Caro van Rooyen
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A Closed and Common Orbit
- Wayfarers, Book 2
- By: Becky Chambers
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body following a total system shutdown and reboot, she has to start over in a synthetic body, in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone. But she's not alone, not really. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her adjust to her new world. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over.
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Not compelling - plot lacks a reason to care
- By Alex on 01-01-19
- A Closed and Common Orbit
- Wayfarers, Book 2
- By: Becky Chambers
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
The imagination. Putting into words the coding.
Reviewed: 07-14-24
Liked the characters. Glimpses into what could be in the future. The pace of the story.
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Red Country
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
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Shy South comes home to her farm to find a blackened shell; her brother and sister have been stolen and she's going to have to return to her bad old ways if she's ever going to see them again. She sets off in grim pursuit with only her cowardly old step-father Lamb for company. But it turns out he's hiding a bloody past of his own. None bloodier.
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A pleasant read
- By Raphael on 11-07-12
- Red Country
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Life stories, characters
Reviewed: 01-07-24
The pace, the characters, narrative. Did not want story to end. Scene setting very good.
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Before They Are Hanged
- The First Law: Book Two
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 22 hrs and 38 mins
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Bitter and merciless war is coming to the frozen north. It's bloody and dangerous and the Union army, split by politics and hamstrung by incompetence, is unprepared for the slaughter that's coming. Lacking experience, training, and in some cases even weapons, the army is scarcely equipped to repel Bethod's scouts, let alone his elite forces. In the heat-ravaged south, the Gurkish are massing to assault the city of Dagoska, defended by Inquisitor Glokta.
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Previous Book Incomplete
- By Michael J. Gibbons on 06-28-10
- Before They Are Hanged
- The First Law: Book Two
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Enjoyed it tremendously. Luckily the saga continu
Reviewed: 10-12-22
Love the characters. You get to know them well, but still they surprise you.
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The Blade Itself
- The First Law: Book One
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 22 hrs and 15 mins
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Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers.Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain and shallow, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men.
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Violent, Ironic, and Absorbing Epic Fantasy Noir
- By Jefferson on 01-30-13
- The Blade Itself
- The First Law: Book One
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Exceptional
Reviewed: 10-06-22
Story and characters drag you in.
Very descriptive scenes. You can hear, smell and taste the universe.
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