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The Storm of Echoes
- The Mirror Visitor Quartet, Book 4
- By: Christelle Dabos, Hildegarde Serle - translator
- Narrated by: Emma Fenney
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 175
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 174
Ophelia and Thorn arrive at the observatory of the Deviations, an institute shrouded in absolute secrecy and overseen by a sect of mystical scientists who secretly conduct terrifying experiments. There, they hope to discover truths that will halt the destruction and death and bring the world back into balance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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She got lost
- By Tabitha Pearson on 02-07-22
- The Storm of Echoes
- The Mirror Visitor Quartet, Book 4
- By: Christelle Dabos, Hildegarde Serle - translator
- Narrated by: Emma Fenney
Couldn’t finish it
Reviewed: 09-08-24
Awkward translation, convoluted story made me lose the mood to finish the series. Had high hopes for it, but other books beckon.
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The Memory of Babel
- The Mirror Visitor Quartet, Book 3
- By: Christelle Dabos
- Narrated by: Emma Fenney
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 340
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 299
After two years and seven months biding her time on Anima, her home ark, it is finally time to act, to put what she has discovered in the Book of Faruk to use. Under an assumed identity, Ophelia travels to Babel, a cosmopolitan and thoroughly modern ark that is the jewel of the universe. Will her talent as a reader suffice to avoid being lured into a deadly trap by her ever more fearful adversaries? Will she ever see Thorn, her betrothed, again?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Weak link in the series
- By Deanne Morgan on 10-12-20
- The Memory of Babel
- The Mirror Visitor Quartet, Book 3
- By: Christelle Dabos
- Narrated by: Emma Fenney
Occasionally awkward translation choices e.g. turning off lights “plunged the room into semi- obscurity”
Reviewed: 08-18-24
Nice world building, with convincing belief systems for each “ark”- often brutal, and always class based
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Pineapple Street
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Jenny Jackson
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,084
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 954
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 953
Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I lost brain cells.
- By Angela on 03-17-23
- Pineapple Street
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Jenny Jackson
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Love to hate some of these characters
Reviewed: 05-23-23
Marin Ireland is one of my favorite narrators, and she doesn’t disappoint here. The story is as expected, with convincing depictions of “one percenters” that I loved to hate. Enjoyable
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Illuminae
- The Illuminae Files, Book 1
- By: Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
- Narrated by: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, Johnathan McClain, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,739
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,359
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,353
Audie Award, Multi-Voiced Performance, 2016. The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that's little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra - who are barely even talking to each other - are forced to fight their way onto one of the evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AWESOME!
- By ddavis.97 on 11-25-15
- Illuminae
- The Illuminae Files, Book 1
- By: Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
- Narrated by: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, Johnathan McClain, Kimberly Farr, Donnabella Mortel, Matthew Frow, Ryan Gesell, Sile Bermingham, Beata Pozniak, Jolene Kim, Emma Bering
Propulsive story and excellent performances
Reviewed: 01-23-16
What did you love best about Illuminae?
The production with full cast was beautifully done. This one of the best of 2015.
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The Help
- By: Kathryn Stockett
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 45,723
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30,736
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Story5 out of 5 stars 30,707
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a great surprise!
- By Jan on 12-02-09
- The Help
- By: Kathryn Stockett
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Cassandra Campbell
Excellent story; wonderful narrators
Reviewed: 03-24-09
The talented narrators make a good story a great audiobook experience. Jackson, Missippi in 1962 is brought to life on both sides of the color divide as black maids speak about their experiences working for their "white ladies". The southern accents are dead-on: my family is from the south, so I can spot a fake!
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 32 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,141
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,410
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,392
English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hang in there!
- By D. McMillen on 05-31-05
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Richly imaginative
Reviewed: 02-02-05
I find it difficult to believe that this is Clarke's first novel; her imagery is lovely, and although long, the book holds up for the entire listen. Clarke so seamlessly weaves an alternate magical history with actual events of the 18th century (complete with faux footnotes) that I couldn't put it down- or rather, couldn't turn it off. The novel is probably best heard for longer stretches at a time, but was well worth the commitment.
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