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The Atrocity Archives
- A Laundry Files Novel
- By: Charles Stross
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,878
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,527
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,525
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic. But for some reason, he is.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great techno-spy-Lovecraftian-horror-comedy
- By A reader on 02-08-10
- The Atrocity Archives
- A Laundry Files Novel
- By: Charles Stross
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
Good but not great
Reviewed: 04-14-15
There was a bit too much technical jargon that got a bit much at times. It went on so long that it occasionally got in the way of the flow of the story. Interesting storyline with good character development and the narrator's performance was absolutely fantastic but it was slow to start because of the amount of technical introduction. Might not be an issue on paper but I found myself tuning out listening to it.
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The Luminaries
- By: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,467
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,134
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2,166
It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not So Luminous
- By Mel on 11-10-13
- The Luminaries
- By: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
Great story
Reviewed: 02-19-15
A great story read by a fantastic narrator. I loved the complexity and the way that the character development was woven into the unravelling thread of the mystery.
The build up was a little slow to start and the denouement was somewhat unnecessary since the author did such a great job of telling the story and developing the characters that a discerning reader should have already known all that was revealed in the denouement.
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