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The Midnight Library
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,060
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,032
Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Tacky
- By Kris on 14-05-2021
- The Midnight Library
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
A accurate look at depression
Reviewed: 31-03-2024
I loved this book, and it offered some much needed perspective on personal struggles with depression. Overall, the narration was wonderful , very calming reader, great at pytting emphasis where it was needed. Although the awful Australian accent the narrator attempted pulled me out of that particular section of the novel. 5 stars.
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Seveneves
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Peter Brooke
- Length: 32 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 502
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 452
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Story4 out of 5 stars 450
The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction. What would happen if the world were ending? When a catastrophic event renders the Earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An ambitious plan is devised to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere. But unforeseen dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good book, terrible performance
- By K. Gough on 13-10-2015
- Seveneves
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Peter Brooke
Good premise, average writing, average narration,
Reviewed: 25-06-2020
Seveneves is a great premise, and could be surprisingly deep. The world, the lore and the characters were mostly solid. The author definitely gets bogged down in an overly technical approach to science-fiction tech, and the writing itself is quite simplistic and at times, coarse. He has an obsession with shoehorning sex, and gender commentary into almosy every relationship, to the point of creepiness. The narration is also average, the narrator in particular struggles with accents, and his tone is often strange. Overall this may seem like a negative review, but actually I enjoyed Seveneves. It is flawed, but engaging when you relax into it.
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The Fabric of Reality
- The Science of Parallel Universes - and Its Implications
- By: David Deutsch
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14
Author of the New York Times best seller The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch, explores the four most fundamental strands of human knowledge: quantum physics, and the theories of knowledge, computation, and evolution - and their unexpected connections. Taken together, these four strands reveal a deeply integrated, rational, and optimistic worldview. It describes a unified fabric of reality that is objective and comprehensible, in which human action and thought are central.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dry, poorly presented, needlessly convoluted
- By Ben on 27-08-2019
- The Fabric of Reality
- The Science of Parallel Universes - and Its Implications
- By: David Deutsch
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Dry, poorly presented, needlessly convoluted
Reviewed: 27-08-2019
The biggest problem with this presentation is not the complex and difficult material, but the thoroughly unegaging, dry and monotous reading by the orator. He does nothing to breath life or interest into this difficult and complex source material, but lumbers through in a monotone and discontinuous way, emphasising strange syllables and words, and presenting a generally hard to listen to audiotrack.
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Forces of Nature
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 166
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Story5 out of 5 stars 166
Professor Brian Cox uncovers some of the most extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the universe and beyond. From the immensity of the universe and the roundness of Earth to the form of every single snowflake, the forces of nature shape everything we see. Pushed to extremes, the results are astonishing. In seeking to understand the everyday world, the colours, structure, behaviour and history of our home, we develop the knowledge and techniques necessary to step beyond the everyday.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and compelling discussion of nature
- By Ben on 27-08-2019
- Forces of Nature
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
Engaging and compelling discussion of nature
Reviewed: 27-08-2019
A fantastic introduction to some basic principles of science and nature, put forward in an engaging and understandable way. The jargon and mathematics are kept brief and optional, and the ideas complex and simple are presented in a way that is easy to follow and grasp. The orator was perfect and his performance in the reading was thoroughly enjoyable.
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The Blind Watchmaker
- Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 136
The Blind Watchmaker, knowledgably narrated by author Richard Dawkins, is as prescient and timely a book as ever. The watchmaker belongs to the 18th-century theologian William Paley, who argued that just as a watch is too complicated and functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater complexity, be purposefully designed. Charles Darwin's brilliant discovery challenged the creationist arguments; but only Richard Dawkins could have written this elegant riposte.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Heavy, heavy going
- By Steven on 27-04-2016
- The Blind Watchmaker
- Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
A must read for everyone to full understand Darwin
Reviewed: 14-06-2019
it should be requisite reading/listening for every school student to dispel myth and encourage full understanding of the science underpinning life itself.
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