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Lost Children Archive
- A Novel
- By: Valeria Luiselli
- Narrated by: Valeria Luiselli, Kivlighan de Montebello, William DeMeritt, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 735
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 633
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Story4 out of 5 stars 631
A mother and father set out with their two children, a boy and a girl, driving from New York to Arizona in the heat of summer. Their destination: Apacheria, the place the Apaches once called home. Why Apaches? asks the 10-year-old son. Because they were the last of something,answers his father. In their car, they play games and sing along to music. But on the radio, there is news about an "immigration crisis": thousands of kids trying to cross the Southwestern border into the US but getting detained - or lost in the desert along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ground Control to Major Tom
- By Nicole Del Sesto on 07-21-19
- Lost Children Archive
- A Novel
- By: Valeria Luiselli
- Narrated by: Valeria Luiselli, Kivlighan de Montebello, William DeMeritt, Maia Enrigue Luiselli
Luminous
Reviewed: 03-18-20
Powerful book that reaches into the deepest recesses of heart and mind, making real the suffering, hope, resilience, love and indifference that mark our species. It’s written in a form unique unto itself, with grace and beauty. And I think it must exist at its very best in this audio version. This book will leave you a different, and perhaps better, person.
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The Essex Serpent
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Perry
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,143
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,035
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,035
When Cora Seaborne's brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was not a happy one. Wed at 19, this woman of exceptional intelligence and curiosity was ill-suited for the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh air and open space in the wake of the funeral, Cora leaves London for a visit to coastal Essex, accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive 11-year old son, Francis, and the boy's nanny, Martha.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unbearable Narrator
- By ACB on 06-08-17
- The Essex Serpent
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Perry
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
Good book but odd casting choice for the readers
Reviewed: 11-30-17
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I liked the book. Engaging story, well written, held my attention. The female voice was excellent. But casting for the male voices was odd. Their characters grew up under tough circumstances in New York's outer boroughs but the readers' voices sounded like midwest gentle and polite. I actually didn't realize until starting to write the review that there were two separate male readers. They sounded so much alike, I guess, that I couldn't tell them apart. This may in part have been a director's choice, to make them sound normal and relatable, but it came across as a bad fit that detracted from the story. Not that I would have wanted over the top New York accents and tough guy posing, but the voices did at least need an edge, a little sharpness to convey a clearer sense of the milieu.
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