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The Bound Worlds
- De: Megan E. O'Keefe
- Narrado por: Ciaran Saward
- Duración: 16 h y 2 m
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Naira and Tarquin have found a new home on Seventh Cradle. But the peace they’ve built is short-lived as mysterious assailants ambush the settlement and Naira is haunted by visions of a monstrous future. Catastrophe strikes when Tarquin uncovers a plot to bring about the end of the universe. As humanity races against the clock to prevent their extinction, old secrets come to light and loyalties fracture, and Naira realizes she may be the key to saving the world—or ending it.
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Lost in time, mirrors and dopplegangers
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 04-20-25
- The Bound Worlds
- De: Megan E. O'Keefe
- Narrado por: Ciaran Saward
Amazing ending to an excellent series
Revisado: 07-08-24
I loved it. And I’m so happy with how it all played out. The narration was perfect and the characters are some of my favorites ever!
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Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, y otros
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
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Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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This classic deserves better
- De Matthew Salvo en 07-01-21
Good story and world but awful narration and simplistic writing.
Revisado: 03-11-24
This is one of those extremely rare instances where the film that was based on the book is actually better than the book. The writing, for me, was very meh. It felt stilted and the dialogue was almost unreadable. The characters lacked depth and the relationships between them were never fully fleshed out. All in all, it lacked deep emotion.
And then there’s the narration. It got the job done, that’s all I can really say. The narrator made zero effort to differentiate between people groups with accents, zero effort to change his vocal pitch or tone to differentiate main characters, and literally pronounced Chani as “Chay-nee.” He is fully capable of saying thing like Shai-Hulud (shai-hoo-lood) and jihad (gee-hahd), but he decided to go with “chay-nee?” Wow.
This audiobook is SCREAMING for a new narrator and recording. I recommend Tim Gerard Reynolds, Steven Pacey, and Adjoa Andoh, for starters. Can we please make that happen?
All in all, I’m glad I read the book. I will continue on with Dune Messiah and Children of Dune.
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The Will of the Many
- Hierarchy, Book 1
- De: James Islington
- Narrado por: Euan Morton
- Duración: 28 h y 14 m
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The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilized society in allowing my strength, my drive, and my focus—what they call Will—to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.
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I don’t know what the other reviews are on about
- De Chase en 06-24-23
- The Will of the Many
- Hierarchy, Book 1
- De: James Islington
- Narrado por: Euan Morton
Unique story with amazing characters
Revisado: 02-03-24
What a wild ride! I’m hooked on this series for sure. While I don’t love the number of times the author tried to do the “unreliable narrator reveal” but ended up with more of a deus ex machina feel, I still couldn’t put it down and was not at all prepared for the big reveal at the end. And the narrator’s performance was great!
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The Pillars of the Earth
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 40 h y 56 m
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The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known...of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.
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Epic story to be read by all!
- De Gina en 07-25-09
- The Pillars of the Earth
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: John Lee
A long but worthwhile epic. Beautifully crafted.
Revisado: 07-24-22
This book is beautiful. Philip might be one of my favorite characters of all time. I feel like every facet of human nature is fully examined and given the depth it all deserves. Nothing is glossed over. For having been written in 1989, it reads like it was written in 2020. It is a classic. No holds barred 5 stars.
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- De: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- De Teresa H. en 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- De: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Great idea, poor execution
Revisado: 07-11-22
This book had the potential to be really really great. Instead, it read like a caricatured and over-done version of an inspirational novel.
The plot points felt stilted and forced. The entire character of Mad was so unbelievable that I literally physically cringed every time she spoke. I don’t care how intellectually advanced a 4 year old is, they are still FOUR YEARS OLD and are not capable of acting like an experienced, aware, emotionally mature young adult.
Mad aside, though, I mostly enjoyed the first half of the book. The second half was where it lost me. Each scene felt…forced.
It almost reads like a book that was really amazing in its original language but got a bad translation.
I did not hate it. It had a lot of elements that I enjoyed. But overall, I felt that the overarching message of the story was over-told and caricatured. And I was so “over” the writing style and the feeling of being forced to feel what the author wanted me to feel that I ultimately DNF-ed it with 90 minutes left. I will probably come back and finish it, but I just couldn’t deal anymore.
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Jade Legacy
- De: Fonda Lee
- Narrado por: Andrew Kishino
- Duración: 28 h y 29 m
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Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios. As the struggle over the control of jade grows ever larger and more deadly, the Kaul family, and the ancient ways of the Kekonese Green Bones, will never be the same.
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Not with a bang, but a whimper
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 02-12-23
- Jade Legacy
- De: Fonda Lee
- Narrado por: Andrew Kishino
Spectacular and epic journey
Revisado: 07-09-22
The third book in the Green Bone Saga is the most exciting, inspiring, heart rending, epically finished book of the whole series. It has everything I could ever want in the final book of a series and I am so happy with the incredible ending.
This is a must-read series for fantasy lovers of all kinds. A game changer.
My only gripe with all the books is that the narrator is really not my favorite. The way he reads makes people and situations sound childish at times. For the most part it’s a decent narration, but I feel that someone like Steven Pacey or Tim Gerard Reynolds would make the series sound like the true epic that it is.
