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The Unbelievable Truth - Series 23
- By: Jon Naismith, Graeme Garden
- Narrated by: David Mitchell
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story5 out of 5 stars 21
David Mitchell hosts the hilarious panel show which turns honest men into lying cheats. In this devious and delightfully funny competition, four comedians have the audacity to lie through their teeth for victory. They compete against each other with lies, untruths and dishonesty. Tall tales, white lies, blatant bluffs and misdirection rule. Can they smuggle the truth past each other, or will they be caught in the act of lying? Listen in, play along and try to separate fact from fiction in the ultimate lying game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny and light-hearted
- By Aileen on 19-06-2024
- The Unbelievable Truth - Series 23
- By: Jon Naismith, Graeme Garden
- Narrated by: David Mitchell
Funny and light-hearted
Reviewed: 19-06-2024
A good fun program which doesn’t require close listening. I love David Mitchell and he hosts the proceedings really well
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People of the Book
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Edwina Wren
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 185
In 1996, Hanna Heath, a rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna discovers a series of artifacts in its ancient binding, she begins to unlock the book's mysteries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed past, tracing the book's journey from its salvation back to its creation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story, great story concept
- By Karen on 03-04-2016
- People of the Book
- By: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Edwina Wren
Implausible and smug
Reviewed: 20-12-2023
I admit I didn’t get far. The book starts in Sydney and we are taken through the main character’s journey, starting with the 20-25 hour flight to Eastern Europe. She starts working immediately on the sacred book preservation, with intensity and concentration. After a full day’s work, she goes for dinner with a colleague she doesn’t like much. At the end of the meal, she grabs his hand and starts sucking his fingers ….what…? Has this author never travelled? Does she not realise what flying across the world does to you?
Of course they go back to his and fuck. Oh fuck off. Are you worried your subject matter is too dull to keep readers interested? You have to have a sex scene in chapter one? Or is this supposed to be character building? For me it was so ridiculous I lost all interest.
Super disappointing.
Oh and the narrator’s accents are just painfully bad.
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Silent Scream
- Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller, Book 1
- By: Angela Marsons
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 400
Five figures gather 'round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult-sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken, but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood. Years later a headmistress is found brutally strangled, the first in a spate of gruesome murders that shock the Black Country.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Who was who?
- By Kathleen Chalmers on 21-12-2016
- Silent Scream
- Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller, Book 1
- By: Angela Marsons
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
The cliches come thick and fast
Reviewed: 28-12-2022
Chapter 1 and we have already met a cast of characters in the most cliched terms possible, including, of course, a few obligatory diverse supporting cast. Each is given two paragraphs to ‘capture’ them, and I suspect all further characterisations will simply expand on this outline without adding any depth. Now the main character is confronted by her boss, who finds her too independent and feisty. What a maverick!
JFC I’m already bored off my tits.
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The Other Animals
- By: Lulu Miller, Shruti Swamy, Kelly Weinersmith, and others
- Narrated by: Lulu Miller, Shruti Swamy, Kelly Weinersmith, and others
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
[Explicit Content] In The Other Animals, a worm goes through a breakup, a vulture contemplates the act of killing, a whale falls in love with a song, and more.
This funny, moving collection of eight stories - written by a diverse crew of scientists, literary writers, and comics, and informed by science - explores what animal perspectives can show humans about the world we all share....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strange, fascinating and underrated
- By Mani S. on 07-05-2020
Muddy sound
Reviewed: 17-09-2021
Whoever decided that each story needed muddy, dull background music should have their ass kicked. I could not listen to any of these stories because the background music is intrusive and muddies the sound but adds nothing.
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- Wayfarers, Book 1
- By: Becky Chambers
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 690
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 640
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 641
Firefly meets Mass Effect in this thrilling self-published debut! When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past. But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Yawn
- By simon on 16-12-2017
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- Wayfarers, Book 1
- By: Becky Chambers
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
Narrator thinks this is a child’s picture book
Reviewed: 20-07-2021
The story seemed ok but the narrator’s OTT perkiness is nauseating. I’ve tried four times but I can’t stand it.
