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Medea
- By: Rosie Hewlett
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
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Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned by her mother, and persecuted and tormented by her brother and father. All because of a unique and dangerous talent: witchcraft. But when a dashing young hero, Jason, arrives to claim the famed Golden Fleece that her father fiercely protects, Medea sees her opportunity for escape. Her offer to help Jason overcome the trials set by her father sets in motion a journey that will test every ounce of her strength, magic and loyalty.
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If Medea had a theme song...
- By Susan on 03-04-24
- Medea
- By: Rosie Hewlett
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Brilliant performance to captivating
Reviewed: 24-03-25
I enjoyed listening to the retelling of Jason and the argonauts from the point of view of Medea and the narrator did an excellent job bringing each character to life.
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Children of Anguish and Anarchy
- By: Tomi Adeyemi
- Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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When Zélie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland. Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr, her true captor and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her.
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Very disappointing ending
- By Christine Tama on 20-03-25
- Children of Anguish and Anarchy
- By: Tomi Adeyemi
- Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo
Brilliant Trilogy
Reviewed: 01-01-25
The whole of the three books captures imagination throughout and I would've or could've given it 5 stars across the board but the narrators should've been better prepared.
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance
- Legacy of Orisha, Book 2
- By: Tomi Adeyemi
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji but also some nobles with magic ancestry. Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as strong and magical as they are. When Amari's mother forms an army of royals with newly awakened powers, Zélie fights to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.
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GOOD Character acting, BAD Yoruba pronounciation
- By R.s on 19-01-20
- Children of Virtue and Vengeance
- Legacy of Orisha, Book 2
- By: Tomi Adeyemi
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Amazing story but better read
Reviewed: 28-12-24
This sequel was very well crafted and hardly a boring moment. The pleasure of lisening was however very painful again and I wonder why the narrator thought she had the ability to carry it off. It did her no favours as she failed to say anything not English correctly. The story was imaginative and took your minds to scenes and people struggling to live their lives under a tyranny that robs them of their heritage, worship and culture. Then to compound the tale of deprivation it is badly deliberately read,where the language spoken is laughable at best or simply insulting to the listeners. Please let me have a Russian with no understanding of English read Chaucer next then will I believe you respect the listener of African fiction.
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The Yoruba People
- A Captivating Guide to the History of the Yorubas and Yoruba Mythology
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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Learn about one of the largest people groups in Africa! The Yorubas are an interesting people with a rich cultural heritage that can be traced back to many centuries ago. The history of the Yorubas is one of Africa’s most researched and analyzed histories due to the high level of literacy among the Yoruba. They have a system of government that ensures the proper running of the community and the education of their young. The Yorubas are located in West Africa, with the majority of the population found in southwestern Nigeria.
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Something miss in pronounciation
- By Torse on 22-12-24
- The Yoruba People
- A Captivating Guide to the History of the Yorubas and Yoruba Mythology
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
Something miss in pronounciation
Reviewed: 22-12-24
This has been an informative narrative on the Yoruba People. The context was balanced and certainly worth reading but I would recommend for Yorubas to read the book rather than the audio. The Narrator tried really hard. But as a speaker of Yoruba I found myself playing catchup because I was rephrasing the words in my head, as Yoruba words are very beautiful when said correctly
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Children of Blood and Bone
- By: Tomi Adeyemi
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
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Zélie remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. When different clans ruled - Burners igniting flames, Tiders beckoning waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoning forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, anyone with powers was targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Only a few people remain with the power to use magic, and they must remain hidden.
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Great story but Yoruba Speaker please!
- By Amazon Customer on 21-03-18
- Children of Blood and Bone
- By: Tomi Adeyemi
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Beautiful Story with imagery of Yoruba deities
Reviewed: 09-12-24
A well crafted book that it must have been beautiful to read as it livens imagination and anyone with the slightest knowledge of Yoruba would recognise the artistry in the writing. This was however ruined by the narrator who for an actor did no research on the pronunciations of the Yoruba names and words, which were murdered. I found her lack of preparation to say the words very distracting and no explanations were written about what she was trying to say at times. She might as well just say nah nah nah nah for all the meaning her words gave.
