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Sharp Objects
- A Novel
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41,471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36,493
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,470
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: She must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful 13-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I agree with Stephen King
- By Kelley on 01-26-08
- Sharp Objects
- A Novel
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
Skip it
Reviewed: 12-24-23
Clunky writing, preposterous characters, disappointing twist. Made it through to the end mostly out of spite :)
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The Shards
- A Novel
- By: Bret Easton Ellis
- Narrated by: Bret Easton Ellis
- Length: 23 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 577
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 490
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 488
Bret Easton Ellis’s masterful new novel is a story about the end of innocence, and the perilous passage from adolescence into adulthood, set in a vibrantly fictionalized Los Angeles in 1981 as a serial killer begins targeting teenagers throughout the city.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don’t read if you have a weak stomach
- By Judith on 02-13-23
- The Shards
- A Novel
- By: Bret Easton Ellis
- Narrated by: Bret Easton Ellis
Gay and gory
Reviewed: 06-21-23
If you’re up for that, dive in. I tore through this one, despite its length.
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Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,420
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,210
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,186
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Social Study
- By Henry V on 02-26-21
- Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Great audiobook
Reviewed: 05-02-23
Wasn’t sure from the premise if I’d be bored out of my mind but couldn’t stop listening. Great narration, compelling story; funny, suspenseful, sad. One of the best audible books I’ve listened to.
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CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
- Stories and a Novella
- By: George Saunders, Joshua Ferris - introduction
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Joshua Ferris
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 234
Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders’ debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast of characters, each struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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>>BUCKLE. UP.<<
- By Mary K Foster on 05-23-21
- CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
- Stories and a Novella
- By: George Saunders, Joshua Ferris - introduction
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Joshua Ferris
Worthwhile
Reviewed: 01-04-23
These are very stylized and heavy handed but engaging, clever, and funny. Stay for the authors note at the end if you are an aspiring writer
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The Idiot
- By: Elif Batuman
- Narrated by: Elif Batuman
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 698
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 614
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 617
A portrait of the artist as a young woman. A novel about not just discovering but inventing oneself. The year is 1995, and email is new. Selin, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, arrives for her freshman year at Harvard. She signs up for classes in subjects she has never heard of, befriends her charismatic and worldly Serbian classmate, Svetlana, and, almost by accident, begins corresponding with Ivan, an older mathematics student from Hungary.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating point of view
- By Amazon Customer on 04-21-17
- The Idiot
- By: Elif Batuman
- Narrated by: Elif Batuman
Not much of a story but humorous
Reviewed: 08-11-22
The deadpan humor was enough to keep my interest even if the story just meandered on and on. An interesting literary voice.
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Nap Time for Kitty
- Hello Genius
- By: Michael Dahl
- Narrated by: anonymous
- Length: 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3 out of 5 stars 11
Mama cat must convince baby kitty that it's time to take a nap.
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5 out of 5 stars
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playing it my way and person behind the personalit
- By Anonymous User on 06-19-23
- Nap Time for Kitty
- Hello Genius
- By: Michael Dahl
- Narrated by: anonymous
Me ouch
Reviewed: 04-15-22
Short but tbh his was about a minute too long. Relatable idea though, sometimes I’m not sleepy either
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The Light of the Fireflies
- By: Paul Pen, Simon Bruni - translator
- Narrated by: Scott Merriman
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,189
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,949
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,961
For his whole life, the boy has lived underground, in a basement with his parents, grandmother, sister, and brother. Before he was born, his family was disfigured by a fire. His sister wears a white mask to cover her burns. He spends his hours with his cactus, reading his book on insects, or touching the one ray of sunlight that filters in through a crack in the ceiling. Ever since his sister had a baby, everyone's been acting very strangely.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worst parenting ever! Book NOT recommended!
- By Wayne on 04-27-16
- The Light of the Fireflies
- By: Paul Pen, Simon Bruni - translator
- Narrated by: Scott Merriman
Grim af
Reviewed: 08-06-18
As other have said this is grim and grotesque. It’s also, at least in the English translation and as performed here, painfully simple. No metaphor is left unexplained. I tried to hang in there for the reveals but just couldn’t make it through
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