it seems complex at times, it’s probably the simplistic rawness of its wants and needs that lead him down a road of depravity.
As for the Audio version of the book. I certainly can’t complain about how it was portrayed.
I did however battle with pronunciations of South African words (not even slang necessarily). Some words like; Tannie, Afrikaans, Ag, Windhoek, Siphiso, etc. irritated me at the start, but I eventually just accepted the incorrect articulation. Other things like R20k (instead of Twenty Thousand Rand) bugged me to no-end (it’s still English after all). Anyway, maybe it’s asking too much to get everything pronounced correctly, but if South African terminology/names/references are going to be used proudly through the book, perhaps more attention could have been afforded? Or perhaps that’s the expat talking in me
Anyway, thanks for taking more on this journey!
It was thoroughly enjoyable.
Damn, that was a ride and a half. An exceptionally well written journey through the mind of Slade Harris. Slade Harris, just that name alone seems to suggest that the owner of said name has no choice but to be some sort of sociopath or psychopath. The embodiment of that name didn’t disappoint. Slade’s mind is nothing short of interesting, and although it seems complex at times, it’s probably the simplistic rawness of its wants and needs that lead him down a road of depravity.
As for the Audio version of the book. I certainly can’t complain about how it was portrayed.
I did however battle with pronunciations of South African words (not even slang necessarily). Some words like; Tannie, Afrikaans, Ag, Windhoek, Siphiso, etc. irritated me at the start, but I eventually just accepted the incorrect articulation. Other things like R20k (instead of Twenty Thousand Rand) bugged me to no-end (it’s still English after all). Anyway, maybe it’s asking too much to get everything pronounced correctly, but if South African terminology/names/references are going to be used proudly through the book, perhaps more attention could have been afforded? Or perhaps that’s the expat talking in me
Anyway, thanks for taking more on this journey!
It was thoroughly enjoyable.