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Cat's Cradle
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Tony Roberts
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,191
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,430
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,428
Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a little person as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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KV at his best.
- By Robert on 06-22-12
- Cat's Cradle
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Tony Roberts
This is a book to be read, not listened to
Reviewed: 10-17-12
Would you try another book from Kurt Vonnegut and/or Tony Roberts?
I remember being far more engaged with this book when I read it several years ago than when listening to this version.
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American Dervish
- A Novel
- By: Ayad Akhtar
- Narrated by: Ayad Akhtar
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 868
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 788
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 784
Hayat Shah was captivated by Mina long before he met her: his mother's beautiful, brilliant, and soulfully devout friend is a family legend. When he learns that Mina is leaving Pakistan to live with the Shahs in America, Hayat is thrilled. Hayat's father is less enthusiastic. He left the fundamentalist world behind with reason. What no one expects is that when Mina shows Hayat the beauty and power of the Quran, it will utterly transform the boy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Both completely foreign and painfully familiar
- By Julie W. Capell on 11-09-15
- American Dervish
- A Novel
- By: Ayad Akhtar
- Narrated by: Ayad Akhtar
The author's narration makes the story poingnant.
Reviewed: 10-17-12
Where does American Dervish rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Withthe author narrating his own works it was possible to truly hear the inflection and tone he was attempting to create in his writing.
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A Discovery of Witches
- A Novel
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 23 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47,427
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41,378
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41,335
Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A feast for the mind and imagination
- By Barbara on 02-21-11
- A Discovery of Witches
- A Novel
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Voice lost
Reviewed: 10-17-12
What made the experience of listening to A Discovery of Witches the most enjoyable?
There were times where the narrator seemed to using the voice of one character when speaking the words of another.
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Gone Girl
- A Novel
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59,453
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52,615
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52,683
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Demented, twisted, sick and I loved it!
- By Theodore on 01-20-13
- Gone Girl
- A Novel
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
Despicable Characters Make for Delightful Listenin
Reviewed: 10-17-12
Would you consider the audio edition of Gone Girl to be better than the print version?
I suspect I would be more willing to listen to this story than to have read it.
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