Christine R Owens
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Gulp
- Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,936
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,477
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,482
Best-selling author Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. Roach takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: The questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn’t the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach bursts?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Funtastic Voyage
- By Mel on 04-05-13
- Gulp
- Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
So very interesting and the science behind the subject gives a very new perspective to the reader/listener.
Reviewed: 04-05-24
The narrator has a cloyingly sweet voice which sometimes sounds as though she is breathing in helium.
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The Nature of the Beast
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,981
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,478
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,445
Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions to walking trees to winged beasts in the woods to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Try again, Ms. Penny!
- By Diane on 09-12-15
- The Nature of the Beast
- A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
Où est le Québécois? Where was the accent?
Reviewed: 09-07-15
Would you listen to The Nature of the Beast again? Why?
Probably not. While I loved the story and Penney's writing is spot on for the series there was one thing which I was not happy with at all, the narrator. I can imagine how hard it was for all concerned to try and find a new narrator and how hard it was for the narrator to fill the shoes of one of the best.
Who was your favorite character and why?
As always, Gamache.
What aspect of Robert Bathurst’s performance would you have changed?
I thought the majority of Mr. Bathurst's performance was well done but....I thought the lack of a Québécois accent was exceptionally disappointing. I loved Ralph Cosham and while I know there is no way to supplant his wonderful narration, I would have thought it an imperative that the narrator be able to pronounce Reine Marie, Sûreté du Québec and other French words with the appropriate accent which gives the narration the wonderful flavor that the novels project and the importance the language holds in Québec. I absolutely loved every time Mr. Cosham used his beautiful accent for the names, especially Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loup in A Beautiful Mystery. I do hope that if this narrator is kept for the next book that he goes to a voice coach to learn the sounds of the dialect.
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