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Thrust
- A Novel
- By: Lidia Yuknavitch
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek, Ron Butler, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Lidia Yuknavitch has an unmatched gift for capturing stories of people on the margins—vulnerable humans leading lives of challenge and transcendence. Now, Yuknavitch offers an imaginative masterpiece: the story of Laisvė, a motherless girl from the late 21st century who is learning her power as a carrier, a person who can harness the power of meaningful objects to carry her through time. Sifting through the detritus of a fallen city known as the Brook, she discovers a talisman that will mysteriously connect her with a series of characters from the past two centuries.
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Extraordinary. A masterpiece.
- By Annie Armstrong on 06-30-22
- Thrust
- A Novel
- By: Lidia Yuknavitch
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek, Ron Butler, Cassandra Campbell, Robbie Daymond, Darrell Dennis, Dominique Franceschi, Kathleen Gati, Graham Halstead, Austin Ku, Omar Leyva, Karen Murray, TL Thompson
Tedious Manifesto
Reviewed: 07-27-22
This was a tedious read. The kind of book where you keep checking to see how much longer you have till it's over. I prefer my history, biology, anthropology, environmental science, and philosophy straight up. The thinnest of plot lines and shoddy world building stitches together the monologues of sketchily developed characters who mouth the endless didactic rants about all of the above. While I was interested in the content and agreed with the general philosophy delivered through the story, centered around the apocalyptic results of humankind's brutal treatment of the planet and each other, I was overwhelmed by the ponderous detail and tended to zone out during the disconnected and decontextualized encyclopedic entries delivered by the characters. The endlessly detailed kinky and anachronistic sex interludes did nothing to enhance the storyline and were frankly cringy.
I'm not sure why I persevered to the end of this book but I would certainly not recommend it nor read another by this author.
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The Every
- A Novel
- By: Dave Eggers
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire at the Every. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Makazian, they look for the Every's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free?
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The narrator sounds like he works for the Every!
- By Bug on 11-22-21
- The Every
- A Novel
- By: Dave Eggers
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
incredible story, irritating delivery.
Reviewed: 12-15-21
The Every is every bit as brilliantly crafted and disarmingly chilling as its predecessor, The Circle. The narration, however, is a huge detractor. The narrator, while seemingly enamored of the sound of his own unctuous, lounge lizard-esque, sarcasm-laden voice, renders all the characters cartoonish in the same superficial manner. Generic, whiny cartoon nerd would be a good describer. Since the book is told from a female character's point of view and has so many women's voices among the characters, why not have gone with a woman narrator instead of a man imitating female voices in a stereotypical manner? The other super annoying narrative tic, noted by other reviewers, is the narrator's insistence on leaving a huge and unnecessary pause between every character's name and the word "said". If the intention of Audible is to get you to buy the print book after listening to the audiobook, mission accomplished! I'm going to have to read The Every again in print form to enjoy it properly without being constantly irritated and distracted by the delivery.
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The Testaments
- The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Mae Whitman, Ann Dowd, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.
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It does what a sequel should do.
- By Fountain of Chris on 09-10-19
- The Testaments
- The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Mae Whitman, Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Tantoo Cardinal, Margaret Atwood
So disappointing
Reviewed: 10-13-19
After a strong start with excellent narration, this much anticipated book devolved into a cheesy, implausible, sketchily written disappointment. As others have noted it reads like fanfiction or a script for the later seasons of the Hulu series when the story veers from the original premise with negative results. Better just to re-read the first Handmaid's tale which stands alone and needs no sequel, especially one that adds absolutely nothing to this dystopian classic.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
- By: Ottessa Moshfegh
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate; she works an easy job at a hip art gallery and lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong?
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I love it...
- By Claudia Gallegos on 07-12-18
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation
- By: Ottessa Moshfegh
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Unbearable
Reviewed: 01-11-19
I never but never fail to finish a book. Could not give this one a chance past the first several hours of listening. The characters are so artificial and uninteresting and the premise so nihilistic that I could find no reason to punish myself further. I am certain I am missing the point after reading such rave reviews. So be it.
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