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Billy Summers
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Paul Sparks
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33,192
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 29,705
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29,554
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely amazing
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 08-03-21
- Billy Summers
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Paul Sparks
tired of political indoctrination
Reviewed: 09-05-21
I've been a die hard king fan my whole life and have read all his works. I am a 100% believer in every artist's right to full self-expression, even when they are making narrow minded, bigoted and disparaging generalizations about others.
King, in all his literary talent, has great power to sway. I have ignored the pokes and prods, pigeonholing "the right" in to narrowly defined characters who are inevitably the least likeable characters... in Billy Summers, I couldn't make it past the first few hours of listening.
I'm simply tired of watching, reading and consuming entertainment that divides us instead of uniting us. I am tired of being quiet and skimming over the insults, bigotry and division, writing it off to, "opinions are like assholes." easily going forward with my head held high, knowing that differences of opinions do not equate to homophobia, racism, ignorance or intolerance. That just because I am "right" I do not need to be forever cast as the dimwitted ass hole in life.
So here is where I make my Stand. I love your work. Thank you for all the art, the stories, and a lifetime of all that you have poured forth in to the world.
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Fear the Survivors
- The Fear Saga, Book 2
- By: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,793
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,914
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,874
The Earth lies shaken in the aftermath of a conspiracy. Some of the smartest minds on the planet have striven for and died in an effort to scour the skies of four vast alien satellites, but their success has brought a terrible vengeance down upon us. While alien agents stalk the Earth, a team of exhausted scientists and military outcasts struggle to fight them among a planet on the brink - the brink of plague, the brink of war, and the brink of an invasion larger than they can possibly imagine. But they have allies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Most of the book sets the stage
- By Midwestbonsai on 01-19-16
- Fear the Survivors
- The Fear Saga, Book 2
- By: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
entertaining read!
Reviewed: 11-03-20
enjoying the series. it is an entertaining read. we have listened to the first two books and are starting the final in the series now.
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Blood of the Fold
- Sword of Truth, Book 3
- By: Terry Goodkind
- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
- Length: 22 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,510
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,830
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,839
In a world as rich and real as our own, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell stand against the ancient forces which besiege the New World - forces so terrible that when last they threatened, they could only be withstood by sealing off the Old World from whence they came. Now the barrier has been breached, and the New World is again beset by their evil power.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narrator... From bad to worse in this book
- By Jim on 09-26-09
- Blood of the Fold
- Sword of Truth, Book 3
- By: Terry Goodkind
- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
much better performance than book 2
Reviewed: 07-22-18
almost gave up on series because the performance of last narrator (book 2) was frustratingly bad. this narrator brought me back.
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Edge of Eternity
- The Century Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 36 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,877
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,600
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,560
Throughout these books, Follett has followed the fortunes of five intertwined families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they make their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the enormous social, political, and economic turmoil of the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution - and rock and roll.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Weakest of Trilogy
- By MICHAEL H on 09-26-14
- Edge of Eternity
- The Century Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
disappointed in history revisiinists
Reviewed: 01-25-18
Follett is a good story teller, but lets his political views taint the whole story. it gets old.
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Light in August
- By: William Faulkner
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,089
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,372
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,367
An Oprah's Book Club Selection regarded as one of Faulkner's greatest and most accessible novels, Light in August is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope. In Faulkner's iconic Yoknapatawpha County, race, sex, and religion collide around three memorable characters searching desperately for human connection and their own identities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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so large, so powerful, so conflicted
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-17
- Light in August
- By: William Faulkner
- Narrated by: Will Patton
beautifully written, while also a tad ponderous
Reviewed: 09-27-12
What did you like best about this story?
The charators and their stories are rich. The language gets a bit ponderous in multiple sections. It is easier to listen to when being active about listening rather then when attempting to multi-task.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I was moved to tears, especially by the individual plights of the women at the end of the story.
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