Najima Rainey
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Fatal Vision
- By: Joe McGinniss
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 911
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 822
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 814
Fatal Vision is the electrifying true story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children, murders he vehemently denies committing. Best-selling author Joe McGinniss chronicles every aspect of this horrifying and intricate crime and probes the life and psyche of the magnetic, all-American Jeffrey MacDonald, a golden boy who seemed destined to have it all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Forget the Abridged Version of Any Book
- By Thornton Mellon on 07-12-18
- Fatal Vision
- By: Joe McGinniss
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Still Great
Reviewed: 08-11-24
Over the years this book and the author have been wrongly maligned by people who hate facts and reality. Jeff McDonald is very guilty and McGuinness does an excellent job of making it very clear that someone masking a psychopathic rage can also be deeply likable and charming. He makes boring information and court scenes riveting. One of the better books in the True Crime canon.
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Pride and Prejudice
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 42,399
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38,160
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Story5 out of 5 stars 37,991
One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike ( Gone Girl). In her bright and energetic performance of this British classic, she expertly captures Austen’s signature wit and tone. Her attention to detail, her literary background, and her performance in the 2005 feature film version of the novel provide the perfect foundation from which to convey the story of Elizabeth Bennet, her four sisters, and the inimitable Mr. Darcy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A perfect narration of a perfect book
- By Akela on 12-09-15
- Pride and Prejudice
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
The Blue Print
Reviewed: 02-10-24
A perfect narrative you can listen to over and over and continue to find surprises. Elizabeth Bennett is the blueprint for every plucky, girl heroine in literature. I was assigned this book for a class 25 years ago. The advent of audiobooks only increased my love. This version is so easy to enjoy. I listen to it at least once a year.
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My Mum's a Twat
- By: Anoushka Warden
- Narrated by: Susan Wokoma
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,413
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,249
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,244
One girl’s funny and honest account of losing her mum to a cult. Susan Wokoma performs in this teen-spirited and gangsta-rap-fuelled survival guide to growing up with an actual twat as a mum.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A sad tale of advertising & religious manipulation
- By Monique Beltran on 08-25-20
- My Mum's a Twat
- By: Anoushka Warden
- Narrated by: Susan Wokoma
Not much…
Reviewed: 08-05-23
There isn’t much her. She lacks insight and deep reflection. It’s just anger. The writer is justifiably angry about a lot of things she went through because her mother became involved with a cult. This reads like an incomplete first draft. I wish she’d done more therapy and self healing before writing this so that she could have written with more detachment and reflection.
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The Housemaid
- By: Sarah A. Denzil
- Narrated by: Sophie Rundle
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,225
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,597
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,533
It seems like the perfect job. Great wages, accommodation provided and all located within the walls of Highwood Hall, a stunning stately home owned by the Howard family. Not many little girls dream of becoming a maid, but this is an opportunity for me to get back on my feet. And for me to revisit my past....
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5 out of 5 stars
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FANTASTIC@@@!
- By Kelly on 12-23-21
- The Housemaid
- By: Sarah A. Denzil
- Narrated by: Sophie Rundle
Fine
Reviewed: 02-05-23
Not spectacular or memorable. A pretty rote story with a bit of gothic mystery and romance mixed in. The writing did have moments of real precise descriptions.
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The Ink Black Heart
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
- Length: 32 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,689
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,765
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,736
When frantic, disheveled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The cocreator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie’s true identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great so far, but grab a physical book…
- By Stephanie on 08-30-22
- The Ink Black Heart
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
So embarrassing 😳
Reviewed: 09-16-22
I will definitely be getting my credit back. I can’t believe this book was written. It’s so bad but even more than that it’s embarrassing and thin skinned with long passages in Twitter @‘s. What was she thinking? Bad, bad, BAD.
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Conviction
- By: Denise Mina
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,263
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,736
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,721
The day Anna McDonald's quiet, respectable life explodes starts off like all the days before: Packing up the kids for school, making breakfast, listening to yet another true crime podcast. Then her husband comes downstairs with an announcement, and Anna is suddenly, shockingly alone. Reeling, desperate for distraction, Anna returns to the podcast. Other people's problems are much better than one's own - a sunken yacht, a murdered family, a hint of international conspiracy. But this case actually is Anna's problem. She knows one of the victims from an earlier life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not at all what I expected
- By rosemary on 07-10-19
- Conviction
- By: Denise Mina
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
Can’t All Be Good
Reviewed: 03-06-22
I think Denise Mina is a great mystery/thriller writer but this book wasn’t one of their good ones. The story is half baked. The writing is basic. Read one of their other books instead.
