J. E. Murphy
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- (Discworld Novel 28)
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy, Rob Wilkins, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story5 out of 5 stars 121
Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice has a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and his very own plague of rats—strangely educated rats. But in Bad Blintz, the little con suddenly goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune and now the rats must learn a new word. EVIL. It's not a game any more. It's a rat-eat-rat world. And that might only be the start.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where rats and cats fear to thread
- By Amazon Customer on 24-10-22
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- (Discworld Novel 28)
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy, Rob Wilkins, Ariyon Bakare
Enjoyable... with some personal challenges
Reviewed: 16-02-23
I loved this book when I read it a few years ago, and did enjoy listening to it, but I had some difficulties with the narration. Nothing major, just that the narrator has a deep voice and is limited on voice acting, so sometimes I got confused about "who" was supposed to be doing the talking. Also, there we aspects of the story that I didn't enjoy as much when read out loud. Likely because when I fear to myself I can "self edit" to enjoy the story more, but when someone else is reading it to you you're stuck with their interpretation...and in this case I found it occasional jarring.
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Hogfather
- Discworld, Book 20
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Tony Robinson
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
It's the night before Hogswatch. And it's too quiet. It's the night before Hogswatch. There's snow, there are robins, there are trees covered with decorations, but there's a notable lack of the big fat man who delivers the toys. He's gone. Susan the governess has got to find him before morning; otherwise, the sun won't rise. And unfortunately, her only helpers are a raven with an eyeball fixation, the Death of Rats, and an "oh god of hangovers".
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2 out of 5 stars
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heavily edited
- By Craig on 30-03-22
- Hogfather
- Discworld, Book 20
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Tony Robinson
very abridged
Reviewed: 07-07-22
If I wasn't already very familiar with the story I feel this would have been a confusing performance. Still, it was a quick, easy listen and - because I've read it many times - I enjoyed it.
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Equal Rites
- Discworld, Book 3
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Indira Varma, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,787
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,639
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,639
Everybody knows there's no such thing as a female wizard. So when the wizard Drum Billet accidentally passes on his staff of power to an eighth daughter of an eighth son, a girl called Eskarina (Esk, for short), the misogynistic world of wizardry wants nothing to do with her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally a narrator to match Pratchett's prose!
- By Mr. T. M. Lazarus on 08-05-22
- Equal Rites
- Discworld, Book 3
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Indira Varma, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
Wonderful Performance
Reviewed: 03-07-22
I've always enjoyed Equal Rites; one of Terry Pratchett's best books. This particular telling of it was excellent!
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The Priory of the Orange Tree
- By: Samantha Shannon
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
- Length: 25 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,335
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,190
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,186
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Shame about pronunciation
- By Debbie F Carter on 24-04-19
- The Priory of the Orange Tree
- By: Samantha Shannon
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
Good story poor narration
Reviewed: 15-06-22
The story was quite good and I enjoyed it. Though the narration was...off-putting. I found the attempt at voices quite grating and they generally detracted from my experience of the story. Some basic mispronunciations confused the story in places, and the emperor having an American accent was jarring. But the story itself was strong, which is why I persisted to the end.
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