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The Inadequate Heir
- Bridge Kingdom, Book 3
- De: Danielle L. Jensen
- Narrado por: Summer Morton, Michael Pauley
- Duración: 19 h y 10 m
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A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths. The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. And the second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves. The Endless War between Maridrina and Valcotta has raged for generations, leaving thousands of Zarrah’s people dead and countless more orphaned. So when she’s given command of the contested city of Nerastis, Zarrah is prepared to do whatever it takes to destroy the Maridrinian forces who oppose her. And to kill the Veliant prince who leads them.
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HOW LONG AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK?
- De Stefania en 11-24-21
- The Inadequate Heir
- Bridge Kingdom, Book 3
- De: Danielle L. Jensen
- Narrado por: Summer Morton, Michael Pauley
I didn’t want to like it, but I did 😄
Revisado: 05-30-22
I was prepared to be disappointed but I really liked this book! 4 stars. My only gripe is that the overlap of time with the last book was a bit boring at times. Yes, it was from a different character’s perspective…but I find it tedious and frustrating to hear about the same exact events that I’ve already read about in another book but from someone else’s perspective. Of course Danielle kept it interesting, and I love these characters.
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The Fires of Vengeance
- De: Evan Winter
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
- Duración: 15 h y 32 m
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Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan. If Tau succeeds, the Queen will have the time she needs to assemble her forces and launch an all out assault on her own capital city, where her sister is being propped up as the "true" Queen of the Omehi.
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Was so hopeful....
- De TJ en 03-09-21
- The Fires of Vengeance
- De: Evan Winter
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
Might be in my all-time favorites. Complex, thought provoking, action packed.
Revisado: 05-02-22
An excellent series, well worth the credits. It’s a great follow up to Rage of Dragons and a series that has been on my mind daily since I finished this book. Evan Winter has created a layered story that explores so many themes that I never got bored.
My only two gripes are:
There are multiple vague allusions to Tao being more than *just* who he is (in both the first and second book) but at the end of this book it’s still pretty clear that he is “just” a man. He has no gift, no magic, no divine blessing, and yet he does things and endures things that no human could ever endure all while sleeping for what appears to be about 1-5 hours a week. It was so unbelievable that it made me feel so tired and almost caused me pain with how much pain and suffering Tao goes through. I kept waiting for him to just fall over and not wake up for a week from fatigue and pain. I don’t think it’s physically possible for a person without magic to do what he does, and as far as we know he does not have any magic at all. But there are a few short passages (like a few sentences in the whole story) that allude to him being “more” than he is. So I guess we will have to wait and see when the next book comes out.
And the descriptions of the demons are beyond terrifying. I know, I know…if they are so vividly described that I can see them in my mind and I’m as terrified as those who see them are, then Winter has clearly succeeded, right? Logically, the answer is yes. As far as the story goes, I feel like I was far more terrified than any of the characters were, except for maybe Tao.
And that actually is one of the great things about Tao’s character. He is 100% terrified, in pain, desperate, angry, tortured, unsure, lost, and afraid. Yet he does what he does anyway. He continues on when others would not. He refuses to break. He endures the unimaginable and fights because he doesn’t know what else he can or even should do: he just does the next right thing with what he knows about himself and the world he is in. He’s a hero but he’s flawed and grey and so human. His rage is neither wrong nor right—it just is.
I LOVED the ending. This being an epic tale, I knew that the end of the second book wouldn’t wrap up all of the storylines that are going at once (there are, like, 4+?). And the ending felt pretty hopeless right up until the final scene. That final scene was really great and a perfectly crafted twist that allowed me to relax just enough that I am not feeling like I’m on the edge of a cliff while still leaving the whole story wide open and making me desperate for the next book.
I read/listen to anywhere from 100-150 books a year and this one may have made its way into my top 5 series of all time list. I cannot wait to see what Winter gives us in the next book(s). I’m a fan.
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Iron Gold
- De: Pierce Brown
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds, John Curless, Julian Elfer, y otros
- Duración: 23 h y 23 m
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Ten years after the events of Morning Star, Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces and are closer than ever to abolishing the color-coded caste system of Society for good. But new foes will emerge from the shadows to threaten the imperfect victory Darrow and his friends have earned. Pierce Brown expands the size and scope of his impressive Red Rising universe with new characters, enemies, and conflicts among the stars.
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Narration Ruined the amazing series
- De Geoffrey Davis en 03-24-18
- Iron Gold
- De: Pierce Brown
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds, John Curless, Julian Elfer, Aedin Moloney
Don’t get bogged down in the time jump—this is “gold.”
Revisado: 04-22-22
The fourth Red Rising book takes a bit to get used to, but it is well worth it. Pierce Brown’s writing gets better and better with each book.
My only and biggest gripe is that the narrator for Lysander is AWFUL and it really, really takes away from the story. I have to literally try to hear Lysander’s parts in my own voice in my head to fully get into it. I would have preferred TGR or literally ANYONE else to have narrated his POV.
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All the Light We Cannot See
- A Novel
- De: Anthony Doerr
- Narrado por: Zach Appelman
- Duración: 16 h y 2 m
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Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is 12, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
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Afraid to Write a "Less-Than-Positive" Review
- De Elizabeth en 08-06-14
- All the Light We Cannot See
- A Novel
- De: Anthony Doerr
- Narrado por: Zach Appelman
Incredible
Revisado: 01-04-19
The layers of stories, the perspective, the realism, and the deep empathy in this story is well worth your time.
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