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My Favorite Terrible Thing
- A Novel
- By: Madeleine Henry
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 59
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 59
Detective Nina Travers is so good at her job that she blends in like a benevolent Tom Ripley. She can be anyone. She can be no one. Nina wants to be someone. Her new case will finally get her noticed. Bestselling author Claire Ross has disappeared from the Hamptons on her wedding day. How tragic that the author of an epic romance that captured the heart, soul, and imagination of the world should suddenly vanish on the happiest day of her life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bad Word Choice!
- By Empress Karen on 01-30-25
- My Favorite Terrible Thing
- A Novel
- By: Madeleine Henry
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Seemed ok until…
Reviewed: 06-17-24
Seemed like the plot was moving along, keeping me intrigued despite the endless and exhausting descriptions - similes and metaphors in every blessed sentence, but then it took a turn for the bizarre and became completely unbelievable. Thinking of stopping here but I’ve devoted nearly 9 hours of my life to this so I feel like I should see it through. If I finish this it will be purely due to the time I’ve invested in this story. We’re pretty far into left field at this point.
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Salthouse Place
- A Novel
- By: Jamie Lee Sogn
- Narrated by: Danice Cabanela
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 59
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Story3 out of 5 stars 59
In the far reaches of the Pacific Northwest, three best friends spend a day at the lake…but only two come home. Ten years later, Delia Albio is tormented by the mystery of what happened to fifteen-year-old Zee on the lake that day. When she receives an email from Cara, the remaining friend in the trio, she can’t resist the pull of the “life-changing” news in the message. Delia, hopeful for answers, travels home to see her old friend. But Cara is gone by the time she gets there, setting off another mystery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great read
- By Anne Marie Derosier on 10-23-23
- Salthouse Place
- A Novel
- By: Jamie Lee Sogn
- Narrated by: Danice Cabanela
Tedious
Reviewed: 10-06-23
Wasn’t sure at first if it was the slow pace of the plot or the narrator’s over-enunciation of every. single. word. It’s both. Listening for free with Kindle unlimited so I may just scrap it if it doesn’t turn around soon. Other reviews don’t leave much hope though.
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Her Enemy
- Maria Kallio, Book 2
- By: Leena Lehtolainen, Owen F. Witesman - translator
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4 out of 5 stars 114
After solving her first murder and leaving the Helsinki Police Department behind, Maria Kallio thought that a move to the neighboring city of Espoo would signal a fresh start - a chance to not only put her new law degree to use but to nurture her budding romance with Antti Sarkela. But when she discovers the strangled body of a new acquaintance, old habits die hard for the redheaded sleuth - especially since the accused is not only the victim's fiancé but a member of Antti's family. Though she works as a legal counselor, Kallio soon finds herself unofficially investigating the murder, now labeled a sex crime.
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4 out of 5 stars
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All novels in this series were released...
- By Wayne on 12-06-16
- Her Enemy
- Maria Kallio, Book 2
- By: Leena Lehtolainen, Owen F. Witesman - translator
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
Wretched pronunciations!
Reviewed: 01-08-22
Liked this better than the first in the series which I couldn’t complete. Interesting plot with sometimes stiff writing which may be the translation, but can no one take 10 minutes to teach the narrator how to pronounce Finnish names properly? Or just hire a Finnish narrator maybe? The mispronunciations are so horrible it’s incredibly distracting. Sounds like a typical American who’s too arrogant to learn foreign names. Doesn’t it bother the author that her character’s names are getting butchered?!? Would love to hear this series read by a Finnish narrator!
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My First Murder
- Maria Kallio, Book 1
- By: Leena Lehtolainen, Owen F. Witesman - translator
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 225
After a student choir’s practice session at a Helsinki villa turns deadly, Detective Maria Kallio finds herself in the middle of the action - and her first murder case. Someone in the group wanted playboy Tommi Peltonen dead, but that’s one song these suspects refuse to sing. Behind the choir’s jovial facade lies bitter passion, and the victim’s seemingly perfect life hid a host of sins that made him a target of almost everyone in the villa. As a young female - and a redhead to boot - Maria knows that solving this case will help her overcome her perceived shortcoming in the eyes of her colleagues.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Series off to a weak start
- By Wayne on 12-06-16
- My First Murder
- Maria Kallio, Book 1
- By: Leena Lehtolainen, Owen F. Witesman - translator
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
Narrator made this impossible to complete
Reviewed: 12-26-21
I was excited to find a Finnish crime series with so many titles to keep me listening through the winter waiting for another season of Bordertown -I love stories that connect me to my family in Finland. It’s possible that some of the issues are translation problems, but this narrator is impossible to listen to. I agree with other reviews that she sounded like the text-to-audio narration but a few chapters in she seemed to loosen up a bit. But the pronunciation of names is ridiculous. I’ve listened to other Nordic novels narrated with excellent pronunciation of people and place names. This was just lazy reading on top of a storyline that was so wildly implausible that I couldn’t get past chapter 4. Sad to let this whole series go, but there’s so much better available in this genre.
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Don't Look Now
- By: Mary Burton
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Alan Carlson, Kirt Graves, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,136
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,045
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,037
Austin homicide detective Jordan Poe is hunting a serial killer she fears is the same man who assaulted her sister, Avery, two years ago. The details line up: the victims are the same age, same type, dead by the same grim MO. Luckily Avery survived. But the terrible memories linger, making Jordan more determined than ever to stop this monster in his tracks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Jordan Poe’s narrator was awful!
- By C. Lee on 10-22-21
- Don't Look Now
- By: Mary Burton
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Alan Carlson, Kirt Graves, Heather Firth, Zara Eden, Joyce Oben
A few issues…
Reviewed: 10-15-21
Have enjoyed Burton’s books, but this one was a little rough. Female lead character was a stereotypical tough girl who whined every time she couldn’t control every detail. The narrator’s voice for Jordan made everything worse. Boston accent was so bad it was horribly distracting. Don’t know who would find it believable. Sounded like a speech impediment instead of an accent. Male narrator was better. If you can’t nail the accent, don’t try. Ruined the story for me.
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Firefly Beach
- By: Luanne Rice
- Narrated by: Alexandra O'Karma
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4 out of 5 stars 45
As a child, Caroline Renwick watches, horrified, while a desperate man kills himself. After she learns that the man has a young son, Joe, Caroline begins writing to him, and they become close pen pals. But several years later, when Joe is told the reason for his father’s death, he turns away from her. Now, meeting as adults at Caroline’s ancestral home, they have a chance to confront and heal that old wound. But what will be the emotional cost?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrble narrator
- By anna on 08-17-12
- Firefly Beach
- By: Luanne Rice
- Narrated by: Alexandra O'Karma
Narration destroys any chance of enjoyment
Reviewed: 06-02-21
Narration is completely devoid of any inflection. All voices are the same and it sounds like the characters are all so heavily medicated that their affects are all utterly flat. Worse, you constantly hear the narrator swallowing and licking her lips. The whole thing sounds wet and flat. I honestly lost track of the storyline with all the distractions in the narration. It was a shame after I thoroughly enjoyed the last Luanne Rice Audible book I listened to. Definitely won’t be able to stomach another by this narrator.
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