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Sheltered
- By: C Grezo, Rupert Knowles
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4 out of 5 stars 91
Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi sitcom, starring Gemma Whelan, Sindhu Vee, Rufus Hound and Marek Larwood. It’s been centuries since Armageddon and no one has ever left the bunker that has sustained what remains of civilised human life.... When innocent simpleton Gary and social climber Veronica are sent to explore the world outside, they soon regret ever leaving the safety, soft furnishings and quilted toilet paper of Fallout Shelter 7421.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great fun and well done
- By Aileen on 13-02-2021
Great fun and well done
Reviewed: 13-02-2021
This reminded me of listening to the radio show of HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy. I found this absolutely hilarious. It never lagged or strayed or got dull. The four main characters are brilliant. They are all well written and well acted. I wish I could remember where I heard about this one because I owe them a huge thanks.
Have a listen. You’ll love it!!
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Sheltered
- By: C Grezo, Rupert Knowles
- Length: 3 hrs
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 106
Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi sitcom, starring Gemma Whelan, Sindhu Vee, Rufus Hound and Marek Larwood. It’s been centuries since Armageddon and no one has ever left the bunker that has sustained what remains of civilised human life.... When innocent simpleton Gary and social climber Veronica are sent to explore the world outside, they soon regret ever leaving the safety, soft furnishings and quilted toilet paper of Fallout Shelter 7421.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Excruciating
- By Kindle Customer on 12-05-2021
Great fun and well done
Reviewed: 13-02-2021
This reminded me of listening to the radio show of HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy. I found this absolutely hilarious. It never lagged or strayed or got dull. The four main characters are brilliant. They are all well written and well acted. I wish I could remember where I heard about this one because I owe them a huge thanks.
Have a listen. You’ll love it!!
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Gilded Chain
- A Tale of the King's Blades, Book 1
- By: Dave Duncan
- Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
As unwanted and rebellious boys, they find refuge in Ironhall.... Years later, they emerge as the finest swordsmen in the realm - a magical ritual of a sword through the heart binds each to his ward - if not the king himself, then to whomever else the monarch designates - with absolute loyalty. And the greatest Blade of them all was - and is - Sir Durendal. But a lifelong dream of protecting his beloved liege from enemies, traitors, and monsters is dashed to bits when Durendal is bonded till death to an effete noble fop at his king's orders.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun and imaginative
- By Aileen on 15-06-2020
- Gilded Chain
- A Tale of the King's Blades, Book 1
- By: Dave Duncan
- Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
Fun and imaginative
Reviewed: 15-06-2020
I’ve always liked these stories and this was a really fun listen.
The narrator should drop the accent, though. Or get an actual ascot to do the narration.
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Lord of the Fire Lands
- A Tale of the King's Blades, Book 2
- By: Dave Duncan
- Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
Having just finished five years of training to become deadly "blades", the finest swordsmen in the land, Wasp and Raider, refuse to bind themselves to the king during the graduation ceremonies, and become outlaws and head for the dreaded "Fire Lands" to redeem themselves in battle.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Sad and sorry compared to book 1
- By Aileen on 15-06-2020
- Lord of the Fire Lands
- A Tale of the King's Blades, Book 2
- By: Dave Duncan
- Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
Sad and sorry compared to book 1
Reviewed: 15-06-2020
Which is worse? An American doing a Scottish accent or a Canadian trying to imagine the childhood of a Viking? The story is silly and dull (the atheling calls his parents ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ and all but says ‘gee whillikers’ 🙄) and the narration is grating. Why choose to do every character in a Scottish accent when you aren’t very good at Scottish accents? Baffling. And awful.
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The Wizard Hunters
- Fall of Ile-Rien Seriesm Book 1
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Talmadge Ragan
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
Ile-Rien is in peril. A mysterious army known only as the Gardier has surrounded the country, attacking in ominous black airships. Hope is not lost though, for a magical sphere created by Ile-Rien's greatest sorcerer may hold the key to defeating the faceless enemy. But the sphere is unpredictable and has already claimed several lives. When a magical spell goes disastrously awry, young Tremaine Valiarde and a brave band are transported to another world-a world of rough magics, evil mages, honorable warriors, and a secret Gardier base.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The book is awesome. The narration is awful
- By shadowfires on 23-08-2017
- The Wizard Hunters
- Fall of Ile-Rien Seriesm Book 1
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Talmadge Ragan
How does this narrator keep her job?
Reviewed: 14-11-2019
Her speech patterns are utterly disturbingly bizarre. Just awful. Poor Martha Wells deserves better than this.
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