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Milkman
- By: Anna Burns
- Narrated by: Bríd Brennan
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,987
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,772
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,768
In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes "interesting" - the last thing she ever wanted to be. To be interesting is to be noticed, and to be noticed is dangerous. Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is a story of inaction with enormous consequences.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Like the writing, not the audio issues
- By Criticalthinker on 12-31-18
- Milkman
- By: Anna Burns
- Narrated by: Bríd Brennan
Great book but you should read it.
Reviewed: 01-19-19
I enjoyed this listen, the performance is very good. However, I wish I would have read it. The writing is so visceral and vivid, the wordplay is surprising. This is a great book it deserves to be savored.
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The Collapsing Empire
- The Interdependency, Book 1
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,783
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19,162
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19,107
Our universe is ruled by physics, and faster-than-light travel is not possible - until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field we can access at certain points in space-time that transports us to other worlds, around other stars. Humanity flows away from Earth, into space, and in time forgets our home world and creates a new empire, the Interdependency, whose ethos requires that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It's a hedge against interstellar war - and a system of control for the rulers of the empire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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THE STUPIDITIES OF COURT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-01-17
- The Collapsing Empire
- The Interdependency, Book 1
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Another box of serial
Reviewed: 04-26-17
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Yes, the fact that it is an episode and not a complete story. I find it tragic that this genre insists on abusing fans with never-ending and diminishing stories. Scalzi is best when he's twisting science fiction not embracing the tired strategy of typing away without regard to a tight well-crafted story with a beginning, middle and, most importantly, an end.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Going back to well-written non-fiction
What does Wil Wheaton bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Wil Wheaton is an excellent reader, he is perhaps more breathless here. Reading audiobooks is a thankless task so maybe he's trying to make it more interesting for himself.
Do you think The Collapsing Empire needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
The story is incomplete...so naturally there will be another and, probably, another. I'm going to stop here. Rather than a book this is an introduction to a product line.
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The King of Lies
- By: John Hart
- Narrated by: David Chandler
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,968
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,311
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,306
John Hart creates a literary thriller that is as suspenseful as it is poignant, a riveting murder mystery layered beneath the southern drawl of a humble North Carolina lawyer. When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed facade begin to crack.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For the Eyes Only
- By Deborah on 06-21-06
- The King of Lies
- By: John Hart
- Narrated by: David Chandler
No, its not what you think
Reviewed: 07-23-06
This book is dreadful, I'm unsure if it is the writer, most likely, or the narrator but it reads like freshman fiction at an open enrollment liberal arts college in the midwest. After 30 minutes I had an unpleasant physiological reaction - good thing I wasn't driving. If you're looking for Grisham or really want to kill 10 hours I recommend Don Delillo or Michael Connelley. Don't say I didn't warn you
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