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The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140,786
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124,014
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123,891
The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Girl on The Train
- By BookReader on 12-30-15
- The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
Dull
Reviewed: 12-20-24
Don't get me wrong. I often root for characters that are, shall we say, flawed. I like stories that delve into the human psyche. Dark pasts with hidden or forgotten secrets can be interesting. To this day, I am not positively for sure convinced that I did not kill a classmate in high school and bury the body in the woods. Anyway, I repeatedly dreamed I did. I am still waiting for the body to be found. What I can not forgive is characters that are consistently boring. When I am checking out a movie to watch or looking for a new TV series to follow, if I don't really care about the characters and could really not care less what happens to them, I pass. In the future I will be sure to thoroughly check out individual reviews before buying a book with money. Only a book purchased with one credit is eligible to be returned. I am very grateful for the person who said to adjust the speed to make it bearable. I found that 1.4 was ideal. I didn't have to listen to the women slowly drone on but could still easily understand what was being said. That being said, I did not like this book at any speed.
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Happily Ever After: Companion to the Selection Series
- By: Kiera Cass
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate, Rachel F. Hirsch, Nick Podehl
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 678
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 602
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 607
Before Amberly came to the palace, she was a four in love with a one. Before Maxon met the girl of his dreams, he was the boy of someone else's.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing!
- By Janice on 10-17-15
Felt Like Filler
Reviewed: 12-14-24
The first story was The Queen and the foreign accent sounded more like a foreign language to me. I tried to read other stories in the collection but I found them basically disorienting. I returned it the next day and purchased The Heir and The Crown instead.
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The Extinction Survival Series Box Set
- Lost Valley, Satan's Gate, Cost of Survival & Warrior's Fate
- By: Walt Browning
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 38 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,834
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,674
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,667
John Eric Carver and Shrek are a retired Navy SEAL war dog team, now living in the mountains outside of San Diego. Both man and dog thought their life was now settled, finding peace on the 40-acre ranch they had moved to. But life, and a mutated virus, changed all that.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DO NOT GIVE YOUR DOG IBUPROFEN!!
- By Bear Hardin on 04-05-22
- The Extinction Survival Series Box Set
- Lost Valley, Satan's Gate, Cost of Survival & Warrior's Fate
- By: Walt Browning
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Full Emmersion in Terror
Reviewed: 12-03-24
The narrator's performance is jarring. Often seems incongruous with what is going on or which character is speaking. Sometimes the narrator's voice is too aggressive, harsh and loud (not talking about military voices). I actually do like the voice for the war dog and killer coyote. Weird.
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Where Are the Children?
- By: Mary Higgins Clark
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 982
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 863
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 859
Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two little children, and the shocking charges against her. She changed her name, dyed her hair, and left California for the windswept peace of Cape Cod. Now remarried, she has two more beloved children, and the terrible pain has begun to heal - until the morning when she looks in the backyard for her little boy and girl and finds only one red mitten. She knows that the nightmare is beginning again....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Classic MHC
- By Empress Karen on 05-20-19
- Where Are the Children?
- By: Mary Higgins Clark
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
Couldn't Stop Listening
Reviewed: 11-11-24
I need to get some sleep now. I don't usually read suspense novels. This was nerve racking.
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: J. D. Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62,131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55,572
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55,472
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- By Cynthia on 11-20-16
- Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: J. D. Vance
Poignant, Insightful, Honest
Reviewed: 10-05-24
J.D. did a excellent job of vividly describing the community he grew up in. By comparison, my childhood as a lumberjack's daughter in the Idaho Panhandle seems a great blessing.
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Queen of Shadows
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
- Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18,922
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16,449
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16,414
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire - for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past.... She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight. She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Unexpectedly excellent
- By Elisabeth Carey on 11-02-15
- Queen of Shadows
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
Drama, Horror, Romance, Suspense
Reviewed: 07-24-24
Throne of Glass: "Queen of Shadows" was so good! Twice I was crying/sobbing tears of joy, relief and excitement. Such great characters, both new and old. Loving and courageous with unfailing loyalty; imperfect, vulnerable, magnificent, determined to make their world a better place.
Postscript: After listening to Empire of Storms I returned it and also returned Tower of Dawn and Kingdom of Ash. Empire of Storms was virtually equal to Rated R in a movie. The characters seemed different. Everything seemed off, like the publisher had told the author to make her stories more edgy and to add graphic sex since the last three books had a total disconnect from the previous books. I totally loved the Throne of Glass series up until that point, including The Assassin's Blade. I told my daughter that Queen of Shadows ended well for going no further.
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The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe
- By: Arvind Ethan David
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman, Jewel Staite
- Length: 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,030
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,432
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,417
A man awakens, adrift in deep space, with little memory of who he is - only to discover that he is the commander of a space mission; the rest of the crew is gone; and he is apparently a writer of some small renown named Neil Gaiman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful, but read Neil’s books first
- By J. Angel on 03-18-21
- The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe
- By: Arvind Ethan David
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman, Jewel Staite
Everything's Shiny, Captain.
Reviewed: 04-07-24
I love listening to Neil Gaiman and Jewel Staite's voices. The premise is interesting and fun. It helps that I just recently discovered Neil Gaiman's storytelling genius.
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Rapid Weight Loss Now, Sleep Affirmations: 8 Hour Sleep Cycle Meditation
- By: Joel Thielke, Catherine Perry
- Narrated by: Catherine Perry
- Length: 8 hrs
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Lose weight rapidly and safely! Sleep affirmations are a fast, powerful way to help you naturally lose weight faster and keep it off - all during your REM cycle.
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1 out of 5 stars
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It is mostly music
- By Kim on 03-08-19
Created by Professionals
Reviewed: 02-09-24
I almost always fall asleep before walking down the entire staircase. It plays various repetitive, soothing instrumentals. I am glad that the positive affirmations come at the times when I am in deep sleep. In the beginning I tried to play it while awake to actually know what encouragement I was getting and how often I was hearing the positive guidance and affirmations during the night. I just lacked the patience to do that. I know there is speaking around the three hour mark. I am determined to listen to it every night for 28 days to see if my attitude towards life and specifically towards food changes.
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The Bad Weather Friend
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,622
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,401
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,399
Benny Catspaw’s perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair. He’s not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn’t know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he’s never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. All will be well in time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny, Fearful, Fanciful Adventure
- By R.C. Wilcox on 02-09-24
- The Bad Weather Friend
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
Glorious Tongue-in-Cheek Fun!
Reviewed: 02-03-24
This was very cool! It was like I was sitting around a campfire with Dean Koontz himself telling the scary story to entertain the folks listening to his tale under the light of the moon. Clever, witty and fast paced. I love it when Dean throws caution to the wind and just goes for it! Narrator/Actor Ray Chase is giving Ray Porter a run for his money as they are both brilliant!
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Reset
- By: Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,087
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,732
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,728
Deep in the Afghan mountains, Sergeant Michael Pitcher discovers an object with powers that defy explanation. After interacting with it, he suffers a traumatic seizure and is flown home for evaluation. Cleared by the doctors, Michael goes home to his relieved wife, Josie. But he’s a changed man. The once-loving husband is now coldly withdrawn. When a team of scientists connected to Sergeant Pitcher vanishes without a trace, CIA agent Dean Ninemeyer comes to him for insight - only to find that the recovering soldier has also disappeared.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You'll never see it coming
- By Angela M Bacon on 05-02-18
- Reset
- By: Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Spectacular Narrator!
Reviewed: 08-08-23
Story was interesting, exciting and suspenseful! I will skip the last chapter lecture next time.
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