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Black Sheep
- De: Rachel Harrison
- Narrado por: Jeremy Carlisle Parker
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 374
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 343
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 343
Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back—mostly because she was told that leaving the staunchly religious community she grew up in meant she couldn’t return. But then an envelope arrives on her doorstep.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Satanism
- De Martowski en 11-05-23
- Black Sheep
- De: Rachel Harrison
- Narrado por: Jeremy Carlisle Parker
Beautifully written and engaging
Revisado: 09-13-24
Fantastic, relatable characters. Awesome authorial voice. Fast-paced and enthralling. 100% entertaining. Loved this book by Rachel Harrison. Huge fan of her work and this book was no exception. 5 stars. Highly readable. Highly recommend!
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The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Nine
- De: Ellen Datlow - editor
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine, James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 164
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 164
For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror fans crave. Now, with the ninth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Collection!
- De Ronald E. Vigeant en 07-29-17
Fun, dark, and atmospheric!
Revisado: 06-06-24
Definitely worth a listen! Solid writing on all these short stories. Vivid characters, mesmerizing storylines, gorgeous prose--each immersive, gripping story is a pleasure to read. Ellen Datlow is a fantastic editor and did a wonderful job bringing these stories together in this can't-be-missed, 5-star collection. Highly, highly recommend!
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You Like It Darker
- Stories
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Will Patton, Stephen King
- Duración: 20 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,197
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,746
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,746
“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chilling and beautiful stories
- De MamaBear en 05-24-24
- You Like It Darker
- Stories
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Will Patton, Stephen King
This might be my all-time favorite King book!
Revisado: 05-26-24
Such a fantastic group of stories--I especially loved the one honoring Flannery O'Connor. "On Slide Inn Road" would be absolutely perfect for a comparative lit class. "Rattlesnakes" and "The Answer Man" are also strong--great characters, solid storytelling, emotional, immersive, and gripping. "Two Talented Bastids" was fun, had some truly quotable lines, and felt like a continuation of King's discussion of writing/work/talent in his nonfiction ON WRITING. Highly, highly recommend this book--from the narration, to the writing, it's 5-star brilliance all the way.
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The Complete Double Dead
- De: Chuck Wendig
- Narrado por: T. Ryder Smith
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Five years ago, Coburn went to sleep - wasn't exactly planned - and he's just woken up to find most everybody in the world dead. And not cool, interesting dead like him; oh, no. Coburn looks basically human, and these guys...really don't. He likes blood, and they like flesh. He's smart; them, not so much. But they outnumber him by about a million to one, and their clotted blood cannot sustain him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Give it time.
- De Princess en 01-24-24
- The Complete Double Dead
- De: Chuck Wendig
- Narrado por: T. Ryder Smith
Fantastic storytelling!
Revisado: 05-13-24
imaginative, dark, and well-written. Tight narrative. Imersive. Round, dynamic characters. Will read again. Highly recommend. 5 stars!
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The Prisoner's Throne
- De: Holly Black
- Narrado por: Barrett Leddy
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 527
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 501
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 501
Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he’s always loved or to remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign—even if it means ending Wren, too.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Bad Narrator
- De Trina Reyes en 03-06-24
- The Prisoner's Throne
- De: Holly Black
- Narrado por: Barrett Leddy
Great book - Terrible narration
Revisado: 03-15-24
The book itself is a 4 to a 5. Highly recommend.
The narrator for the audiobook is a zero. It was so flat and emotionless that it felt like it was voiced by AI. His mispronunciations were embarrassing ('bow' and 'minute' jumped out at me as two of the most ridiculous). I was sorry I spent the credit.
Highly recommend the print version on this one!
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Ironside
- A Modern Faerie Tale, Book 2
- De: Holly Black
- Narrado por: Lauryn Allman
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 22
The time has come for Roiben's coronation, and pixie Kaye is sure of one thing – she loves him. When she declares herself to Roiben during the celebration, he's forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest to find a faerie who can tell a lie. But Kaye's adventure soon leads to danger when she finds herself caught up in the games of the Seelie Court. Queen Silarial wants Roiben's throne, and she will use any means necessary to get it. Can a pixie outplay a queen?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enter the Darker Side of Faery Stories
- De Robin Snyder en 01-02-25
- Ironside
- A Modern Faerie Tale, Book 2
- De: Holly Black
- Narrado por: Lauryn Allman
Solid storytelling
Revisado: 01-08-24
Holly Black nails urban fantasy with this one. Great continuing characters, immersive plot, beautiful writing, lush setting--it's a must-read.
