That Was Then, This Is Now

De: S. E. Hinton

Narrado por: Jeff Woodman

"It had been a real weird winter. Last fall, Mark and me had thought just alike, as one person; now we couldn't even talk."

Bryon and Mark aren't related, but they are as close as brothers. Ever since his parents died when he was nine, Mark has lived with Bryon and his mother. Now at 16, they like to reminisce about old times - the fights and pranks at school, smoking and swearing - junk they got into when they were younger. But lately things have been different. Bryon starts spending a lot of time with Cathy, and she makes him feel there are some things worth working for. He grows bored with all the fighting, the dead-end choices of life on the streets. And as Bryon's life takes one direction, Mark's life takes another. When Bryon discovers that Mark is pushing drugs, he faces a choice that could ruin their friendship.

S. E. Hinton is the author of The Outsiders, a book she wrote when she was 16. That Was Then, This Is Now is a coming-of-age story set in the 1960s.

©1971 S.E. Hinton (P)1994 Recorded Books

The ending

Very good but I really didn’t like the ending. The narrators voice didn’t give a lot of emotions at time but the difference in character voices was good. I didn’t have trouble with the audio as far as I can tell (maybe I wasn’t paying attention). But overall pretty good book.

it was really good <br />

loved it
i love this book so much . the reader was good also .

The best book

It’s the best I like this book and I recommend it
10/10 story is sad

Not as great as I remember.

This was one of my favorite books as a kid. I read it over and over. But as an adult I had a hard time swallowing the whole "acid will make you lose your mind forever" bit. I mean, if I didn't know better I would think it was a scared straight novel commissioned by Nancy Reagan. However, to be fair, I think that was probably the way people thought of it back in the beginning, so in the context of the time, it might be accurate.

Great read

as good as expected from her. loved the outsiders as well. will reccomend this to family

The story

The story made me relate to the main character most of the time after the half point of the book

Classic Book

I read this book when I was in school, this Audible Book was purchased for my 14 year old son. My son has a hard time retaining what he has read, reading along with Audible has been a blessing!

THE ENDING WTF

Overall entertaining, but what the HELL was that endinggggg, I was so shocked and disappointed!

Revisiting a childhood favorite

I originally read this book when I wad in middle school and had the urge to revisit it. I recommend reading The Outsiders first because this book has little references to that book but if you don't you won't miss out on anything except those little "Easter eggs." I didn't have a problem with skipping and the narrator was good and I felt the voice matched how the main character would sound.

👍

It was as really heartwarming story of the development of 2 friends that were close together to be considered brothers