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FKA USA
- A Novel
- By: Reed King
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Peter Ganim
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4 out of 5 stars 86
It is 2085, and Truckee Wallace, a factory worker in Crunchtown 407 (formerly Little Rock, Arkansas, before the secessions), has no grand ambitions besides maybe, possibly, losing his virginity someday. But when Truckee is thrust unexpectedly into the spotlight, he is tapped by the president for a sensitive political mission: to deliver a talking goat across the continent. The fate of the world depends upon it. The problem is - Truckee’s not sure it’s worth it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful. I could not finish it.
- By Clarence H Moye on 08-26-19
- FKA USA
- A Novel
- By: Reed King
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Peter Ganim
Incredible narrating and a story I couldn’t stop listening to!
Reviewed: 08-28-22
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This is one of those stories I couldn’t stop listening to and honestly I wish it would have been longer! I was a bit skeptical at first when reading the “back cover”. Like a talking goat?! Really!? But it’s not childish or silly at all. I would describe this as a “Post Apocalyptic satire of our current day situation/future” with all the best parts of a P.A. Novel: a cool interesting world, good characters, the right amount of realism with some fun fantastical mentions: (mole people, carnivorous oysters?!).
I really enjoy post apocalyptic novels but I’m not a huge horror/gore/trauma fan but with these novels there always going to be some, but this book did a great job of having the appropriate amount of “reality” of these situations without going into so much unnecessary, prolonged detail that you feel scarred or queasy or uncomfortable. There’s still plenty of violence for sure, but it’s violence that keeps you on the edge of your seat listening, wondering “wow how are they going to get out of this one?!”. It’s a real “page turner” for sure!
I’m quite picky about narrating and this narrating is a solid 5/5 stars. There were so many different voices and all of them were fantastic—no annoying, stereotypical, or obviously fake accents to be found! What a great voice actor! I also loved how there was a different voice actor for the footnotes which were smoothly incorporated into the story. A truly great touch.
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Unf--k Your Brain
- By: Faith G. Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN
- Narrated by: Faith G. Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19,211
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 16,807
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16,588
Our brains do their best to help us out, but every so often they can be real assholes - having meltdowns, getting addicted to things, or shutting down completely at the worst possible moments. Your brain knows it's not good to do these things, but it can't help it sometimes - especially if it's obsessing about trauma it can't overcome. That's where this life-changing book comes in. With humor, patience, science, and lots of good-ole swearing, Dr. Faith explains what's going on in your skull, and talks you through the process of retraining your brain to respond appropriately....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Untuck this recording quality
- By Martin J. Fogarty on 07-25-18
Very disappointed with the narration
Reviewed: 05-04-21
Unfortunately it seems like the narration of this book was recorded by a student while in a large lecture hall. This brings back memories of college and listening to badly recorded lectures. From sounding far away, to rustling in the background, I wish I could look past the narration to finish this book because the content has been good but I can’t. This a book to read, not listen to.
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