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Three Parts Dead
- By: Max Gladstone
- Narrated by: Claudia Alick
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,001
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 904
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Story4 out of 5 stars 901
A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, a first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethras, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring him back to life before his city falls apart. Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without him, the metropolis’ steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot. Tara’s job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, but the narrator was off
- By John on 07-27-14
- Three Parts Dead
- By: Max Gladstone
- Narrated by: Claudia Alick
Excelent and Unique World
Reviewed: 07-31-24
I was really impressed by the author's ability to create a very unique world with real gods and disbelievers, those who have the craft of magic and necromancy and how they all can coexist and work side by side. The characters are unique, at the plot is predictable with some of its basic ideas, yet wildly unpredictable when it comes to individual situations, problems, and character choices. The narrator did a fair job of creating unique character voices, but her pacing was not always good for me. I preferred to listen to this at 1.5 speed in order to get through it more quickly.
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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,309
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,046
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,039
Iris Lockhart is busy tending to the everyday business of her vintage clothing shop and her complicated love affairs when she receives a stunning phone call. Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never even knew existed, is being released from a psychiatric hospital where she has been locked away for over 60 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
- By Jessica on 06-19-08
- The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
It got better as it went
Reviewed: 07-16-24
I confess that it took me the first 60% of the book before it really hooked me. Esme's story is a fascinating and tragic one and I do actually wish for more when it comes to Iris and what happens next, but it was pretty hard for me to love the story at the beginning. if you feel that way, just know that the revelations at the end are worth it!
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Nightbitch
- A Novel
- By: Rachel Yoder
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 889
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 790
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 791
An ambitious mother puts her art career on hold to stay at home with her newborn son, but the experience does not match her imagination. Two years later, she steps into the bathroom for a break from her toddler's demands, only to discover a dense patch of hair on the back of her neck. In the mirror, her canines suddenly look sharper than she remembers. Her husband, who travels for work five days a week, casually dismisses her fears from faraway hotel rooms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If you don’t get it just say so
- By Stephanie Rzonca on 02-19-22
- Nightbitch
- A Novel
- By: Rachel Yoder
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Divine
Reviewed: 08-20-23
I was enthralled by this story. I am a mother who has felt almost everything articulated by the protagonist. I was deeply moved and I laughed and cried multiple times. I was so engulfed in this story that it breaks my heart I cannot experience the production described at the end. Love love love it. I think that at another time in my life, I would not have understood and perhaps would have been repulsed by parts of this, but as a mother to a 3 year old boy, this hit me deeply. Good art makes you feel something and it certainly did.
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The Fire Queen
- The Hundredth Queen, Book 2
- By: Emily R. King
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo, Scott Merriman
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,436
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,269
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,266
Though the tyrant rajah she was forced to marry is dead, Kalinda's troubles are far from over. A warlord has invaded the imperial city, and now she's in exile. But she isn't alone. Kalinda has the allegiance of Captain Deven Naik, her guard and beloved, imprisoned for treason and stripped of command. With the empire at war, their best hope is to find Prince Ashwin, the rajah's son, who has promised Deven's freedom on one condition: that Kalinda will fight and defeat three formidable opponents.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fire queen audio issues
- By Customer on 03-10-18
- The Fire Queen
- The Hundredth Queen, Book 2
- By: Emily R. King
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo, Scott Merriman
Meh
Reviewed: 06-19-20
The story is fine but the fact that the two narrators continually pronounce the names of characters differently is beyond distracting. I'm writing this before I can even finish the book because I'm not sure that I will.
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Find Another Dream
- By: Maysoon Zayid
- Narrated by: Maysoon Zayid
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,510
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,479
Find Another Dream, written and performed by Maysoon Zayid, is the true story of how a Muslim Jersey girl with cerebral palsy creates her own path to stardom. The daughter of Palestinian immigrants, as a child she dreamed of one day dancing on Broadway. As a teen, a bubble-bursting choreographer told her to “find another dream”, so she set her sights on becoming a soap star, undeterred by the fact that the odds were against her.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- By Amazon Customer on 11-04-19
- Find Another Dream
- By: Maysoon Zayid
- Narrated by: Maysoon Zayid
It was okay
Reviewed: 05-16-20
I appreciate the story, but it felt choppy and self-promoting at times. I am happy for the author's success and happy to see a Middle Eastern woman who is also disabled doing well, but the story didn't grip me or make me laugh the way I had hoped coming from a comedian.
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