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Buried Deep
- By: Margot Hunt
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 38,928
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35,064
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Story4 out of 5 stars 35,005
In this pulse-pounding short thriller for fans of Big Little Lies and The Last Mrs. Parrish, Maggie Cabot refuses to sit by idly as police re-open an investigation into the mysterious death of a woman her husband used to know. After two decades in a near-perfect marriage, Maggie and James Cabot are enjoying their first year as empty-nesters in their charming Florida suburb, until two detectives arrive at their front door and change their lives forever.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Drivel
- By Pamela B on 12-11-19
- Buried Deep
- By: Margot Hunt
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
Not the best payoff
Reviewed: 12-12-19
Unsatisfactory ending. Was frankly rather disgusted by it. The narrator did a lovely job, though.
Those of you who've already read/listened to the book in full (my condolences by the way) will understand just how bewildering it was for me to finally hear after the dramatic final reveal of the truth "Oh, love, that's not how it works." only to hop into the final chapter and realize that, apparently, that is exactly how it works? Alright then.
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The Gilded Wolves
- A Novel
- By: Roshani Chokshi
- Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel, P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 277
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Story4 out of 5 stars 244
This program includes a bonus interview with the author. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society the Order of Babel seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure he never imagined: his true inheritance.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Spoiled by poor narration
- By K on 03-22-19
- The Gilded Wolves
- A Novel
- By: Roshani Chokshi
- Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel, P. J. Ochlan
I thought you all were exaggerating.
Reviewed: 10-04-19
I just finished listening to another series of Chokshi's (the Pandava novels) and was excited to check out other works of hers. The description for The Gilded Wolves intrigued me. I love Fantasy Adventure and I'm also a fan of Historical Fiction, so I figured this novel would be perfect for me-- and you know, it probably is! But I can't say for sure until I read the book myself, because my god, there's no way I am letting this narrator read it for me.
When I first read the reviews that were already here, I wanted to believe that people were being harsher than they needed to be with the male narrator. I've picked up movies and novels with negative reviews before that I wound up loving anyway, and knowing that there were two narrators for this book, I wondered if it was just a matter of one especially talented narrator being paired with a relatively novice one. In short; I was determined to give The Gilded Wolves the benefit of the doubt.
I was wrong.
If you've ever heard Male Siri, this guy is... just a little worse. His delivery is so dry, so robotic, so painful and so willfully unnatural at times that his performance almost felt spiteful, like some sort of petty underhanded vengeance on people who felt like listening to a good story instead of reading it themselves. If his goal was to make me regret buying this novel, he succeeded. I couldn't finish Chapter 1 even though I was interested in the characters and the worldbuilding being presented.
I love Audible because it's allowed me to keep up with books that interest me even with a hectic work/school schedule, so this was genuinely disappointing. My plan is to buy a physical copy of the book sometime and wait until I'm on break to give it a read. I intend to give The Gilded Wolves the chance it deserves.
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