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The Year of the Witching
- By: Alexis Henderson
- Narrated by: Brianna Colette
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,202
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,203
In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy. Her mother's union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement. But a mishap lures her into the forbidden Darkwood surrounding Bethel, where the first prophet once chased and killed four powerful witches.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- By Elizabeth F. Therneau on 09-15-20
- The Year of the Witching
- By: Alexis Henderson
- Narrated by: Brianna Colette
Okay story, terrible narration
Reviewed: 04-24-25
The story was just fine; but I suspect I missed some of it because I was zoning out during the narration. It sounds like it was fed into an AI; the narrator was monotone like a robot and also paused at weird points during a sentence, which was distracting. I may have liked this better if I had just read it.
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Curdle Creek
- A Novel
- By: Yvonne Battle-Felton
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story1.5 out of 5 stars 6
Welcome to Curdle Creek, a place just dying to make you feel at home. Osira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of Curdle Creek, an all-Black town in rural America stuck in the past and governed by a tradition of ominous rituals. Osira is considered blessed, but her luck changes when her children flee, she comes second to last in the Running of the Widows and her father flees when his name is called in the annual Moving On ceremony.
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1 out of 5 stars
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depressing
- By Lydia Granda on 01-28-25
- Curdle Creek
- A Novel
- By: Yvonne Battle-Felton
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Excellent performance, weak story
Reviewed: 11-12-24
The reader was excellent, which made the story even more disappointing. It’s impossible to believe or follow this story; I can’t quite tell what the point is supposed to be because I was too focused on the impossibility of the narrative. It’s not things like magic we’ll travel as it is badly structured dystopias and character choices that make no sense, and no context is provided (or unbelievable context is provided) to make it legible. I wanted to like this.
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The Circus Train
- By: Amita Parikh
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena—who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio—yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with his own secrets and a mysterious past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful
- By Lisa M. Jolley on 03-19-23
- The Circus Train
- By: Amita Parikh
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
Good performance, terrible story
Reviewed: 09-25-24
While the story at least moved at an okay pace, I just didn’t find any reason to care about any of it. Also some details are weird; why make a character Jewish if it’s not going to matter even a little except as a plot point? As if Judaism isn’t a religion and a culture? This felt absolutely devoid of any cultural or regional significance. None of the characters have any cultural, ethnic, or religious impulses so it just reads as flat and the characters feel very cookie cutter.
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It Is Wood, It Is Stone
- A Novel
- By: Gabriella Burnham
- Narrated by: Gisela Chípe
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
Linda, an anxious and restless American, has moved to São Paulo, with her husband, Dennis, who has accepted a yearlong professorship. As Dennis submerges himself in his work, Linda finds herself unmoored and adrift, feeling increasingly disassociated from her own body. Linda’s unwavering and skilled maid, Marta, has more claim to Linda’s home than Linda can fathom. Marta, who is struggling to make sense of complicated history and its racial tensions, is exasperated by Linda’s instability.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Warm, sweet tropics
- By Amazon Customer on 08-07-20
- It Is Wood, It Is Stone
- A Novel
- By: Gabriella Burnham
- Narrated by: Gisela Chípe
No story
Reviewed: 07-19-24
I got this because I’m a Brazilian who lives in the US and I’m always curious about new Brazilian voices. This novel was highly recommended but it’s not really a story; it just feels like a character piece. I kept waiting for something to happen and at no point was I given anything worth sinking my teeth into.
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Ordinary Monsters
- The Talents, Book 1
- By: J. M. Miro
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 25 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 466
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Story4 out of 5 stars 420
Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey into the nature of difference, and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Alex Sumner on 06-21-22
- Ordinary Monsters
- The Talents, Book 1
- By: J. M. Miro
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
Couldn’t even finish it
Reviewed: 12-21-22
I am a big fan of fantasy and I was excited to get into this book. However none of the characters were interesting, the plot felt really obscured, and I just couldn’t get into it at all. I didn’t finish.
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Ariadne
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Saint
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,919
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,691
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,688
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid’s stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not a threat but an escape. Defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur.
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3 out of 5 stars
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We've been spoiled for choice
- By Stefan Filipovits on 05-04-21
- Ariadne
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Saint
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Disappointing
Reviewed: 10-04-21
This book was extremely disappointing. It was incredibly moralistic, Ariadne had almost no character, and the characters come off as stupid. I don’t recommend it.
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