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Hector and the Search for Happiness
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Publisher's Summary
“Once upon a time, there was a young psychiatrist called Hector who was not very satisfied with himself....”
Hector is very good at treating patients in need of his help. But he can’t do much for those who are simply dissatisfied with life, and that is beginning to depress him. When a patient tells him he looks in need of a vacation, Hector takes a trip around the world to learn what makes people happy—and sad. As he travels from Paris to China to Africa to the United States, he lists his observations about the people he meets. Is there a secret to happiness, and will Hector find it?
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- Birta Flokadottir
- 05-04-15
Wonderful, uplifting, full of wisdom ;-)
Wonderful, uplifting, full of wisdom ;-)
Wonderful, uplifting, full of wisdom ;-)
Wonderful, uplifting, full of wisdom ;-)
Liked it a lot... Really ;-)
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- Alexis
- 04-06-15
Simple read
The narrator was clear and wonderful and the story was short and sweet! I would def recommend this book to others!
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- TG
- 03-21-15
Enjoyed this audio book
Liked the repetitive themes and the stories to support the themes. These are great grounding principles to reflect on. Thank you
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- jonathan
- 07-31-15
watch the movie for free on Netflix
the movie was better, and the movie was not great. If you like third person baby book style, (which I do) then read the whole thing at a Barnes and noble and then buy another book.
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- JoAnn
- 08-06-14
Light, cute, but a lost in translation/narration
This was a fun little read, but I definitely felt that there were some challenges along the way.
First, as a listener, I found it confusing to determine the narrator's country of origin- I assume M. Lelord is a Frenchmen and his protagonist was either coming from Paris or London, though it was difficult to ascertain as the narrator was, I believe, Australian and never dropped his Aussie accent. Part of the charm of this book was clearly intended to be that such details aren't supposed to matter (the lessons are universal), as he never specifically named countries or cities... but as a listener, I couldn't help being distracted as to why he changed the accents of the speakers to reflect their hometown (e.g., giving speakers "from the Land of More" American accents) but I was supposed to believe that an Australian was a European?
Second, this book is written very much in a French style. If you are not accustomed to French writing, you might find this off-putting. French writing tends to trend "simpler" with very concise, almost elementary, sentences carrying great weight. Compounding this writing style, I found that the translation of this book appeared to be done by a French person who is fluent in English, rather than a native English speaker who is fluent in French. The vocabulary is stiflingly limited and there were many times I felt that the translator, unaccustomed to natural English/American semantics/pragmatics, generated very stilted phrases which did not sound natural.
As a result of questionable narrator/translator decisions, the book might appear to be written from the point of view of a more literal/borderline autistic person, which is sharply in contrast to the protagonist's character of a debonair and well-educated psychiatrist. Furthermore, the narrator sounds VERY similar to Dan O'Grady who narrated The Rosie Project (a great read written from the POV of a man with Asperger's) and the writing style follows suit. Therefore, I found myself repeatedly surprised when the protagonist would do something with great social graces or casually seduce a woman to "do the things people in love do."
While this book was clearly intended to be whimsical, I found some of the translator/narrator decisions too distracting to lose myself in the message.
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- Chris Lane
- 07-26-21
The perfect book for Audible plus of Scribd
Please don’t waste your money on this books unless you like being read to like a child
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- Michael
- 12-02-20
slow but great
the book is best listening to, it's a little slow, but oh! my! what great things we should all try to achieve for Happiness.
recommend listening alone and numerous times. then practice the lessons in your own life.
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- adrian
- 05-28-20
happiness
If you're looking for a adventure this book is for you. Great story and use of the imagination also a great movie thats how I learned about Hector. Can't wait to read the whole series.
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- ElizOF
- 04-02-18
Masterly & Stirring
I would read this book again and again. It is beautifully told with clarity, simplicity and great wisdom.
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- Anome
- 11-11-15
It's okay
I decided to listen to this as I had watched the movie on Netflix and LOVED it. So I figured I would really enjoy the book. This was one of those very rare cases when I actually enjoyed the movie more than the book.
To start off he starts his trip by sleeping with someone, while having a girlfriend. I realize some people may not consider this to be a big deal, and they were boyfriend and girlfriend, not married. But I wasn't a fan of that. He goes on to sleep with on other girl later in the book. And he constantly keeps bringing up the first girl he sleeps with, even though they had spent very little time together. In the movie he didn't sleep with anyone, and I preferred the ending in the movie then that of the book.
There were just some odd lines as well. My husband said it was originally written in French so many the English translations are odd at times? I'm not sure.
It's not the worse book I have ever read. There were a lot of things I liked about it, and quotes that I wrote down that I really liked. But this is one of those rare cases when I think you are just better off seeing the movie.