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The Christmas Party
- By: Kathryn Croft
- Narrated by: Billie Piper, Avita Jay
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,750
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,670
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,670
When Sasha receives a call from her old university friend Gabby inviting her to spend Christmas at Gabby’s remote Scottish lake house, Sasha knows she shouldn’t go. Twelve years ago, on Christmas Eve, when Sasha and her five closest friends were celebrating the festive season, something truly horrific happened that would change the course of their friendship forever. Something that meant Sasha hasn’t spoken to any of them since that night.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I’d skip this one. It’s well voiced and you think it may be interesting , but not this one .
- By The Dark Side on 11-01-24
- The Christmas Party
- By: Kathryn Croft
- Narrated by: Billie Piper, Avita Jay
Soooo Predictable
Reviewed: 11-18-24
Performance was well done, however story was repetitive and eye-rollingly unbelievable, and predictable. Can only recommend because it was free and short.
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The Resort
- By: Sue Watson
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 674
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 603
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Story4 out of 5 stars 601
You’ve been excited about this getaway for months–at last, a chance to reconnect with your husband at a secluded island resort. But when he unexpectedly calls you from the beach, you hear the urgency in his voice. Something is very wrong. The beautiful waitress from the restaurant last night has been found lying dead in the sand. And the police want to question your husband about it. Sure, you saw him glance at her over dinner a few times, but you know he didn’t have anything to do with the poor girl’s death.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Depressing, and Unlike able Characters
- By Ilana on 11-05-22
- The Resort
- By: Sue Watson
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
Implausable
Reviewed: 06-30-22
I did not find this story at all hard to follow, it was just so implausible. Author was going for an Agatha Christie type vibe, but missed the mark. We are to believe that Every Woman on this Resort thinks their husband is a murderer. I can't say more without giving something away. There is some redemption with the ending, however even that is a stretch.
It was well written and well read, just unbelievable.
Eye-rolling.
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And Never Let Her Go
- Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
- By: Ann Rule
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 621
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 547
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 543
On June 27, 1996, 30-year-old Anne Marie Fahey, who was the scheduling secretary for the governor of Delaware, had dinner with a man she had been having a secret affair with for over two years. "Tommy" Capano, 47, was perhaps the most politically powerful man in Wilmington. Son of a wealthy contractor, former state prosecutor, partner in a prestigious law firm, advisor to governors and mayors, Tom had a soft-spoken, considerate manner, endearing him to many. But sometime after 9:15 that night when Anne Marie and Tom left a Philadelphia restaurant, something terrible happened to her.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Don't give up!!
- By Lane Hobby on 04-01-21
- And Never Let Her Go
- Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
- By: Ann Rule
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Good Story. Too Repetitive
Reviewed: 05-26-22
I love Ann Rule, however this story was told in WAY too repetitive format. It covered the same material over and over, often with the exact same phrasing. Repeated the same things. Many times in the same way. In the same way. Over and over again. Very repetitive. I, personally couldn't take how repetitive it was. It kept repeating.....a lot... In the same way............................... Interesting story, however I couldn't finish this audio, so I'll watch the old Mark Harmon movie about it or maybe a 48 Hours episode. This audio version was WAY too repetitive...;)
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The Final Game
- By: Caimh McDonnell
- Narrated by: Morgan C Jones
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 365
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 321
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 321
Dorothy Graham is dead, which is inconvenient, not least for her. Luckily, she has planned for this eventuality. Now, if any of the truly dreadful people she is related to want to get their hands on her money, they’re going to have to do so via a fiendish difficult and frankly bizarre competition of Dorothy’s devising. After all, just because you’re dead, it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a last laugh at the expense of people who made your life miserable.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun and likable, but not stranger times.
- By Dr. S. Ziesmann on 10-26-23
- The Final Game
- By: Caimh McDonnell
- Narrated by: Morgan C Jones
Too Clever and Tedious
Reviewed: 06-20-20
I made it through only an hour and seven minutes...WAY too clever and cliche. I don't think I made it to the main plot...can't take any more. Narrator is qualified, however not the right choice for this...sounds a bit snarky...and his Korean character, Johnny, sounds just like the Kim Jong Il character in "Team America" (if you've seen that movie), for what that's worth, and all his female characters sound like gay men.
I will be asking audible for an exchange.
