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Slewfoot
- A Tale of Bewitchery
- De: Brom
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,739
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,465
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,457
Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she can turn to for help. Together, they ignite a battle between pagan and Puritan - one that threatens to destroy the entire village, leaving nothing but ashes and bloodshed in their wake.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great book, but bottom of brom's selection
- De kyle gray en 10-04-21
- Slewfoot
- A Tale of Bewitchery
- De: Brom
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
This book has a terrible misguided message.
Revisado: 03-31-25
This is my first book by this author and it will be my last.
The first half of the book was interesting and engaging.
The second half the two main characters seemed to have lost all of their intelligence shown in the first half just so the plot points could be hit.
The author seemed to try and bring a feminist message to the book but the ending completely ruins that! The author also kept using the same descriptive words throughout the book sometimes multiple times in a few pages.
Spoilers below
Basically the main woman character is only able to get power by drinking the blood of a man. She also feels sexual arousal when she gets said power, do you ever read about a man feeling sexual pleasure when they become overpowered? The answer is no.
The powerful being that wants to protect her from her evil brother in law ends up leaving the area when she is about to meet said brother in law for no reason except for wanting answers to the past but there was no time limit on when to do that.
Even when said powerful being before has said that the brother in law intends to harm her multiple times throughout the book he still decides to leave!
The puritans are fearful of witches and the books message is that they are backwards etc but then the woman turns out to be a witch and ends up brutally murdering everyone. So there messaging is actually true!
The powerful being that wants to protect her from her evil brother in law ends up leaving the area when she is about to meet said brother in law for no reason except for wanting answers to the past but there was no time limit on when to do that.
Even when said powerful being before has said that the brother in law intends to harm her multiple times throughout the book he still decides to leave!
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The Wine of Angels
- De: Phil Rickman
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lacey
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parish - or a huge and haunted vicarage. Nor had she wanted to walk into a dispute over a controversial play about a 17th-century clergyman accused of witchcraft...a story that certain long-established families would rather remained obscure. But this is Ledwardine, steeped in cider and secrets...a paradise of cobbled streets and timber-framed houses. And also - as Merrily Watkins and her teenage daughter, Jane, discover - a village where horrific murder is a tradition that spans centuries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful - Take a listen!
- De Cynthia en 12-19-21
- The Wine of Angels
- De: Phil Rickman
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lacey
The narrator was terrible! Kept speeding through things or slurred her words.
Revisado: 02-21-24
I don’t know if they changed the narrator after these reviews saying how good they were but it definitely seems like it.
The narrator I had kept rushing through details and would only slightly slow down when a character talked but not always. Probably because someone told her to.
She slurred some of her words and it wasn’t based on a character speaking.
She doesn’t differentiate between characters so with her speaking so fast it gives you whiplash. I even tried slowing it down but it hardly helped.
All of this is not because of her accent that wasn’t the problem.
I had to refund after letting another family member listen to it and they also agreed on my points.
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The Writing Life
- De: Annie Dillard
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 2 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 559
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 486
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 474
With color, irony, and sensitivity, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that is the writer’s life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes, The Writing Life offers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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How Odd--How Poorly Written?!?
- De Gillian en 02-27-15
- The Writing Life
- De: Annie Dillard
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
Started strong, ended meh
Revisado: 05-14-21
I enjoyed the early chapters which did, indeed, relate to writing. Less so the latter chapters. The final chapter was so out of context and the book ended so abruptly that I actually went back and played the last part of chapter 7 to see if I missed something? Nope. Disappointed.
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