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The Murderer's Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Kellerman
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,652
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,486
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,491
Brilliant, beautiful, and stunningly effective, psychologist Dr. Grace Blades has a special gift for treating troubled souls and healing tormented psyches - perhaps because she bears her own invisible scars. Only five years old when she witnessed her parents die in a bloody murder-suicide, Grace took refuge in her towering intellect and found comfort in the loving couple who adopted her. But as an adult, Grace's accomplished professional life vies with a covert, high-risk dark side, played out harrowingly. And when Grace's two worlds shockingly converge, her past returns with a vengeance.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Psychologist by Day, Prostitute by night...
- By Terri on 08-18-15
- The Murderer's Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Kellerman
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
Good story weak ending
Reviewed: 08-27-15
Very rich character development. Interesting backstory. Climax was predictable but satisfying. The ending leaves you hanging.
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Son
- By: Jack Olsen
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,675
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,386
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,379
Recounts the tragic events that followed the arrest of Fred Coe, a conservative, clean-cut young man, for a series of rapes committed in the city of Spokane and led to revenge and murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Psychopathy Born or Made?
- By Michael on 04-29-15
- Son
- By: Jack Olsen
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Very detailed but not boring
Reviewed: 04-22-15
I didn't want to miss a minute! The author did a good job of keeping story lines straight. Great listen.
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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 59,436
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52,599
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52,667
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
It could have been great...
Reviewed: 05-10-14
What did you like best about Gone Girl? What did you like least?
The alternating "voices" made it easy to follow.
Would you recommend Gone Girl to your friends? Why or why not?
No. It is disappointing. No real climax of the story.
What about Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne ’s performance did you like?
They made a pitiful plot tolerable.
Any additional comments?
A married couple of psychopathology personified. Could have had a more twisted/exciting ending.
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Heft
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,959
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,532
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,532
Forrmer academic Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn’t left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. Twenty miles away in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what seems like a promising baseball career - if he can untangle himself from his family drama.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing--Captivating--Altering
- By Mel on 04-19-12
- Heft
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Keith Szarabajka
It ends right in the middle of the story!
Reviewed: 01-16-14
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Yes, with the warning that it leaves you hanging.
Would you be willing to try another book from Liz Moore? Why or why not?
Yes if it continues the story of these characters.
Do you think Heft needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Yes. As already stated if feels unfinished.
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The Chosen
- By: Chaim Potok
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,328
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,847
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,856
Though they've lived their entire lives less than five blocks from each other, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders exist in very different worlds. Reuven blends easily into both his secular Jewish faith and his typical American teen life, while Danny's conservative Hasidic clothes and appearance make him stick out in any crowd. Their improbable friendship teaches them that the differences separating people through cultures and generations are never as great as they seem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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truly rates overused "classic" label
- By connie on 11-05-08
- The Chosen
- By: Chaim Potok
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Great story from the beginning.
Reviewed: 01-16-14
Would you consider the audio edition of The Chosen to be better than the print version?
Better in audio only because I don't have time to read.
Any additional comments?
I chose this book because I'm dreaming of getting a couple of these books inside my head on paper one day. It was recommended as a good example of historical fiction, a genre that I enjoy.
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Last Night in Twisted River
- A Novel
- By: John Irving
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 666
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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Story4 out of 5 stars 441
In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto–pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Better to read it
- By MJL on 11-24-09
- Last Night in Twisted River
- A Novel
- By: John Irving
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Probably not fair to Mr. Irving
Reviewed: 01-16-14
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
I'm lost. I can't get through it. The story is so bland in the beginning I cannot listen for more than 15 minutes.
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