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George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,892
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,234
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,233
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Revelation!
- By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24
- George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Mills, Alex Lawther, Katie Leung
Amazing performance
Reviewed: 12-24-24
The sound design and voice acting was really compelling and lovely. It drew me in and left me feeling emotional as if I was there with the characters.
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FantasticLand
- A Novel
- By: Mike Bockoven
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe, Luke Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,810
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,514
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,470
Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where "Fun is Guaranteed!" But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absurd...But awesome
- By T.J. on 11-12-17
- FantasticLand
- A Novel
- By: Mike Bockoven
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe, Luke Daniels
A great visual through vocals
Reviewed: 10-30-24
I really enjoyed how the actors made me feel when listening to the characters' stories. They each sounded diverse and made me feel like I was with the characters throughout their experience.
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The Eyes Are the Best Part
- By: Monika Kim
- Narrated by: Jaine Ye
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 224
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4 out of 5 stars 205
A brilliantly inventive, subversive novel about a young woman unraveling, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a story of a family falling apart and trying to find their way back to each other, marking a bold new voice in horror that will leave listeners mesmerized and craving more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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slow burn, but well worth it
- By Michael Matos on 10-23-24
- The Eyes Are the Best Part
- By: Monika Kim
- Narrated by: Jaine Ye
The story gave me a very squeezey feeling.
Reviewed: 10-08-24
I like the characterization of the main character (specifically her fall to darkness) but I dislike how the story (vocals) sometimes "jumped" or "skipped" (this is probably an issue with the recording).
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Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One
- By: Jack Townsend
- Narrated by: Jon Grilz
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 305
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 267
Drunk customers. Shoplifting raccoons. Otherworldly visitors. As night-shift clerk at the 24-hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all. That is, until his best friend reveals the body of a local politician hidden in the trunk of a car, setting off a chain of events with apocalyptic potential. Soon, Jack finds himself entangled in a supernatural conspiracy involving monster hunters, sociopaths, doomsday cultists, and...garden gnomes?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mr. CreepyPasta Narration is better
- By Kelsey on 08-11-23
- Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One
- By: Jack Townsend
- Narrated by: Jon Grilz
I liked the characters the most
Reviewed: 02-21-24
I find the characters very funny and I liked their reactions to every situation. I do have some questions to the mysteries in the story but I presume the other volumes will solve them.
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The Forest Demands Its Due
- By: Kosoko Jackson
- Narrated by: Desean Terry
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
Regent Academy has a long and storied history in Winslow, Vermont, as does the forest that surrounds it. The school is known for molding teens into leaders, but its history is far more nefarious. Seventeen-year-old Douglas Jones wants nothing to do with Regent's king-making; he’s just trying to survive. But then a student is murdered and, for some reason, by the next day no one remembers him having ever existed, except for Douglas and the groundskeeper's son, Everett Everley.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Avoid this book
- By Amy Kelley on 05-24-24
- The Forest Demands Its Due
- By: Kosoko Jackson
- Narrated by: Desean Terry
I enjoyed the story telling and the characters.
Reviewed: 02-01-24
I liked the pacing and character development of the story. My one dislike, however, was the narrator's inflection. He did a good job speaking overall but when it comes to speaking as certain characters (specifically Douglas), he tends to shift his tone, which becomes confusing when he is talking to someone else. For example, Douglas has a soft, almost meek-like voice while Everett has a deep, rough and commanding voice. So whenever the narrator is speaking as the former while talking to the latter, it becomes confusing when the tone of his Douglas voice goes deeper and he starts to sound like Everett and it makes me believe that Everett is talking when he is not (this even happens when he internally monologues as Douglas). Other than that I really enjoyed the story.
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