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Eragon
- Inheritance, Book 1
- By: Christopher Paolini
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42,645
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34,077
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34,124
Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes he is merely a poor farm boy - until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now, his choices could save - or destroy - the empire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Utterly Awesome!
- By Sandra on 11-07-03
- Eragon
- Inheritance, Book 1
- By: Christopher Paolini
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
Why does Saphira's voice sound like a sick toad?!
Reviewed: 06-14-19
I'm a fan of the story. (Basically Star Wars character archetypes in a Fantasy context.)
But the narration has me grieved. Doyle does a very good job with the human characters, but his Saphira is so rough and gravely that she sounds always like a sick toad... I mean frog. I understand how one might assume that the voice of a large lizard would sound rough to our ears but why would it sound rough in Eregon's head? Their dialogue is always internal! It also contradicts the sense of gracefulness and grandeur and wisdom that the author is building into Saphira. But the big problem with this, besides how grating it is to listen to, is that it is very difficult to convey the nuances of her emotions. She ends up being very one-dimensional. Similarly the ware-cat Solembaum's voice is performed in a growling gravel, which is a smaller problem since his dialogue is a much smaller percentage of the book, but his character suffers just as much. And he sounds almost identical to Saphira.
This deficiency is enough to make me seriously question whether I will purchase the subsequent audiobooks.
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Bonhoeffer
- Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 124
From the New York Times best-selling author of Amazing Grace comes an abridged version of the groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, the man who stood up to Hitler.
A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in the face of the monstrous evil that was Nazism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thankful For This Account
- By Conquistadores on 07-20-15
- Bonhoeffer
- Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Relevant to our polarized political discourse
Reviewed: 10-31-18
It seems that the further away we get from the events of WWII the more we are able to piece together compelling stories of how conscience and faith intersect with politics and war. Far from the oversimplifications of current polarized political discourse, this account of Bonhoeffer sheds light on the complexity and nuance of Christian duty, piety, and ethics.
It begs the question for all of us to answer: have we come yet to a point where we must not only resist the evil of the world by confessing the truth of God, but also confess by way of direct and deliberate resistance?
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