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Blood on the Moon
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Story4 out of 5 stars 183
Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can't stand music, or any loud sounds. He's got a beautiful wife, but he can't get enough of other women. And instead of bedtime stories, he regales his daughters with bloody crime stories. He's a thinking man's cop with a dark past and an obsessive drive to hunt down monsters who prey on the innocent. Now, there's something haunting him. He sees a connection in a series of increasingly gruesome murders of women committed over a period of 20 years.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Looking for new answers
- By Darwin8u on 08-18-18
- Blood on the Moon
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
Avoid if you’re offended by slurs
Reviewed: 02-15-22
I get it… noir but honestly unless you can overlook the author using N**ger and F**got about 1,000 times, you’ll be pretty distracted. Also, besides the general misogyny and WHACK ideas about how all gay men actually want to be women, NONE OF THE WOMEN IN THIS STORY MAKE SENSE. None of their reactions make sense, nothing they do makes sense. He does have a way with atmosphere and story. There are some fun bits but really not worth tolerating so much racism and misogyny.
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Ghost Child
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Tai Hara, Zindzi Okenyo
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,054
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,677
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,660
Caroline Overington's stunning fiction debut is a multi-voiced novel centred around a child's death and its terrible repercussions. In 1982 Victorian police were called to a home on a housing estate an hour west of Melbourne. There, they found a five-year-old boy lying still and silent on the carpet. There were no obvious signs of trauma, but the child, Jacob, died the next day. The story made the headlines, and hundreds attended the funeral. Few people were surprised when the boy's mother and her boyfriend went to prison for the crime.
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2 out of 5 stars
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relìgion
- By William Zoller on 12-18-21
- Ghost Child
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Tai Hara, Zindzi Okenyo
Gross
Reviewed: 12-30-21
Libertarian propaganda. Apparently, people who’ve been abused are just using it as an excuse to act out and destroy a decent white way of life. Nevermind all the overt racism which I guess is supposed to make us think the author knows how to be “gritty.” Whoever wrote this should have spared us the trouble and written a nonfiction policy paper. The author obviously chose fiction so they could create characters to espouse their libertarian philosophy. BAD BAD BAD AND GROSS.
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The Hollow Ones
- By: Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,341
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,183
Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner, Walt Leppo, a decorated FBI agent who turns suddenly, inexplicably violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting, justified by self-defense, shakes the young FBI agent to her core. Devastated, Odessa is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. But what most troubles Odessa isn't the tragedy itself - it's the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing the deceased agent's body after his death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth The Wait!
- By Amazon Customer on 08-04-20
- The Hollow Ones
- By: Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
SO BAD! Do not buy!
Reviewed: 12-24-21
So cliched. A cross between Silence of the Lambs with Constantine without any of the quality that made that book and that character memorable. Why do male writers often write female protagonist who are insufferable? Totally inflexible, irrational, but of course, so hot no man can resist them 🤮. If crazy supernatural stuff happened you’d be in denial … but not for the entire book and certainly not after supernatural beings start trying to kill you, but this supposedly BRILLIANT FBI agent is acting like an angry toddler for the entire narrative. At a certain point her reactions were just silly. Plus, I can tell these white authors thought they were being so diverse, having so many Black characters, NEVERMIND the total disrespect shown to the Black characters. A narrative about slavery exploited in the cheapest way. DEFINITELY GETTING MY CREDIT BACK THIS BOOK IS BEYOND BAD!
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The Little Stranger
- By: Sarah Waters
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,686
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,336
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,328
The Little Stranger follows the strange adventures of Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. One dusty postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline - its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at 20 to nine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First, pour yourself a mug of hot tea or cocoa
- By Rose on 07-03-09
- The Little Stranger
- By: Sarah Waters
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
BORING
Reviewed: 10-29-21
I like Sarah Waters and was so excited for this book. The book is so long and so boring and nothing really happens. I’m all for atmosphere but plot matters too.
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