Lisa v.
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Malice at the Palace
- Written by: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
While my beau, Darcy, is off on a mysterious mission, I am once again caught between my high birth and empty purse. I am therefore relieved to receive a new assignment from the queen - especially one that includes lodging. The king's youngest son, George, is to wed Princess Marina of Greece, and I shall be her companion at the supposedly haunted Kensington Palace. My duties are simple: help Marina acclimate to English life, show her the best of London, and, above all, dispel any rumors about George's libertine history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great narration
- By Lisa v. on 2024-10-10
- Malice at the Palace
- Written by: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
Great narration
Reviewed: 2024-10-10
These books started out cute but are becoming predictable and repetitive.
The narration is excellent.
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The Covenant of Water
- Written by: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 286
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning Book!
- By Suzanne Flaro on 2023-06-14
- The Covenant of Water
- Written by: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
This author can read!!!
Reviewed: 2024-05-07
Great story, awesome characters. Possible the best narration by author I have ever heard. I loved this historical fiction about India.
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Dial A for Aunties
- Written by: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrated by: Risa Mei
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently shipped in a cake cooler to the over-the-top billionaire wedding Meddy, her Ma, and aunties are working at an island resort on the California coastline.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A bit boring
- By User on 2021-08-12
- Dial A for Aunties
- Written by: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrated by: Risa Mei
Story’s cute. Didn’t love the narrator.
Reviewed: 2023-12-03
I listened to this after Vera Wong’s unsolicited advice for murders. It’s not as good as Vera Wong, but it’s cute. I found the reader to be somewhat grating. I think the humor would have been funnier if read by someone else.
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The Last Devil to Die
- A Thursday Murder Club Mystery, Book 4
- Written by: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
Shocking news reaches them—an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters—as well as heartache close to home—Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea whom to trust.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great outing by the Thursday Murder Club
- By Redrover on 2024-12-10
- The Last Devil to Die
- A Thursday Murder Club Mystery, Book 4
- Written by: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
Perfect diversion
Reviewed: 2023-09-26
Loved this book. I love the characters, the banter, the dialog, and the humour. Richard Osman has really made relatable, loveable people in these stories and Fiona Shaw does a brilliant job delivering them. It really checks all the boxes for a lovely way to pass the time and escape from the world for a little bit. Can’t wait for the next one!
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Cross Her Heart
- Bree Taggert, Book 1
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,318
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,209
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,208
For more than twenty-five years, Philadelphia homicide detective Bree Taggert has tucked away the nightmarish childhood memories of her parents’ murder-suicide…. Until her younger sister, Erin, is killed in a crime that echoes that tragic night: innocent witnesses and a stormy marriage that ended in gunfire. There’s just one chilling difference. Erin’s husband, Justin, has vanished.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Did the Editors Even Finish the Book?
- By Josh on 2022-12-06
- Cross Her Heart
- Bree Taggert, Book 1
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
Reader overdid it
Reviewed: 2023-09-02
Story was ok, but the reader overdramatized it. I think I would have enjoyed this better if delivered differently.
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Gunpowder Plot
- A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery
- Written by: Carola Dunn
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
In the winter of 1924, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher travels to a school friend's house to witness the estate's famous Guy Fawkes celebration. But she gets more than the quiet weekend at the quaint family manse that she was originally hoping for. The home is the site of some severe family tension. The Viscount and head of the family is a strict and unyielding sort, insisting that everyone - especially his children - meet his own unreasonable expectations. On the evening of the Guy Fawkes celebration, the Viscount is found dead on the floor of his study, killed by his own hand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another solid mystery with impeccable delivery
- By Anonymous User on 2024-03-19
- Gunpowder Plot
- A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery
- Written by: Carola Dunn
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
Narrator is hard to bear
Reviewed: 2023-07-05
Story is ok - a bit slow at times and this one was entirely predictable. The narrator’s voice is grating. The female voices are all shrill and the narration is quite monotonous and fails to hold one’s attention. These books would be much more enjoyable if delivered by a different reader.
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Great Circle
- A Novel
- Written by: Maggie Shipstead
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Alex McKenna
- Length: 25 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There—after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes—Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, ok narration.
- By Lisa v. on 2022-06-17
- Great Circle
- A Novel
- Written by: Maggie Shipstead
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Alex McKenna
Good story, ok narration.
Reviewed: 2022-06-17
Overall I enjoyed this story. I liked how the tale was told from the two perspectives of Marian and Hadley, and I enjoyed the historic factor juxtaposed against the modern timeline.
Unfortunately I found that the reading left something to be desired. While I enjoyed listening to the Hadley voice, I found the reader for Marian lacked the range required to do a convincing job of the male characters and instead made them sound like weak female imitation voices. This distracted from the narrative and affected the overall experience.
While this had an unfortunate impact on my enjoyment of the story, I will still recommend the book to other listeners and hope that they aren’t as affected as I was by the performance.
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American Girl
- A Novel
- Written by: Wendy Walker
- Narrated by: Paige Layle, Carson Beck, Josh Hurley, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 203
Charlie Hudson, an autistic 17-year-old, is determined to leave Sawyer, PA, as soon as she graduates high school - in the meantime, she works as many hours as she can at a sandwich shop called The Triple S to save money for college. But when shop owner Clay Cooper - a man who is both respected and feared by many in this economically depressed community - is found dead, each member of his staff becomes a suspect in the perplexing case. Charlie must work to protect herself and her friends, and uncover the danger that may still be at large in their tightknit community.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mystery
- By Andyreha on 2022-02-13
- American Girl
- A Novel
- Written by: Wendy Walker
- Narrated by: Paige Layle, Carson Beck, Josh Hurley, Alexander Cendese, Carly Robins, Hillary Huber, Molly Secours
Not bad
Reviewed: 2022-02-14
The story was okay, but I found the chapters that were performed to be distracting and awkward.
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Artemis
- Written by: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,507
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,176
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,172
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not so great
- By plaj on 2017-11-28
- Artemis
- Written by: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
Pretty good story
Reviewed: 2021-10-30
This story was entertaining, science heavy and cheeky, much like Andy Weirs other works. The narrator however was a bit disappointing and her Ukrainian accent really distracted from the experience.
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The Luminaries
- Written by: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Long and disjointed…
- By Lisa v. on 2021-09-28
- The Luminaries
- Written by: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
Long and disjointed…
Reviewed: 2021-09-28
This was an interesting story about a murder mystery in 1865 New Zealand. The plot was very interesting. I liked the historical contrast, the rich character development and the plot. However while overall I enjoyed the story, I found it to be unnecessarily complicated.
The author jumps from character to character at different points in time in an attempt to present the story fractured and then sew it together in the end. While I often enjoy this narrative trick, in this case I found it to be very difficult to follow. There were many characters to keep track of and then to jump from place to place and from time to time made it burdensome for the listener. Really I think the same could have been achieved in fewer pages with less jumping around.
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