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A Vision of Fire
- By: Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 849
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 796
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Story4 out of 5 stars 791
Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O'Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life. Her world is suddenly upturned when Maanik, the daughter of India's ambassador to the United Nations, starts speaking in tongues and having violent visions. Caitlin is sure that her fits have something to do with the recent assassination attempt on her father - a shooting that has escalated nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan to dangerous levels.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Vision of Fire: A KILLER Debut Novel
- By Barbara Guerra on 10-11-14
- A Vision of Fire
- By: Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson
wow
Reviewed: 12-16-16
really loved this. i loved the story, the writing, and the surprising depth. and i really loved hearing gillian anderson read the book to me. she reads in a subdued, understated way, but i found her entirely captivating. never sure what readers do with accents, though. this is a problem that definitely needs to be tackled.
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Pleasantville
- By: Attica Locke
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 468
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 413
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 416
Fifteen years after the events of Black Water Rising, Jay Porter is struggling to cope with catastrophic changes in his personal life and the disintegration of his environmental law practice. His victory against Cole Oil is still the crown jewel of his career, even if he hasn't yet seen a dime thanks to appeals. But time has taken its toll. Tired and restless, he's ready to quit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Author You Need to Know
- By L. O. Pardue on 05-18-15
- Pleasantville
- By: Attica Locke
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
amazing book
Reviewed: 08-07-15
Where does Pleasantville rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
attica locke is fantastic. she does noir and hart-bitten perfectly, thus turning on its head a genre that is generally reserved for white males. in the meantime, she tackles intraracial tensions (mostly related to class), the demise of civil rights in america, the demise of voting rights, and the general erosion of american democracy. all in a serious page turner. loved this book.
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Big Little Lies
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55,177
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49,357
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49,249
Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare, but she is paying a price for the illusion of perfection. New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for a nanny. She comes with a mysterious past and a sadness beyond her years. These three women are at different crossroads, but they will all wind up in the same shocking place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story. Genius writing
- By David Shear on 08-01-14
- Big Little Lies
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
one of the best audiobooks i've listened to
Reviewed: 02-28-15
If you could sum up Big Little Lies in three words, what would they be?
a perfectly composed story of women's secrets, the slow process of their unveiling, the meanness and kindness that accompanies it, and the small triumphs that happen when people pay attention to each other. PERFECTLY read by carline lee. loved every word.
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I'll Be Right There
- A Novel
- By: Kyung-Sook Shin, Sora Kim-Russell - translator
- Narrated by: Erin Moon
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 97
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 100
Set in 1980s South Korea amid the tremors of political revolution, I'll Be Right There follows Jung Yoon, a highly literate, twenty-something woman, as she recounts her tragic personal history as well as those of her three intimate college friends. When Yoon receives a distressing phone call from her ex-boyfriend after eight years of separation, memories of a tumultuous youth begin to resurface, forcing her to re-live the most intense period of her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional
- By jonie v. on 02-08-15
- I'll Be Right There
- A Novel
- By: Kyung-Sook Shin, Sora Kim-Russell - translator
- Narrated by: Erin Moon
Exceptional
Reviewed: 02-08-15
Where does I'll Be Right There rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This is not an easy book to listen to. There's a lot of pain. But the construction of the novel, with various disclosures coming at various times; the amazing language; and the depth of feeling, the scope of the life vision, the tenderness... stunning. All this beauty easily makes up for the tough bits. It will be forever with me.
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Golden Boy
- A Novel
- By: Abigail Tarttelin
- Narrated by: Christian Coulson, James Langton, Abigail Tarttelin, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 191
Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive, intelligent, and athletic, he's the perfect son. Max's mother, a highly successful criminal lawyer, is determined to maintain the facade of effortless excellence she has constructed through the years. Now that the boys are getting older, now that she won't have as much control, she worries that the facade might soon begin to crumble. Adding to the tension, her husband, Steve, has chosen this moment to stand for election to Parliament. The Walkers are hiding something, you see. Max is special. Max is different. Max is intersex.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Full-Cast Audio you won't want to miss
- By The Reading Date on 05-18-14
- Golden Boy
- A Novel
- By: Abigail Tarttelin
- Narrated by: Christian Coulson, James Langton, Abigail Tarttelin, Keith Nobbs, Kate Reading, Anita Sabherwal
loved the cast
Reviewed: 10-04-14
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
the book is read so amazingly, i couldn't stop listening to it and i can't stop hearing it in my head now that i've finished it. the reader who reads daniel, in particular, is smashing. a super cast for a simply fabulous book.
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The People in the Trees
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, William Roberts, Erin Yuen
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 359
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 331
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 331
In 1950, a young doctor, Norton Perina, signs on with the anthropologist Paul Tallent for an expedition to the remote island of Ivu'ivu in search of a rumored lost tribe. They succeed, finding not only that tribe but also a group of forest dwellers they dub "The Dreamers," who turn out to be fantastically long-lived but progressively more senile. Perina suspects the source of their longevity is a hard-to-find turtle but he soon discovers that its miraculous property comes at a terrible price.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A dazzling, fundamentally flawed excursion into the grotesque
- By Danimike on 05-09-15
- The People in the Trees
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, William Roberts, Erin Yuen
amazing
Reviewed: 07-30-14
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
this is book is absolutely fantastic. if you are faint of heart you may consider giving it a miss, otherwise, don't miss it. it should win all the prizes given to books everywhere. the readers are perfect, although the reader that does perina has a couple of glaring mispronunciations. no worries, though, really, he's perfect.
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 40 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 173
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 148
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Story4 out of 5 stars 147
Anna Karenina is beautiful, married to a successful man, and has a son whom she adores. But a chance meeting at a train station in Moscow sets her passionate heart alight, and she is defenceless in the face of Count Vronsky's adoration. Having defied the rules of nineteenth-century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful reading, but some volume issues
- By Tad Davis on 12-17-10
- Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
amazing
Reviewed: 12-01-13
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Anna Karenina is just a masterpiece and there is no need for me to add more. But THIS NARRATOR. I wish she had recorded War and Peace, and all of Tolstoy, because she was 50% of this audiobook for me. True, sometimes she speaks too quietly and one misses a sentence or two, but her rendering of the *people* -- their personalities -- through their voices is superlative. Major props for Kitty. They are all fantastic, but Kitty's voice has a levity, a joyfulness, which is just a delight. So well done. Thank you.
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