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The Russian Debutante’s Handbook
- De: Gary Shteyngart
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 79
Best-selling author Gary Shteyngart’s exquisite fiction is met with a level of critical acclaim reserved for the very best in the field. In this startlingly provocative work, Russian immigrant Vladimir Girshkin searches for love and self-identity while interacting with a quirky set of acquaintances.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't Let the Title Fool You
- De Loretta R. Cooper en 01-24-14
- The Russian Debutante’s Handbook
- De: Gary Shteyngart
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
Rambling and directionless
Revisado: 05-06-24
I pulled this book for a list of best of the new century. What a disappointment. The plot is rambling, disjointed, and defies belief. The main character is not likable and self absorbed. I am not sure why I bothered listening to the end….
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Hold Tight
- De: Harlan Coben
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 12 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 5,929
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,673
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,655
Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their 16-year-old son, Adam, has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate, Spencer Hill they can't help but worry. They install a sophisticated spy program on Adam's computer, and within days they are jolted by a message from an unknown correspondent addressed to their son: "Just stay quiet and all safe."
Meanwhile, Betsy Hill is struck by a photo that appears to have been taken on the night of her son's death...and he wasn't alone.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Will hold your interest till the end
- De Ed en 05-09-08
- Hold Tight
- De: Harlan Coben
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Poor performance drags down a mediocre story
Revisado: 08-28-23
Harlan Coben is one of my all time favorite authors. His stories combine a fast pace and quick wit that is hard to find these days. Unfortunately this story was missing both. That fact combined with the permanent sneer of Scott Brick’s narrative voice make this one of me least favorite Coben books.
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Spandau Phoenix
- De: Greg Iles
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 26 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,129
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 879
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 872
The Spandau Diary -- what was in it? Why did the secret intelligence agencies of every major power want it? Why was a brave and beautiful woman kidnapped to get it? Why did a chain of deception and violent death lash out across the globe, from survivors of the Nazi past to warriors in this new conflict about to explode? Why did the world's entire history of World War II have to be rewritten as the future hung over a nightmare abyss?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent and intense
- De CBDC en 05-09-10
- Spandau Phoenix
- De: Greg Iles
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
16 Hours I will never have back
Revisado: 01-02-23
A convoluted, unbelievable plot with characters I couldn’t relate to doing stupid things (especially Hans). My eyes rolled and I groaned so much as the story jerked from one idiotic plot point to the next, my wife thought I was having a seizure. Don’t read.
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For We Are Many
- Bobiverse, Book 2
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 72,946
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 66,412
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66,210
Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe. Bob and his copies have been spreading out from Earth for 40 years now, looking for habitable planets. But that's the only part of the plan that's still in one piece.
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4 out of 5 stars
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THE FECAL MATTER HAS HIT THE ATMOSPHERIC PROJECTOR
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-03-17
- For We Are Many
- Bobiverse, Book 2
- De: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Please release a whole book.
Revisado: 05-29-17
I like the Bobiverse concept, and the writing is compelling and well paced. But, come on,at least give me a real book. This "episode" is marketed as a novel but is really more of a Saturday afternoon movie serial, no resolution,all cliff-hanger set up. I understand the economics of novel writing are tough these days but don't cheat your readers by releasing half a story.
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The Liberator
- One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,493
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,331
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,332
From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared - the entire time it took to liberate Europe - no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th "Eager for Duty" Infantry Regiment of the 45th "Thunderbird" Division. Sparks and his fellow Thunderbirds fought longest and hardest to defeat Hitler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now I Know What a Hero Really Is
- De Steven en 11-27-12
- The Liberator
- One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
OK Story, Great Narration
Revisado: 01-02-13
The story provides great insight into the trials and tribulations encountered by US infantry in the less publicized side of the European Theater of Operations. It highlights the fact the US involvement did not start with D-Day. Fred Sanders does a great job of providing color to the story and the various voices he uses help support the story without becoming a "performance".
I did not feel the story was well balanced in its presentation of General Felix Sparks. It read a bit like a "puff" piece.
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Play Dead
- De: Harlan Coben
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 17 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,352
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,774
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,760
Theirs was a marriage made in tabloid heaven, but no sooner had supermodel Laura Ayars and Celtics star David Baskin said “I do” than tragedy struck. While honeymooning on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, David went out for a swim - and never returned. Now widowed and grieving, Laura has a thousand questions and no answers. Her search for the truth will draw her into a web of lies and deception that stretches back thirty years - while on the court at the Boston Garden, a rookie phenom makes his spectacular debut....
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2 out of 5 stars
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I love Harlan Coben, but...
- De Debbie Woodruff en 10-20-10
- Play Dead
- De: Harlan Coben
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Beware of early novels and the Brick
Revisado: 09-30-11
I am a HUGE Harlan Coben fan. He is one of my favorite writers. But, I guess when the preface from the author says that they thought about rewriting an early novel, we should listen to them. This story has an overly complicated plot populated with lobotomized characters. It is narrated by one of the most condescending, smirking voices I have ever heard. Scott Brick took a mediocre story and made it unbearable.
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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 341
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 276
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 273
Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not of her memory. It was a Sunday night in 1944 when her husband left the little row house on Baltimore’s Calvert Street, abandoning Pearl to raise their three children alone....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Listen to it More Than Once
- De Babette en 06-13-11
- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
I can't find anyone to like
Revisado: 03-08-11
Anne Tyler is one of my favorite authors. Her characters are comfortable, quirky, and people I want to know. I wish she had saved a few for Dinner at the Homesick Resturant. Try as I might, I couldn't build a bond or sympathize with any of the characters. If they were not slow or dim-witted, they were mean and disagreeable. I finished it just in case it changed but ended up disappointed with an unsurprising somewhat maudlin wrap up. I will read her again but can't get excited about Homesick.
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