Jill
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Lola in the Mirror
- By: Trent Dalton
- Narrated by: Victoria Graves
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,266
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,221
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,220
A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years, from police and the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat. They've found themselves a home inside a van with four flat tyres parked in a scrapyard by the edge of the Brisbane River.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Chapters out of order
- By Natalie Stirling on 12-10-2023
- Lola in the Mirror
- By: Trent Dalton
- Narrated by: Victoria Graves
Wonderful story
Reviewed: 30-11-2023
I loved this story as much as his previous works. I know must find a hard copy to view the illustrations! Sadly the narrator was not prepped sufficiently in the pronunciations of Brisbane place and street names or even straightforward English usage. For a person whose life developed in this city it was disappointing to hear jarring inaccuracies. It’s rare to note this in audible recordings - thankfully the story superseded the narrative errors.
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Treacle Walker
- By: Alan Garner
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 19
Joe Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. He reads his comics, collects birds' eggs and treasures his marbles, particularly his prized dobbers. When Treacle Walker appears off the Cheshire moor one day - a wanderer, a healer - an unlikely friendship is forged and the young boy is introduced to a world he could never have imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightfully weird
- By Felix Andrews on 24-11-2023
- Treacle Walker
- By: Alan Garner
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
Terrible.
Reviewed: 29-01-2023
Seemed to be an unending loop of incomprehensible gibberish. And shortlisted for the Booker Prize…
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Limberlost
- By: Robbie Arnott
- Narrated by: Zoe Carides
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story5 out of 5 stars 119
Ned West dreams of sailing across the river on a boat of his very own. To Ned, a boat means freedom – the fresh open water, squid-rich reefs, fires on private beaches – a far cry from life on Limberlost, the family farm, where his father worries and grieves for Ned's older brothers. They're away fighting in a ruthless and distant war, becoming men on the battlefield, while Ned – too young to enlist – roams the land in search of rabbits to shoot, selling their pelts to fund his secret boat ambitions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it.
- By Amazon Customer on 07-08-2023
- Limberlost
- By: Robbie Arnott
- Narrated by: Zoe Carides
Heart wrenching and wonderous
Reviewed: 07-12-2022
A beautiful story - a Bildungsroman - uplifting and recognisable. A text worthy of applause and study.
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The Lincoln Highway
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland, Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 466
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 412
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 410
Emmett returns home to pick up his little brother Billy, tie up his late father's estate and get out of town for good. Since leaving the Kansas youth facility where he served time, Emmett has wanted one thing: to give them both a fresh start - and that means heading out to the sparkling west. Young, precocious Billy has plans of his own - to get to San Francisco, where he believes their long-estranged mother is waiting for them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Roller coaster of a ride
- By melanie on 23-05-2022
- The Lincoln Highway
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland, Dion Graham
Enthralling and compulsive reading
Reviewed: 22-11-2021
A most unusual and entertaining story. Finished it in two days. The narrator is excellent. Loved it!!
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Real Life
- A Novel
- By: Brandon Taylor
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 23
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 23
Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left behind his family without escaping the long shadows of his childhood. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends—some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Extremely DULL!!
- By Russell on 21-10-2020
- Real Life
- A Novel
- By: Brandon Taylor
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Just boring
Reviewed: 12-11-2020
This is probably important for young gay men but it is meant to be a story not just a series of vague descriptions and suppositions.
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The Dutch House
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,912
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,715
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,708
A masterpiece from the Orange Prize-winning, New York Times number one best-selling author of Commonwealth and Bel Canto: a story of love, family, sacrifice and the power of place. Lose yourself in the story of a lifetime – the unforgettable Sunday Times best seller. A story of two siblings, their childhood home and a past that they can’t let go. Like swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truly Amazing
- By WE on 07-12-2019
- The Dutch House
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
Tim Hanks brings this book to life!
Reviewed: 22-10-2019
This is such a poignant read. So beautifully produced and it is a reminder that listening to rather than only visually reading a text can be so enriching. I highly recommend this novel. Ann Patchett at her introspectively best.
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Go Set a Watchman
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Reese Witherspoon
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 305
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 287
Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father, Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues both personal and political as she tries to understand both her father's attitude toward society and her own feelings about the place where she was born and spent her childhood.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't ruin your memory of Atticus Finch
- By Ceese on 29-06-2016
- Go Set a Watchman
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Reese Witherspoon
A sad sequel
Reviewed: 04-07-2017
Unfortunately this novel did not live up To Kill a Mockingbird: maybe she needed Truman?
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Nutshell
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 155
Nutshell is a classic story of murder and deceit, told by a narrator with a perspective and voice unlike any in recent literature. A bravura performance, it is the finest recent work from a true master. To be bound in a nutshell, see the world in two inches of ivory, in a grain of sand. Why not, when all of literature, all of art, of human endeavour, is just a speck in the universe of possible things?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enjoyable Ian McEwan
- By Philip Manidis on 22-09-2016
- Nutshell
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
McEwan is brilliant as always!
Reviewed: 19-02-2017
Would you consider the audio edition of Nutshell to be better than the print version?
Yes - enacted by excellent performer.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Nutshell?
The closing scene.
Which character – as performed by Rory Kinnear – was your favourite?
The unborn child. First peron narrator.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not really becuase there were so many motfis and allusions to Hamlet that I needed to reflect on.
Any additional comments?
Very clever.
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