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The Warehouse
- A Novel
- By: Rob Hart
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Jason Culp, Karissa Vacker
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 782
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 686
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 685
Paxton never thought he’d be working for Cloud, the giant tech company that’s eaten much of the American economy. Much less that he’d be moving into one of the company’s sprawling live-work facilities. But compared to what’s left outside, Cloud’s bland chainstore life of gleaming entertainment halls, open-plan offices, and vast warehouses...well, it doesn’t seem so bad. It’s more than anyone else is offering.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Soylent Green meets a Sam Walton Biography
- By RD on 09-01-19
- The Warehouse
- A Novel
- By: Rob Hart
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Jason Culp, Karissa Vacker
Soylent Green meets a Sam Walton Biography
Reviewed: 09-01-19
Evil corporation destroys world... Capitalism is bad... Soylent Green is made of people...oh, wait, wrong book...
If you enjoy reading books on why your life is miserable because big corporations have sucked off the backs of the working man, then you will love this book. If, like me, you believe in free market capitalism and and not thinking the world owes you everything just because your mom had sex with your dad and made you...then probably not...
The only reason this is at all suspenseful is the narrator reads it as such.
I would give it one star, however it was well written, just boring...and this story has been told. Nothing new here.
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A Matter of Will
- A Novel
- By: Adam Mitzner
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,469
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,231
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,221
Will Matthews came to Wall Street with hopes and dreams of hitting it big, but is on the verge of being fired. Then he meets the fabulously wealthy Sam Abaddon. Winning Sam’s business answers Will’s prayers, catapulting the young stockbroker into the privileged world of money and luxury. Not only that, but Will also has met his dream girl. But when Will witnesses a shocking act of violence, his charmed new existence is revealed to be a waking nightmare as the truth about his benefactor - and his own complicity in criminal conduct - becomes devastatingly clear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If it walks like a duck...
- By shelley on 06-26-19
- A Matter of Will
- A Novel
- By: Adam Mitzner
- Narrated by: Will Damron
Mixed Feelings...
Reviewed: 08-27-19
I enjoyed this, over-all, but thought, based on other's reviews, that this would be a Great...Best Story Ever. Nope, just good. Story was just so far fetched, but well written. Ending was just meh. Reminded me of "The Devil's Advocate ".
I wouldn't have bothered to review this, however there were so many stellar reviews... and I really don't see why the 5 stars...so, wanted to inject a more objective review...IMO.
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Junk
- By: Les Bohem
- Narrated by: John Waters
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 15,639
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 14,290
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 14,274
Set in present-day Los Angeles, Junk explores an epic conspiracy, one at work for thousands of years that involves total takeover of the planet Earth by aliens. In the wild, souped-up vision of Les Bohem - the acclaimed, Emmy-winning writer of the Steven Spielberg miniseries, Taken - the world is at the end stage of long-range plot that involves a gigantic genetic-engineering project. The aliens who have invaded us have no planet. No spaceship is coming. Instead, a small advance force comes, breeds, and dies - thus becoming an anomaly in our DNA that can’t be explained.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Flat narration on a boring story
- By Kingsley on 03-02-19
- Junk
- By: Les Bohem
- Narrated by: John Waters
Poor Choice of Narrator Make This Unlistenable
Reviewed: 03-13-19
Well, I'm bummed because Audible offered this book for free and it looks as though it might be a cool read, however, I just couldn't get past the first 10 minutes...They picked the wrong guy to narrate this. John Waters has an interesting voice...kinda older, nerdy, hillbilly sound...but this just doesn't work for this story. A better choice would have been Santino Fontana, Jeff Gurner, or Will Wheaton...somebody a bit more youthful sounding (No offence to John Waters, but this is an Audio performance).
Thank you for the free read, but I guess I'll have to wait until it's read by a different narrator or just read a hard copy book edition.
