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Gardens of the Moon
- The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 1
- By: Steven Erikson
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 26 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12,369
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,153
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11,145
The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An engrossing yet demanding high epic
- By Adnan on 11-20-12
- Gardens of the Moon
- The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 1
- By: Steven Erikson
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
not worth your time
Reviewed: 04-26-23
steven Erikson doesn't know how to show his characters actually doing anything, he tells the readers almost everything by exposition. I struggled to get to the finish line on this book and I kept thinking it would get better, it didn't unfortunately. save your money, better yet, save your time.
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The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Adam Baldwin
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 29,297
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26,995
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26,988
Have you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants from another dimension or Nazi dinosaurs from the future? Don't let this happen to you! Rifts happen, so you should be ready when universes collide. A policy with Stranger & Stranger can cover all of your interdimensional insurance needs. Rated "Number One in Customer Satisfaction" for three years running, no claim is too big or too weird for Tom Stranger to handle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Someone owes me a new keyboard
- By Aimee M on 05-24-16
Solid entertainment
Reviewed: 07-21-19
Adam (not a Baldwin brother) Baldwin does a great job narrating and the fun is non stop! A fast listening experience that's great while you're driving
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Minds of Men
- The Psyche of War, Volume 1
- By: Kacey Ezell
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
When the US Army Air Corps came calling in 1943, looking for psychic women to help their beleaguered bomber force, Evelyn answered, hoping to use her powers to integrate the bomber crews and save American lives. She was extremely successful at it...until her aircraft got shot down. Now, Evelyn is on the run in occupied Europe, with a special unit of German Fallschirmjager and an enemy psychic on her heels. Worse, Evelyn learns that using her psychic powers functions as a strobe that highlights her to the enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This was a wonderful story.
- By Jonathan Minion Bolder on 06-09-18
- Minds of Men
- The Psyche of War, Volume 1
- By: Kacey Ezell
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
Page Turner
Reviewed: 09-17-18
I'm not really a fan of alternate history. Really, I'm not. However, I am a fan of Ms. Ezell and I finally got around to listening to this on Audible. This is a review both of the author Kacey Ezell and the narrator Jennifer Jill Araya. I was very pleasantly surprised to find an engaging tale, good action, and well-developed characters. I found myself looking forward to the drive to work each morning and the drive home just so I could listen to the book! lol. With each passing day, I wanted to know where these characters were going and what was happening to them - and I felt as if I knew them halfway into the book! The action sequences are good, nothing seemed fake or too easily contrived. The world development was logical and well thought out - this is VERY important to me as a reader - you can make your own rules just like Bugs Bunny does but then you HAVE to play by the rules you set out. Kacey Ezell does just that. I had no problem with any of her world-building. Even if you are not an alternate history fan I think you'll get into this story in a hurry and enjoy every bit of it. I did :)
Jennifer Jill Araya did a very credible job with the narration - Her French accent is very good and the German accent - though fake was the kind of accent every one thinks is German ;) I don't know any Germans that talk that way (and I do know Germans) but for the story it was appropriate. Jennifer has excellent pronunciation, moderates her voice very well and can easily change the timbre and do a good impression of men in anger or humor or several other situations. The job of a narrator is not to become the star of the show and she doesn't - I enjoyed her storytelling very much. Nothing she said was out of character or put me off the story in the slightest.
This story and the storytellers are good enough that I will be listening to this again in the future and probably several times after that :)
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