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Journey Across the Hidden Islands
- De: Sarah Beth Durst
- Narrado por: Michi Barall
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
The traditional Emperor's Journey is meant to be uneventful. But as the princesses Seika and Ji-Lin - twin sisters - travel to pay respects to their kingdom's dragon guardian, unexpected monsters appear, and tremors shake the earth. The Hidden Islands face unprecedented threats, and the old rituals are failing. With only their strength, ingenuity, and a flying lion to rely on, can the sisters find a new way to keep their people safe?
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3 out of 5 stars
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engaging story of sisters
- De Thoughtful reviewer en 09-01-24
- Journey Across the Hidden Islands
- De: Sarah Beth Durst
- Narrado por: Michi Barall
engaging story of sisters
Revisado: 09-01-24
This is a charming story, and has a few surprises along the way as two royal sisters must take a journey to reach a dragon and renew a bargain with her to protect their country of many islands. The sisters learn and grow and discover much about themselves, and have a delightful flying lion companion. Unfortunately, sometimes the characterization seems rather forced and there is a bit too much repetition about the girls' character traits and what they learn. Also there is some awkwardness in how they switch viewpoints about what is the right decision to solve specific situations, and sometimes the narrative shows them being less kind or concerned about others' welfare than they should be in order to make a somewhat labored point. Still, all in all, it is fairly gracefully written and features an interesting fantasy world. I also like the fact that there are no ;human villains to fight, no real villains at all, rather reasons for differing points of view and consequences for actions. However, the narrator's performance, while tolerable, is not extraordinary. She does not distinguish well between voices of characters, her pacing tends to drag and her emphasis is sometimes odd. Also, she ignores the dialogue tags. It is annoying when the book states that a character speaks shrilly or whispers and the narrator's voice just stays the same. Still, this is overall a good fantasy book for kids, who might really enjoy it better reading it for themselves and imagining the voices and scenes rather than listening.
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Murphy's Law
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,924
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,594
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,600
Molly Murphy always knew she'd end up in trouble, just as her mother predicted. So, when she commits murder in self-defense, she flees her cherished Ireland, under cover of a false identity, for the anonymous shores of late 19th-century America. When she arrives in New York and sees the welcoming promise of freedom in the Statue of Liberty, Molly begins to breathe easier. But when a man is murdered on Ellis Island, a man Molly was seen arguing with, she becomes a prime suspect in the crime.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cream Puff Read
- De Blue en 12-19-13
- Murphy's Law
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
charmingly read but not totally satisfactory
Revisado: 04-12-24
First, Nicola Barber is a brilliant narrator. Her acting as the many different characters is superb. She does a wonderful job with the heroine Molly, both in the first-person narration and the dialogue. This book has a large cast of characters with differing backgrounds and ages and she makes them all come to life with all their different accents and emotions. She is a joy to listen to, which was what made me keep going through the whole novel. Unfortunately, the novel itself is rather disappointing in several ways. The background seems fairly well researched, though I am not enough of an expert on Ellis Island and the New York of the period to be certain it is correct in all its details. However, while I find Molly rather likable, I also think on several occasions she is dimmer than I would have liked, and I don't entirely like her love interest, the police captain Daniel Sullivan. While I grant he is supposed to be depicted as a man of his time, he also is a bit too sexist, insensitive and overbearing. Also, he does have odd standards concerning how to treat a woman, going after Molly intensely when he thinks she is married while drawing back to be "honorable" when he discovers she is not. Additionally, without spoilers here, I found the mystery itself disappointing, in that there were not enough satisfactory clues for either the characters or readers to solve it, and Molly just fumbles her way into discovering what was really going on. Still, I liked some of the additional characters, including the children Molly brings to America to help them rejoin their father. Again, Nicola Barber's performance made listening a fascinating experience, as I kept hoping for more characters to get the chance to hear how she would act each one.
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