
The Ugly Duckling
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Narrated by:
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Robin Mattson
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By:
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Iris Johansen
If fate suddenly made you more beautiful that you ever dreamed possible, would it be the beginning of a fairy tale, or your worst nightmare?
The brutal attack should have killed anybody, but Nell Calder did more than survive. She emerged a woman transformed, with an exquisite beauty found only in fairy tales. Nell Calder deserved a happy ending. Instead, her descent into terror has just begun.
Her attacker is still on the hunt, determined to finish what he's started. And Nell, protected by a new face, is just as determined to fight back and take her revenge. But to catch her prey, she will have to expose herself - even if it makes her a killer's prime target.
©1996 Iris Johansen (P)1996 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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Nell would rather give up on life without her daughter until Nicholas Tanek gives her a purpose, revenge. Nell begins to train her body and mind for the task, and enlists Tanek's help. Tanek is bent on revenge of his own, and together they lay a trap for the killer.
I have a beat up paperback version of this book, so I purchased the audiobook to listen to at work. The audiobook is missing A LOT. None of the essential plot points are missing, but any conversation that doesn't drive the plot forward has been cut out completely. All banter, scene setting, and internal dialogue are gone. As a result, you miss out on what made the book great, most notably the change that Nell undergoes inside. The romance element also suffers, because you don't see the attraction between Nell and Tanek form.
An example of this is a side plot where Nell runs away to a boot camp for training. The men there are rough and intent on harming her the moment they get a chance. While there she meets Paul Drake, a mentally handicapped boy, and they form a friendship. He protects her from the men there until Tanek arrives to rescue them. That scene encompasses about 50 pages in the novel, from Nell arriving and convincing them to train her, to the friendship she forms with Paul, to the descriptions of the officers and men at the camp, to the horrors she endures and internal strength she demonstrates, to the eventual rescue by Tanek. The scene is only a few minutes in the audiobook, and cuts it down to the bare bones. She arrives, she climbs a wall, she says hi to Paul, Tanek shows up, it's over.
I would 100% recommend the full version of this book, it's wonderful. The audiobook in the abridged form is a pass for me.
Abridged Audiobook!
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hopefull
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I don’t know why I didn’t read the reviews or noted the book length. This is not the full book. I couldn’t figure why I was almost done with the book by chapter 4 and figured I slept through some parts. Very annoying. Abridged titles should note that in their title and shouldn’t charge a full credit. Thankfully Audible lets you return it. I’m buying the full version now.
Abridged!
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Missing Parts
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An Old Favorite
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LOVED IT BUT!
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This is a scrapped version of the book
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Horrible narrator
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disappointed
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