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Godmersham Park
- A Novel of the Austen Family
- De: Gill Hornby
- Narrado por: Bessie Carter
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
On January 21, 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. At thirty-one years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. Her mother has died, and she has nowhere else to go. Anne is left with no choice. For her new charge—twelve-year-old Fanny Austen—Anne’s arrival is all novelty and excitement.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible disappointment
- De Mary Elizabeth Herr en 05-07-24
- Godmersham Park
- A Novel of the Austen Family
- De: Gill Hornby
- Narrado por: Bessie Carter
Commit to the bit
Revisado: 05-10-25
While this novel makes a serviceable effort to highlight the insecurities and micro-degradations inherent in the lives of single women during the Regency era, it falls short in regard to credibility and immersiveness. There are jarring instances of decidedly modern idioms or turns of phrase that jolted me out of an otherwise enchanting historical reverie. The narrator does an excellent job.
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The Night Tiger
- A Novel
- De: Yangsze Choo
- Narrado por: Yangsze Choo
- Duración: 14 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,344
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,550
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,542
Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dance hall girl to help pay off her mother’s Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for. Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master’s dying wish: that Ren find the man’s finger, lost years ago in an accident, and bury it with his body. Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master’s soul will wander the earth forever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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very satisfying
- De Ian Macdonald en 03-19-19
- The Night Tiger
- A Novel
- De: Yangsze Choo
- Narrado por: Yangsze Choo
Weird incestuous romance
Revisado: 02-27-25
I loved The Fox Wife from the same author, and was eager to read more of her work. I love how she masterfully evokes another time and place. The characters here are more stereotypes or caricatures than really fleshed out individuals. The weird incestuous attraction at the heart of the novel is just really off-putting. I honestly don't think I'll read more of her work.
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The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door
- De: H. G. Parry
- Narrado por: Melissa Vaughan
- Duración: 18 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Camford, 1920. Gilded and glittering, England's secret magical academy is no place for Clover, a commoner with neither connections nor magical blood. She tells herself she has fought her way there only to find a cure for her brother Matthew, one of the few survivors of a faerie attack on the battlefields of WWI which left the doors to faerie country sealed, the study of its magic banned, and its victims cursed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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If your kink is self-imposed guilt trips
- De Anonymous User en 02-08-25
- The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door
- De: H. G. Parry
- Narrado por: Melissa Vaughan
If your kink is self-imposed guilt trips
Revisado: 02-08-25
Strong writing and beautiful phrasing are the good things I can say about this book. The heroine, Clover Hill, discovers the world of magic and earns a scholarship at Magic U. She meets some interesting characters and the rest of the story is Clover subjecting herself to one increasingly overwrought and completely self-imposed guilt trip after another. Ugh.
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Soulless
- De: Gail Carriger
- Narrado por: Emily Gray
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,853
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,672
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,665
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse, apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire - and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good fun
- De I'dliketosay en 09-29-17
- Soulless
- De: Gail Carriger
- Narrado por: Emily Gray
Almost but just no
Revisado: 09-18-23
I thought this would be a fun, frothy, slightly steampunkish jaunt. But the characters are all flat, the plot is utterly predictable, and the characters are all caricatures. Oh, and goody goody, there are poorly written “erotic” interludes.
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Wrath Goddess Sing
- A Novel
- De: Maya Deane
- Narrado por: Katherine Pucciariello
- Duración: 15 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
Achilles has fled her home and her vicious Myrmidon clan to live as a woman with the kallai, the transgender priestesses of Great Mother Aphrodite. When Odysseus comes to recruit the “prince” Achilles for a war against the Hittites, she prepares to die rather than fight as a man. However, her divine mother, Athena, intervenes, transforming her body into the woman’s body she always longed for, and promises her everything: glory, power, fame, victory in war, and, most importantly, a child born of her own body.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If this book was about original content or even a less told story it could be great
- De Madeline Sarasio Meyer en 03-03-23
- Wrath Goddess Sing
- A Novel
- De: Maya Deane
- Narrado por: Katherine Pucciariello
I wanted to love this book
Revisado: 07-17-23
I’m a fan of well written fiction that reimagines well known stories. I was fascinated with the concept of reframing Achilles as a trans woman. Some of the characters are utterly engaging. Somehow, taken all together, it just doesn’t quite work for me. It was bastante bien.
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