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Creation Lake
- A Novel
- By: Rachel Kushner
- Narrated by: Rachel Kushner
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 433
A thirty-four-year-old American woman—a secret agent—is sent to do dirty work in France. “Sadie Smith” is how the narrator introduces herself to her lover, to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to the reader. Sadie has met her love, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian, by “cold bump”—making him believe the encounter was accidental. Like everyone Sadie targets, Lucien is useful to her and used by her. Sadie operates by strategy and dissimulation, based on what her “contacts”—shadowy figures in business and government—instruct.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Author should not have been the reader
- By Raj A. on 09-11-24
- Creation Lake
- A Novel
- By: Rachel Kushner
- Narrated by: Rachel Kushner
Not a Favorite
Reviewed: 12-12-24
Too much meandering prose with half-baked philosophical commentary that seemed like filler, not connected in a meaningful way to the actual story. Not sure that author was well-served by also being the audiobook narrator.
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Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens, Marty Ross - adaptation, Sam Mendes
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, Daniel Kaluuya, Nicola Coughlan, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,135
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,016
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,011
Orphaned at birth, Oliver Twist is born into the grimmest of 19th century English workhouses with a life of grinding poverty ahead of him. But the boy is a fighter and after being evicted from the workhouse for asking for 'more' and surviving a stint as an undertaker’s assistant, he walks many miles to London and finds a whole new life with a gang of young pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger and their guardian Fagin.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Liked it, didn't love it
- By RL on 12-17-22
Liked it, didn't love it
Reviewed: 12-17-22
It's sort of a jazzed up radio play of Oliver Twist. I like multiple voice audiobooks, but this was a bit over-produced. The music featured a strange bass line. There were some interesting audio separation effects, but they didn't contribute much. If you want some good Dickens, I much preferred Richard Armitage's reading of David Copperfield, also on Audible.
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 30,016
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27,142
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27,076
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- By Billy on 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
This is a good one.
Reviewed: 11-26-22
First, listen to the outstanding
narration of David Copperfield by Richard Armitage. Then this outstanding novel makes an even better listen.
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Episode Seven: “Second Acts”
- By: John Mankiewicz
- Narrated by: a full cast
- Length: 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,344
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,245
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,230
From a John Wayne premiere to a late-night meeting at Griffith Observatory, the hunt for Hollywood Communists takes FBI special agent Jack Bergin on a….
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5 out of 5 stars
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GOOD STORY!
- By USA VETERAN on 06-24-22
- Episode Seven: “Second Acts”
- By: John Mankiewicz
- Narrated by: a full cast
Get the Language Right People
Reviewed: 06-19-22
Just because the word "f__k" is in common usage now doesn't mean it was during the 1940's and 50's. Don't be lazy. Use language that actually portrays a period. You wouldn't put a Tesla in a film portraying the 1960's.
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David Copperfield
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 36 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,719
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,095
Between his work on the 2014 Audible Audiobook of the Year, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel, and his performance of Classic Love Poems, narrator Richard Armitage ( The Hobbit, Hannibal) has quickly become a listener favorite. Now, in this defining performance of Charles Dickens' classic David Copperfield, Armitage lends his unique voice and interpretation, truly inhabiting each character and bringing real energy to the life of one of Dickens' most famous characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A PERFECT narration of an English classic!
- By Wayne on 09-03-17
- David Copperfield
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
Splendid Reading of a Great Work
Reviewed: 11-01-20
On walks and drives during weeks of covid, I was privileged to hear Richard Armitage perform the unabridged “David Copperfield.” Armitage captures the characters superbly, each with a distinctive voice and manner.
It is by no means a quick read, and so much the better for it. This is one of the very best Audible productions I have listened to, ranking up there with the very different but equally impressive Audible production of “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders.
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The Sandman
- By: Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52,883
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46,190
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46,011
When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus - the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination - is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping. Once free, he must retrieve the three “tools” that will restore his power and help him to rebuild his dominion, which has deteriorated in his absence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely Epic!
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 07-16-20
- The Sandman
- By: Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Andy Serkis, Michael Sheen
Is this a new art form?
Reviewed: 08-20-20
Along with the recording of Lincoln in the Bardo, The Sandman seems to be a new form, with a large number of voices (60 some in Sandman’s case, even more in Bardo), a serious musical score, and very high production values. This is old time radio theater at a whole new level.
Highly recommend it and Bardo.
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- A Novel
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10,398
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,474
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9,430
February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “God has called him home.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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"Where might God stand?"
- By Mel on 02-17-17
New Ground in Audio Recording
Reviewed: 03-21-17
This audiobook was unlike any I had listened to before. It was more like a recorded play, with a large array of readers, many well-known actors. The text lent itself to this treatment. I enjoyed it.
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