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You Let Me In
- By: Camilla Bruce
- Narrated by: Claire Rushbrook
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 73
Cassandra Tipp is dead...or is she? After all, the notorious recluse and eccentric best-selling novelist has always been prone to flights of fancy - everyone in town remembers the shocking events leading up to Cassie's infamous trial (she may have been acquitted, but the insanity defense only stretches so far). Cassandra Tipp has left behind no body - just her massive fortune and one final manuscript. Then again, there are enough bodies in her past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Disturbing, but so good
- By Randi on 05-30-25
- You Let Me In
- By: Camilla Bruce
- Narrated by: Claire Rushbrook
Disturbing, but so good
Reviewed: 05-30-25
This is one of the few times where I actually like the effect of the unreliable narrator. What's real? What's the truth? I'm still not sure exactly which version I believe.
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Yellowface
- A Novel
- By: R. F. Kuang
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,170
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,703
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,701
Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena’s a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn’t even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I've never hated a character harder
- By ashelyn downs on 07-26-23
- Yellowface
- A Novel
- By: R. F. Kuang
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
Even better than anticipated
Reviewed: 09-07-24
I inhaled this. I started listening to it last night and basically only stopped to sleep. It was, indeed, "razor sharp," keeping me on the edge of my seat while also filling me with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. (How can you find a character so repulsive and yet brace yourself in sympathy for their impending fall?) In terms of the performance, Helen Laser's excellent narration really brought out the POV attitude and voice. Heck, the Chinese words were mispronounced in the same way someone unfamiliar with and indifferent to Mandarin would interpret them (ghost or "gui" was pronounced "gwee"), which was brilliant if it was on purpose.
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The Romanov Sisters
- The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
- By: Helen Rappaport
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 899
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 796
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 798
They were the Princess Dianas of their day—perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses—Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov—were much admired for their happy dispositions, their looks, the clothes they wore and their privileged lifestyle. Over the years, the story of the four Romanov sisters and their tragic end in a basement at Ekaterinburg in 1918 has clouded our view of them, leading to a mass of sentimental and idealized hagiography.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Made you want to change the ending
- By MissSusie66 on 01-23-15
- The Romanov Sisters
- The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
- By: Helen Rappaport
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
Good history, meh narration
Reviewed: 09-06-24
I'm here mainly to BEG audiobook producers to train their narrators in pronunciation of the foreign words they'll be reading. Even just provide an accurate glossary with IPA transliteration, PLEASE. The Russian words and names were butchered.
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Down with the System
- A Memoir (of Sorts)
- By: Serj Tankian
- Narrated by: Serj Tankian
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 558
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 525
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Story5 out of 5 stars 525
Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System of a Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music history: a band of Armenian-Americans playing a practically unclassifiable clash of wildly aggressive metal riffs, unconventional tempo-twisting rhythms, and Armenian folk melodies, with me alternately growling, screaming, and crooning lyrics that could pivot from avant-garde silliness to raging socio-political rants in the space of a single line.” After all, as Serj concedes, “it’s not easy listening.”
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2 out of 5 stars
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Preachy narcissist. Difficult listen at times
- By Jake43 on 08-08-24
- Down with the System
- A Memoir (of Sorts)
- By: Serj Tankian
- Narrated by: Serj Tankian
Beautiful memoir, deeper than I expected
Reviewed: 05-18-24
I loved this memoir. It first caught my attention because I'm a fan of SOAD, but this is much more than a music bio. Serj Tankian also shares his experiences as an immigrant, an activist, and an artist. I will acknowledge that some awkward sentence breaks or pauses and mispronunciations could be mildly distracting at times, but I would never have anyone else narrate this other than Serj himself. It all added to the book's charm.
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Dracula [Audible Edition]
- By: Bram Stoker
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36,508
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33,043
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32,954
The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IS THAT NOT SO?
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-05-15
Great performance
Reviewed: 09-12-23
Dracula is one of my all-time favorite novels, and I loved this dramatic and varied audio version. Simon Vance’s narration was probably my favorite overall, but it was also a treat to hear Tim Curry as Van Helsing. Great casting.
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Pet Sematary
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Michael C. Hall
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 28,725
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26,078
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25,964
When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic, rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, there's an undercurrent of danger that lingers...like the graveyard in the woods near the Creeds' home, where generations of children have buried their beloved pets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THIS is what Audible was made for!
- By Nate_D on 04-03-18
- Pet Sematary
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Michael C. Hall
The narrator was awesome
Reviewed: 11-16-22
This novel was absolutely horrifying, not just in the horror movie sense but also emotionally. I mean, you know what’s going to happen, but when it happens it’s still gut-wrenching. And the narrator made the experience so much richer, especially when voicing Jud. I highly recommend this audiobook! It’s just not for the faint of heart.
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Marigold
- An Investigation of an American Haunting
- By: Sara Gran
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Zoe Kazan
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 594
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 560
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Story4 out of 5 stars 560
There are two kinds of haunted houses: those haunted by the supernatural, and those haunted by everything else.
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1 out of 5 stars
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WTF?
- By Needs to know on 06-04-21
- Marigold
- An Investigation of an American Haunting
- By: Sara Gran
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Zoe Kazan
Expected more
Reviewed: 08-22-21
It was creepy, yeah, and the performances were great, but I found the story kind of flat.
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Code Blue
- Inside America’s Medical Industrial Complex
- By: Mike Magee MD
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
How has the United States, with more resources than any nation, developed a healthcare system that delivers much poorer results, at near double the cost of any other developed country - such that legendary seer Warren Buffett calls the Medical Industrial Complex "the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness"?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Beware
- By Kathi on 06-09-19
- Code Blue
- Inside America’s Medical Industrial Complex
- By: Mike Magee MD
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Depressing but illuminating
Reviewed: 06-22-21
I had to take breaks from this audiobook at times because it was just so disheartening to see how awfully people have acted throughout history and in recent history as well... But at the same time, I'm glad I stuck it out. It was very illuminating, and even when I disagreed with the author (such as on abortion and the motivations behind Catholic teachings) I respected his views. Everyone needs to know this ugly history and the ugly truth of the present.
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Lost Children
- Dark Fairy Tales
- By: Francesca Lia Block
- Narrated by: Lauren Singerman
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 1,966
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,762
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 1,758
After the loss of her mother, a woman returns to the San Fernando Valley only to uncover a haunting secret about her childhood friend. A visiting professor at a charming but strange California liberal arts college must face her past in order to protect her son. A sister, lost in the woods, confronts the dangerous truth about her brother, her stepmother, and herself. Rose's dog Wolfie has died, and three seductive women offer to help return him to her. But only if she will pay the price.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What?
- By msala on 04-21-21
- Lost Children
- Dark Fairy Tales
- By: Francesca Lia Block
- Narrated by: Lauren Singerman
Endings, what endings?
Reviewed: 05-10-21
I wasn't exactly looking for happy endings, but a decent payoff with questions answered would be nice. The worst is the very first story... wtaf even happened? I was so invested, and the ending was pointless.
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