Beverly G. Walker
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Nine Years After
- By: LeRoy Clary
- Narrated by: James Romick
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
From the safety of the Deep Hole Sanctuary, two are sent to the surface for the first time in nine years. Rumors, tales, and expectations for the world above are that they will find a desolate wasteland filled with mutated animals and bands of roving hoards of starving people.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poor writing and horrible narration
- By Beverly G. Walker on 07-01-23
- Nine Years After
- By: LeRoy Clary
- Narrated by: James Romick
Poor writing and horrible narration
Reviewed: 07-01-23
This is by far the worst audiobook I have ever listened to. The characters are unbelievable, unlikeable, and one-dimensional. The non-existent plot is basically a series of "adventures". The narrator's voice is irritating and he speaks in a smug sing-song voice, like a guy in a bar after a couple of drinks, trying to convince others that he is a "cool" guy. After wasting an hour attempting to listen to this audiobook, I had a headache and I was just angry that Audible would actually sell this piece of garbage. Unfortunately, this was a sale book and is not eligible for return. This is the last book I will purchase by this author or with this reader...and the last "sale" audiobook I will purchase from Audible.
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The Bad Seed
- By: William March
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 285
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 258
There's something special about eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark. With her carefully plaited hair and her sweet cotton dresses, she's the very picture of old-fashioned innocence. But when their neighborhood suffers a series of terrible accidents, her mother begins to wonder: Why do bad things seem to happen when little Rhoda is around?
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved it
- By CoCo B.M.J on 07-23-19
- The Bad Seed
- By: William March
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
Great book ruined by horrible narration
Reviewed: 03-02-22
I first read The Bad Seed during my second year of college in 1969. I love this book. I own the 1954 hard copy. I worked on a stage production of the play and watched all three movie versions. I thought I would enjoy listening to the Audible version. The story takes place in a small southern town in the 1950s. In the book, the atmosphere is one of quiet southern gentility, where something tragic happens to a child, followed by a growing dread that something is dreadfully wrong in the Penmark household. The narrator for the Audible version rushes through the text like the script is on fire and she has to finish reading before her hands get burnt. Listening to the Audible version is just downright irritating.
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