Olivia T Chijioke
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The Light in Everything
- By: Katya Balen
- Narrated by: Louis Hill, Danielle Nott
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Tom is still quiet and timid, even though his dad has been gone for nearly two years now. Zofia is the opposite. Inside her there’s a raging storm that makes her want to fight the whole world until she gets what she wants. And what she wants is for scaredy-cat Tom to get out of her life. Tom hates loud, unpredictable Zofia just as much, but he’s moving into Zofia’s house. Because his mum and Zofia’s dad are in love…and they’re having a baby. Tom and Zofia both wish the stupid baby had never happened.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely loved this book!!
- By Olivia T Chijioke on 05-05-23
- The Light in Everything
- By: Katya Balen
- Narrated by: Louis Hill, Danielle Nott
Absolutely loved this book!!
Reviewed: 05-05-23
I enjoyed how Katya navigated through difficult themes and the blending of two very different families into one beautiful and diverse one. At first, just like Zofia and Tom, I had no hope that this was going to work at all..there's a special thing that happens when a common adversity brings unlikely characters together. This book made me understand things differently, especially in children with special educational needs (from my perspective as a primary school teacher). Well written and well performed!!
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The Gilded Ones
- By: Namina Forna
- Narrated by: Shayna Small
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the color of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: She is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: Fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By emma dyer on 30-12-21
- The Gilded Ones
- By: Namina Forna
- Narrated by: Shayna Small
Epic!
Reviewed: 07-06-22
Loved this book and since I started listening to it on audiobook I couldn't wait to find out what happens next!! Thoroughly enjoyed the themes too of females gaining back their powers after such a long time of being oppressed. Refreshing.
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This Is Going to Hurt
- Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
- By: Adam Kay
- Narrated by: Adam Kay
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 27,738
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 24,516
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Story5 out of 5 stars 24,442
Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life-and-death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids and the hospital parking meter earns more than you. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this diary is everything you wanted to know - and more than a few things you didn't - about life on and off the hospital ward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well written, Well told
- By The_Animagus on 23-09-17
- This Is Going to Hurt
- Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
- By: Adam Kay
- Narrated by: Adam Kay
Quite revealing about the general life of a Doctor
Reviewed: 01-10-18
I enjoyed listening to this book, it was funny and poignant in places. I couldn't care less about the rude language but I can totally understand it was the best way for the author to express his frustration at times. I just hope the people who can make a real difference in the NHS listen to this and change things..most importantly inject funds into the NHS.
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Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
- By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Narrated by: January Lavoy
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 342
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Story5 out of 5 stars 281
In We Should All be Feminists, her eloquently argued and much admired essay of 2014, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie proposed that if we want a fairer world we need to raise our sons and daughters differently. Here, in this remarkable new book, Adichie replies by letter to a friend’s request for help on how to bring up her newborn baby girl as a feminist. With its fifteen pieces of practical advice it goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just one thing missing
- By Margaret on 12-04-17
Good advice at times
Reviewed: 11-04-18
The narrator was excellent. The structure great, but I do not agree with all ideas. However, I am very glad I listened to it. It revealed to me what I believe and don't believe.
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