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American Dirt
- By: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,765
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,548
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,545
Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yesterday, Lydia was married to a journalist. Yesterday, she was with everyone she loved most in the world. Today, her eight-year-old son Luca is all she has left. For him, she will carry a machete strapped to her leg. For him, she will leap onto the roof of a high speed train. For him, she will find the strength to keep running.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable
- By Anonymous User on 15-01-2021
- American Dirt
- By: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
Engrossing story
Reviewed: 06-08-2020
I loved how engaged I was in this story. It is truly unputdownable and seems realistic and authentic. The detailed writing develops the suspense well and the reader is acutely involved with the characters’ journey. The writing is simple but so powerful. Highly recommend this important story.
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The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
- The Road to Nowhere, Book 1
- By: Meg Elison
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 202
When she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead. In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth's population - killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant - the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power - and the strong who possess it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be made into a TV series, it’s THAT good
- By Amazon Customer on 05-10-2021
- The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
- The Road to Nowhere, Book 1
- By: Meg Elison
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Post-apocalyptic universe is terrifying
Reviewed: 30-01-2017
I found this story to be unrelentingly depressing. It tells of a world where a plague has wiped out most of the human race with only a few survivors, most of them men. The women have become property, hunted, kept and raped at will. The protagonist, the unnamed midwife, makes her way across the landscape surviving by pretending to be a man, helping others as much as she can. While it is quite well written, it's a bleak environment and not enjoyable. If you're a fan of this type of story, you might 'enjoy' it. Not mine.
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The Goldfinch
- By: Donna Tartt
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 32 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,239
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,117
Aged 13, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth the effort!
- By Alyce Blyth on 04-04-2017
- The Goldfinch
- By: Donna Tartt
- Narrated by: David Pittu
Incredible book
Reviewed: 31-03-2016
I'm so sorry this has ended. I feel like Theo is an old friend and I want our friendship to continue. The story is so involved and engaging, unusual, harsh, loving and nihilistic all at the same time. There are some wonderful characters all richly drawn, as well as the locations they inhabit specifically New York and a Las Vegas not seen by tourists. Sit back, relax, and be patient while you are taken on a languid ride through this boy's life.
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The Book of Strange New Things
- By: Michel Faber
- Narrated by: Josh Cohen
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 16
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 16
'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible - his 'book of strange new things'. It is a quest that will challenge Peter's beliefs, his understanding of the limits of the human body and, most of all, his love for Bea.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful book
- By Amazon Customer on 16-10-2021
- The Book of Strange New Things
- By: Michel Faber
- Narrated by: Josh Cohen
Unusual sci fi
Reviewed: 10-02-2016
I found this book engaging to listen to on Audible, the narration was good and hearing the alien voices added a dimension I probably wouldn't have had in reading the paper book. I'm not a standard sci fi fan and prefer spec fic. The premise was interesting. A minister is sent to an alien planet to preach the gospel to the locals but leaves his beloved wife at home in a deteriorating world. However the story took so long to get anywhere and Peter was a quite annoying dolt while his wife was the perceptive one. I didn't really care about Peter but was concerned about their relationship which is mightily tested. Nothing dramatic really happens though it is mildly interesting to learn about this alien place. The talent in the writer was making me finish the book but I ended it by saying, So what? The aliens didn't need him; his wife desperately needed him and he wasn't there.
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