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Directive 51
- Daybreak, Book 1
- By: John Barnes
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Heather O’Grainne is the assistant secretary in the Office of Future Threat Assessment, investigating rumors surrounding something called “Daybreak.” Part philosophic discussion, part international terrorist faction, and part artists’ movement, it’s a group of diverse people with radical ideas who have only one thing in common — their hatred for the Big System and their desire to take it down. Until Heather can determine whether these people are all talk and no action, she wants to keep this information from going public.
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Very disappointing, don't waste your credit.
- By Robert Hinman on 07-29-10
- Directive 51
- Daybreak, Book 1
- By: John Barnes
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
The Division
Reviewed: 03-28-19
I heard that the game the division is loosely based off of this book, which led me to get it. I love it, it is a wonderful book. However, and I am sorry about this, but the narration is absolutely terrible. For me, the story is good enough that I am able to enjoy it regardless, but this narrator keeps me from doing so 100% of the time.
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Oathbringer
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Length: 55 hrs and 5 mins
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Dalinar Kholin's Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost. The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified.
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A mixed bag of brilliance, marred by missteps
- By Leo on 11-24-17
- Oathbringer
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
Excellent
Reviewed: 06-07-18
When you read a great book, you fear the sequel will retroactively ruin the story. Sanderson has never given me a reason to fear that. It is as perfect an addition to the existing story as could be made.
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Dexter Is Dead
- A Novel
- By: Jeff Lindsay
- Narrated by: Jeff Lindsay
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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Dexter is arrested on charges of murder. He has lost everything - including his wife, his kids, and the loyalty of his sister. Now completely alone, Dexter faces a murder charge (for a crime, ironically, he did not actually commit). His only chance for freedom lies with his brother, Brian, who has a dark plan to prove Dexter's innocence. But the stakes are deadly, and the epic showdown that lies in Dexter's path may lead, once and for all, to his demise.
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Can't believe I was fooled again.
- By Alan on 07-09-15
- Dexter Is Dead
- A Novel
- By: Jeff Lindsay
- Narrated by: Jeff Lindsay
Dexter Is Dumb
Reviewed: 04-27-18
I loved the Dexter books (Except 3 and 7). What makes them so good is that Dexter is the apex predator in an ocean of prey. His genius is unrivaled, and put to use in his constant search for satisfaction in the only way he can get it. In this book, this description does not fit to Dexter. In this book, the writing is done in a way that attempts to stretch out a rather simple story, and in doing so, it makes Dexter come off as a complete bumbling idiot. When you add this to the tiring and predictable story, it makes for a poor finale. I honestly caught myself rolling my eyes a few times because it was so obvious what was coming, and Dexter, the supposed apex predator genius, couldn't see it. Granted, I think it makes sense for him to not see what's coming if the book was written from a narrator's perspective, but in first person Dexter sees what you see and is too stupid to connect the dots, even when he notices it enough to actively think about it.
I would have preferred the open ending to Final Cut being the end of the series, even though I felt as if that book jumped the shark.
As for the performance, Jeff does a good enough job.
Jeff,
Please. PLEASE. Find your weird, violent, and unique voice again if you are going to continue writing. We all miss it, and know it is still there. Somewhere.
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