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Enjoyable

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5 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-21-23

Story was enjoyable and good characters as usual. Some of the male narrators were not so good IMO.

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Good but scientific flaw

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-05-23

It is a good story, although I think the ending is a little flawed but I don’t want to say too much and spoil ending for anyone.

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Deeply miss Rene Auberjonois (RIP); New narrator made it unbearable

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-24-21

The story itself was not bad but the new narrator made it unbearable. I understand its likely impossible to replace the late Rene Auberjonois but I do not see WIlliam DeMerritt being hte voice of this series going forward. I can think of many other books I have listened to that he would fit perfectly in but just n it as Pendergast. I even think he was good in the other characters within this book, but again, not Pendergast. Then they randomly decided to throw in some low volume sounds in the back ground in a few points of the book. Half the time I could not really tell if it was Pendergast speaking because I am so used to the normal voice that has done his character for the last 20 or so books.

Not to say the narrator is bad at doing audible books, but its just not Pendergast.

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Seems a lot like The Host

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4 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-24-15

The lead is a teenaged girl who goes in search of her brother. Aliens have taken over the planet by invading our bodies. One such alien falls in love with a human and betrays his/her own species in order to help the humans.

The book is well written and the readers give a good performance I think.

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Good Story but sometimes annoying

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3 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-30-13

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes I would recommend it. The story was good and you get a few ideas of the "who dunnit" but you don't have any solid evidence until the end. I found myself going back and forth between 3 characters.

Any additional comments?

The writing at some points got kind of cheesy and I thought Dent was overly persistent and cannot imagine many if any guys being that persistent.

An example of cheesy:
Dent: That looks good on you.
Bellamy: Your shirt?
Dent: No debauchery.

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City of Bones Audiobook By Cassandra Clare cover art

Hints of Several Stories Rolled Into One

Overall
5 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-03-13

What made the experience of listening to City of Bones the most enjoyable?

Its a good story and I enjoyed listening to it. I felt the narrator did a good job and the voice seemed to fit with the story so I think they did a good job of casting.

Any additional comments?

I could not help but think of several other movies and books as I progressed through this story. I haven't taken the time to think through which came first so its possible the other stories technically remind me of this one or vice-verse. But while progressing through this story I cannot help but think of story lines from Star Wars, Harry Potter, and others.

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Annoying that they switched readers

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4 out of 5 stars
Performance
2 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-03-13

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Ed Westwick and Molly C. Quinn ?

Its somewhat annoying that they opted to change narrators for this book. The male voice is just odd to have a foreign accent overall. It just doesn't seem to fit. Its also annoying that the narrators (both male and female) pronounce things differently so it takes a while to figure out what they refer to at times. For instance how they pronounce Stele in comparison to the narrator from Books 1-3 is much different. Also the difference in pronouncing Maryse. It just gets annoying after a while.

Any additional comments?

Perhaps I've missed something but I also find it odd that Maia is unaware of the situation with Simon. As a werewolf she has better than normal smell so she would be able to detect what is going on.

But overall the book is very much what you would expect from this series and I found it enjoyable. Not as enjoyable as the first 3 books but still worth your time I think.

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Slow Starting

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
Performance
3 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-19-13

Any additional comments?

The book was a slow start but it picks up steam. The story is pretty good but I think it lacked some background information. Seems to me to elude to things and it makes me feel like I should've known some information so I often hit rewind thinking I missed something but I hadn't. Some of the narrator's voices get annoying. I think he had roughly 6 character voices and 2 of them annoyed me greatly.

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The Cassandra Project Audiobook By Jack McDevitt, Mike Resnick cover art

Good idea, slow, too much sarcastic banter

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
Performance
3 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-08-12

Any additional comments?

The concept was good but it seemed to drag on at times. The lead character is a little unbelievable to have such a wise cracking billionaire.

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