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Palladium
- By: Leigh Turner
- Narrated by: Joff Manning
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Legend tells that the Palladium, a powerful talisman dropped from heaven by the goddess Athena, protects modern Istanbul. What if it falls into the wrong hands? Moments after archaeologist Elif Mutlu finds a mysterious relic in a tomb in Istanbul, terrorists kidnap her and slaughter the rest of her team.
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Action-packed!
- By Customer R on 01-07-25
- Palladium
- By: Leigh Turner
- Narrated by: Joff Manning
Breakneck pace, characters to root for
Reviewed: 07-23-23
I don’t read many action thrillers--the last one was The Da Vinci Code--but a friend recommended this, and I’m so glad he did. The plot got more and more catastrophic in scale, while the description of Istanbul was so vibrant I could practically hear and smell the place. (Now I want to go there.) But the impending disaster only mattered because we got to know the characters well. The reader does a lovely job rendering the specific accents of a very international cast—you always know whose head you're in. The British diplomat hero John Savage—aptly named—has a love/hate relationship with his Turkish police pal, and the pal’s archaeologist sister, and I kept reading to find out if/how they survive. Dan Brown could take lessons. He wrote a real page turner, but the characters were cardboard. I raced through Palladium in a few days, and will now look for more titles from Leigh Turner.
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Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.
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Perfect!!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-21-16
- Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
Deserved classic, stellar performance
Reviewed: 07-12-23
I’ve read and reread Jane Eyre, many times, but never listened to it before now. This reader’s talent and clear understanding of her material gave me new insight and appreciation for a long-time favorite. 19 hours of delight! Thanks, Audible!
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Lies
- By: Kylie Scott
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Betty Dawsey knows that breaking things off with Thom Lange is for the best. He’s nice, but boring, and their relationship has lost its spark. But steady and predictable Thom, suddenly doesn’t seem so steady and predictable when their condo explodes and she’s kidnapped by a couple of crazies claiming that Thom isn’t who he says he is.
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I have no idea how to rate this
- By audiobookaddict on 11-09-19
- Lies
- By: Kylie Scott
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Might be better in print, but not for me
Reviewed: 06-06-23
I thought the premise of the story sounded intriguing, and the brief sample was fine, but after one chapter I could no longer handle the whininess and cliche-ridden vocabulary of the first-person narrator. Also, the reader's voice became annoying over time, though whether she really sounds whiny or I just got fed up with the writing is another question. Not for me.
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The Silent Patient
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening, her husband, Gabriel, returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.
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Librarian vs. Reader: Silent Patient
- By Alicia Herrington on 02-06-19
- The Silent Patient
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
For a thriller, it's incredibly dull
Reviewed: 04-12-23
I've listened to 2 hours of this, and that's two hours I'll never get back. The narrator is fine; it's the story that's lacking. It's all navel-gaving into the mind of an unpleasant, whining narrator. I hear there's a big twist at the end--happy to say I can live without knowing it.
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