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Wolf Hall
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 25 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,091
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 957
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 951
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb narration, but keep a character index at hand
- By Oculus on 12-27-20
- Wolf Hall
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
Masterfully written, as molasses at times
Reviewed: 08-06-24
It’s incredibly imagined historical context, and it hooked me hard from the start. Like molasses, I mean to say it’s slow in places, to be sure, but also thick and viscous and hard to swallow. I need several books about the book to come anywhere near being able to appreciate the book I just spent 20+ hours reading.
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Opposable Thumbs
- How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
- By: Matt Singer
- Narrated by: Matt Singer
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 128
On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before they’d ever exchanged a word) met for lunch in a Chicago pub. Gene Siskel was the film critic for the Chicago Tribune. Roger Ebert had recently won the Pulitzer Prize—the first ever awarded to a film critic—for his work at the Chicago Sun-Times. To say they despised each other was an understatement.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book. But unless you are a standup comedian, or an actor, you shouldn’t read a book you wrote
- By Jerry Thompson on 03-14-24
- Opposable Thumbs
- How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
- By: Matt Singer
- Narrated by: Matt Singer
Must-read for movie lovers
Reviewed: 11-10-23
Matt is an experienced podcast host and has such a charming sound to his style, hearing him passionately read his own labor of love about these two critics was an absolute joy. I think this book will have as wide of an appeal as Siskel and Ebert did themselves in their prime—get one for yourself and one for a movie lover in your family!
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