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Before I Let You In
- By: Jenny Blackhurst
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ness
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
Karen, Eleanor, and Bea have been best friends since childhood. They know everything about each other’s lives, or at least they think they do. Now in their thirties, though their lives are beginning to diverge: Eleanor is a young wife and mother who is struggling; Bea is happy being single - or so she lets people think; and Karen is a psychiatrist who, despite the secrets in her past, considers herself the anchor of the group. But when she takes on a new patient with issues she just can’t quite put her finger on, she begins to realize she may have put her dearest friends in danger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- By PollyAnna2 on 04-19-18
- Before I Let You In
- By: Jenny Blackhurst
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ness
Unnecessarily Convoluted...Could Not Finish
Reviewed: 03-13-19
I read/listen to a Lot of Audibles and books... I could not follow this story. Author jumps around timelines, which is usually not a problem, except she mostly does so without letting us know when/where we are in time. Same thing with names and pronouns...you have no idea who is talking or about whom they are talking. Narrator doesn't change each charactor's voice enough to help differentiate.
Plot is unnecessarily convoluted. I have no idea how this ends, because I only made it to chapter 16 or so before I gave up on it.
I will return this book.
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Purgatorium
- By: J. H. Carnathan
- Narrated by: GraceWright Productions, Tristan Wright, Sarah Grace Wright, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
A handsome, young urban professional awakens inside his cavernous high-rise apartment. He is an emotionless drone of a man content with his self-structured regiment and amazing wealth, and he is totally oblivious to his abnormal lifestyle. He keeps reliving the same day over and over, barely able to remember anything from the day before and unable to maintain mental order as he stumbles through his strange existence. One day, his routine is interrupted when seven strangers separately appear. Everything slams to a halt as they tell him that his physical body is in a coma and his consciousness is currently in a purgatory-like realm.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Thought-Provoking Page-Turner
- By Becca Wilcox Flanagan on 09-05-18
Sound Effects Make This Un-listenable...
Reviewed: 08-26-18
I just couldn't finish this book and will return it. Production decided to include sound effects for the most inane things, which greatly distract from listening enjoyment. Watch alarm (many, many times)....check, screaming demons...check, Elevator doors...check, squeaky carousel...check, car engine...check, office equipment...check..., slamming books on table...check, lame piano music...check, etc, etc, etc. A well written book does not need sound effects. My own mind will "hear" what is written. Even worse, is reader reads the line, say..."Elevator doors slide open...", then he stops and waits for the sound effects (which are also too loud and not balanced/leveled with narrator), then reads again, then stops, waits for sound effects, etc. Storyline is hard to follow, as it is, so sound effects just made it worse.
As far as the storyline...very "Alice in Wonderland" meets "Willy Wonka" meets "Ground Hogs Day" if told by "Quentin Tarrentino". I'm not saying it's bad, necessarily, just a bit convoluted, scattered, and dreamlike. Again, I couldn't get through more than 5 chapters, because of the sound effects.
If you decide to listen to the Audible version, you'll have to pay attention. This is not a "read" you can listen to while doing chores or driving, etc.
I may buy the hard copy book and physically read this, as it may be good...who knows...
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You Were Made for This
- By: Michelle Sacks
- Narrated by: Stephanie Willis, Jeremy Arthur, Caroline Slaughter
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 145
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 144
Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family in the perfect place. Merry adores the domestic life: baking, gardening, caring for her infant son. Sam, formerly an academic, is pursuing a new career as a filmmaker. Sometimes they can hardly believe how lucky they are. What perfect new lives they've built. When Merry's childhood friend Frank visits their Swedish paradise, she immediately becomes part of the family. All their lives, Frank and Merry have been more like sisters than best friends. And that's why Frank soon sees the things others might miss.
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5 out of 5 stars
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QUESTIONS.
- By Kathleen Kolodge on 08-01-18
- You Were Made for This
- By: Michelle Sacks
- Narrated by: Stephanie Willis, Jeremy Arthur, Caroline Slaughter
Miserable Story about Miserable People
Reviewed: 07-22-18
This was a gut-wrenching, miserable story about very miserable people. Absolutely nothing about this story was worth reading. It was very well written, however I have to ask, "Why?". Was it a story of redemtion? No. Was it meant as an explanation of filicide? No. That Sweden (metaphor) is not the idealic life/place it appears on it's face? No.
Three sociopaths and a cop. That's it. Oh, and a pathetic, flawed neighbor and his sad wife.
I almost quit reading this book about every 30 minutes, but I kept waiting for something to happen, It never did, Just 8 hrs and 29mins of misery. Book left me depressed and angry. For no reason. If even one of the charactors was kind and worthy, it would have made for a much better story and review.
I'll be asking for a refund.
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