Good audiobook narration.
Will read again. 5 stars.
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Tithe
- A Modern Faerie Tale, Book 1
- De: Holly Black
- Narrado por: Lauryn Allman
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Kaye is used to drifting from place to place with her mother’s rock band, until an ominous attack forces them back to her childhood home. Kaye’s always had the unique ability to see faeries, so when she stumbles upon an injured faerie knight in the woods, she decides to save him. But this fateful choice has dire consequences, as she soon finds herself the unwilling pawn in an ancient and violent power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms. Will Kaye escape with her life?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book to hold you over (but a stand-alone)
- De Natasha en 02-07-24
- Tithe
- A Modern Faerie Tale, Book 1
- De: Holly Black
- Narrado por: Lauryn Allman
Solid--a classic example of Holly Black's Genius
Revisado: 01-06-24
Gorgeously constructed, organic worldbuilding, relatable characters, immersive plot, dialogue that propels the story forward, excellent audiobook narration--a 5 star read. Will read again. Highly recommend this series to any fan of Holly Black, V.E. (Victoria) Schwab, Neil Gaiman, or Krystal Sutherland.
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City of Ghosts
- De: Victoria Schwab
- Narrado por: Reba Buhr
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 915
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 832
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 832
Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't like to think about it), she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead...and enter the world of spirits. Her best friend is even a ghost. So things are already pretty strange. But they're about to get much stranger. When Cass's parents start hosting a TV show about the world's most haunted places, the family heads off to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, graveyards, castles, and secret passageways teem with restless phantoms. And then Cass meets a girl who shares her "gift"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful YA offering from Victoria Schwab
- De Lemon Boy en 10-07-18
- City of Ghosts
- De: Victoria Schwab
- Narrado por: Reba Buhr
High praise for City of Ghosts
Revisado: 12-02-23
V. E. Schwab does a wonderful job with these characters. They're real, and relatable--they practically jump off the page. The narrator is fantastic, nicely paced, and her vouce is well-suited to the characters. I highly recommend this book to any fans of Holly Black or Alix Harrow.
They only negative was the frequent Harry Potter references (the main character and a helper character are fans). That's just personal preference on my part as I don't/won't support anything J. K. Rowling has any part of, due to her extremist anti-trans policy.
The HP references weren't enough to make me give this story fewer stars. It was simply character-building on Schwab's part and she shouldn't be penalized for another writer's transphobic behavior.
5 stars. Highly recommend.
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Becoming the Boogeyman
- De: Richard Chizmar
- Narrado por: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Duración: 12 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 147
Back in the summer of 1988, a young Richard Chizmar was catapulted into the center of a living nightmare as the serial killer Joshua Gallagher—dubbed by the media as “The Boogeyman”—stalked his tranquil Maryland town. A lot has changed in the intervening years. These days, Chizmar enjoys a certain level of celebrity and notoriety himself, being the only person that an incarcerated Josh Gallagher will speak to on or off the record.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Moderately better than chasing the boogeyman
- De Sara Rendon en 01-07-24
- Becoming the Boogeyman
- De: Richard Chizmar
- Narrado por: Chris Andrew Ciulla
Outstanding work by Chizmar!
Revisado: 11-23-23
5 stars to this gorgeously written rollercoaster! Beautifully narrated, with a rock-solid storyline, and filled with living, breathing, jump-off-the-page characters, this book is a must-read. Highly, highly recommend.
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Witchcraft in the Western Tradition
- De: Jennifer McNabb, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Jennifer McNabb
- Duración: 5 h y 11 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 867
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 762
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 760
Beginning with the witch hunts of the early 15th century, Professor Jennifer McNabb takes you on an eye-opening exploration of witchcraft and superstition in Witchcraft in the Western Tradition. In these 10 lectures, you will better understand where many of our most indelible images of witchcraft come from and how the religious pursuit of witches across Europe and into the Americas in the early modern period spread fear and violence like a contagion, for generations.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but not great
- De KlaatuBaradaNikto en 01-10-21
- Witchcraft in the Western Tradition
- De: Jennifer McNabb, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Jennifer McNabb
Not for me
Revisado: 09-13-23
I gave it a couple hours, but this speaker just isn't for me. DNF. She comes across as being strongly influenced by her own (monotheistic, Abrahamic) beliefs and often speaks of witchcraft in an almost insulting, belittling manner. Her lecture tone isn't enjoyable. She adds a lot of unnecessary filler words.
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