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Benito Cereno
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 277
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Story4 out of 5 stars 240
This is the epic sea adventure, a harrowing tale of slavery and revolt aboard a Spanish ship, is often regarded as Melville's finest short story. The balance of forces is complete, the atmosphere one of epic significance, the light cast upon the hero intense to the highest degree, the realization of the human soul profound, and the telling of the story orchestrated like a great symphony.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The literary equivalent of a caste painting from the same time
- By Auggie on 09-10-20
- Benito Cereno
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
One of Melville’s underrated books
Reviewed: 08-16-21
First read this in a college history class, pleasantly surprised to find a book by Melville that isn’t Moby Dick. Melville does a good job building an uneasy atmosphere on the boat that is almost gothic in its execution. Short length, so this book is easy to get through even in the middle of a semester. The narrator has a very deep voice, almost like an announcer, I don’t know if it fits the story.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,455
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,842
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,847
A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, ushering in Halloween a week before its time. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's so creepy
- By Midwestbonsai on 11-14-14
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
Perfect fall season book
Reviewed: 08-11-21
Bradbury’s writing is very poetic, Hummel does a great job depicting the characters and their emotions at the given moments. I read this book every fall as I think it fits the season very well, but with my life getting busy- the audiobook works wonders to help get me through this book with my packed schedule.
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