All that aside Tomi Adeyemi did a great job.
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The Ink Black Heart
- Cormoran Strike, Book 6
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
- Length: 32 hrs and 43 mins
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When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity. Robin decides that the agency can't help with this—and thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery.
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SO disappointing plus update
- By mollyeyre on 30-08-22
- The Ink Black Heart
- Cormoran Strike, Book 6
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
Unnecessarily long
Reviewed: 03-12-24
I found this story interesting but very irritating with the social media tweets which was off putting as it was irritating with sways of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and abbreviations that excludes my generation not into the abbreviations. Chapter 75 with at least 12 minutes of tweets was just torture and because it was such babble, left me wondering how does this help. The narrator did very well to maintain an interest.
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
- By: Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Narrated by: Weruche Opia
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her 'missing' boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit.
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underyped
- By HadjerMDHS on 06-01-19
- My Sister, the Serial Killer
- By: Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Narrated by: Weruche Opia
Weird but I like the ending
Reviewed: 21-06-24
Funnily, it's not often you get a writer that leaves your sense of justice and fairness in tatters. So this was to me a break from fairness that exists in 'real' time. The character description of her OCD with cleaning and her absolutely flakky sister was a good break for me. I listened in one sitting and on reflection she should write a sequel to give our shock a rest. Thoroughly enjoyed the non redeeming factors that it did not save Mohammed's job at the hospital nor the doctor from the unfortunate fate. It was pure simple escapism from my reality and expectation. Therefore, well done to Oyinkan Braithwaithe for being daring.
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The City of Tears
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
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May 1572: for 10 violent years the Wars of Religion have raged across France. Neighbours have become enemies, countless lives have been lost, and the country has been torn apart over matters of religion, citizenship and sovereignty. But now a precarious peace is in the balance and a royal wedding has been negotiated. It is a marriage that could see France reunited at last.
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An appreciation by a Huguenot descendent
- By Amazon Customer on 07-02-21
- The City of Tears
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
Addiction to happy ever after !!!
Reviewed: 05-06-24
The surrounding historical facts woven into the story was very interesting and it was of course very well written and read by Hattie Morahan. I am just surprised that given all that was happening around the Joubert family, they were more or less together in the end and wealthier. I guess that I just yearn for that story that leaves you to wonder and hope it MAY? or may not all work out in the end
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Bellarion
- The Fortunate
- By: Raphael Sabatini
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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When young, penniless Bellarion finds himself thrust into a murderous intrigue, his sharp wit and scholarly background allow him to see things invisible to others. Set in 15th century Italy, and cast with a rogues’ gallery of colorful villains, Bellarion adroitly navigates the complicated world of dukes, counts, and countesses to rise to unusual prominence and serve a purpose all his own.
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Entertaining listening
- By Torse on 28-05-24
- Bellarion
- The Fortunate
- By: Raphael Sabatini
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
Entertaining listening
Reviewed: 28-05-24
The story of Bellarion in my opinion was certainly far more than romance as it was describe and which almost prevented me from listening. In fact any romance was suspected by the reader than inferred. It is more of a historical story of events in the 15th century in what we now know as Italy's principalities. I did not much care for the reader and by simply reducing his speed of reading made the words come more alive for me rather than losing myself in his attempt to pronounce Italian names and places.
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Small Great Things
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Noma Dumezweni, Jeff Harding, Jennifer Woodward
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
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The new audiobook from number one best-selling author Jodi Picoult, with the biggest of themes: birth, death, and responsibility. When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not.
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brilliant book.
- By Carol on 17-01-17
- Small Great Things
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Noma Dumezweni, Jeff Harding, Jennifer Woodward
Emotionally revealing
Reviewed: 18-05-24
Just finished this excellent read and the performances were also excellent. It covered the spectrum of awareness of racism on both sides. I very heartily applaud the author for giving time to hear and try to understand the spectrum and the injustices from institutionalised racism and otherwise. I hesitate though at the compulsion for happy endings as that is not the result in the majority of cases. Happy ending in cases like this, I find softens the harsh message that some readers may need to jolt them to really reflect.
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