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With an hour drive each way to and from home, I've opted for e-books to break the monotony of re-cycled news reports and the five popular songs that are on constant pop rotation. My first attempt didn't go so well. I was enjoying Stephen King's Doctor Sleep, but the majority of my drive happens in the dark and I was getting creeped out. Enter V for Vendetta. It was an awesome week of commuting. Read by Simon Vance, the man with the voice of gold, V for Vendetta was rich, complex, exciting, and haunting. Vance's reading was incredibly nuanced and captivating. I found myself looking forward to my commute every morning and every evening.
The story was compelling and the build-up was complex enough to keep me interested. The story of V, who he was and how he came to be was a little vague and buried, but interesting all the same. I liked him as a character. He was as unlikeable as he was fascinating. Equal parts good and bad, as much a villian as a hero. Sometimes I didn't know how to feel about him and that made him all the more interesting. The ending was bittersweet and inevitable. But Steven Vance made the story.
The story was compelling and the build-up was complex enough to keep me interested. The story of V, who he was and how he came to be was a little vague and buried, but interesting all the same. I liked him as a character. He was as unlikeable as he was fascinating. Equal parts good and bad, as much a villian as a hero. Sometimes I didn't know how to feel about him and that made him all the more interesting. The ending was bittersweet and inevitable. But Steven Vance made the story.
