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The Game You Played
- By: Anni Taylor
- Narrated by: Zindzi Okenyo
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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It's a blindingly hot summer. International visitors surge into Sydney's Darling Harbour. Two-year-old Tommy is sailing his toy boat in the park there with his mother Phoebe. Tommy vanishes into thin air. The following winter, taunting notes written as nursery rhymes begin arriving at his parents' home. Little Boy Blue, where did you go? Who led you away? Only I know.
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so bad it's good
- By Gianna Motz on 10-10-22
- The Game You Played
- By: Anni Taylor
- Narrated by: Zindzi Okenyo
Twists you’ll never see coming
Reviewed: 12-27-23
There were a few spots that verged on preposterous or simplistic but the plot twists are worth it! Well done!
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Gone to Dust
- By: Matt Goldman
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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A brutal crime. The ultimate cover-up. How do you solve a murder with no useable evidence? Private detective Nils Shapiro is focused on forgetting his ex-wife and keeping warm during another Minneapolis winter when a former colleague, neighboring Edina Police Detective Anders Ellegaard, calls with the impossible.
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Great discovery
- By green ice cream garden on 10-04-17
- Gone to Dust
- By: Matt Goldman
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Really compelling and twisty
Reviewed: 12-27-23
I enjoyed the plot, the characters, their struggles. It was an excellent read (listen), well written and performed.
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The Silencer Series Box Set Books 1-4
- By: Mike Ryan
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
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CIA Black Ops agent John Smith is on his latest assignment in London. Little does he know - it'll be his last. Barely surviving an attack on his life, Smith lays low for six months until he returns to the United States. His flight is strangely diverted to Philadelphia where he meets a mysterious stranger who knows all about his past and recruits him for a job. Needing a new identity, Smith becomes Michael Recker. He then tries to prevent bad things happening to innocent people while also interacting with the city's different crime factions.
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Pleasantly surprised
- By Victoria on 09-30-20
- The Silencer Series Box Set Books 1-4
- By: Mike Ryan
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
Awful
Reviewed: 11-06-23
Terrible. Bad copy of several different stories, shallow, rambling, repetitive, blah blah blah. I’m asking for a refund of my credit. It’s bad. I hate to slam somebody’s work but Mike Ryan needs to find a new career.
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Tell Me a Story
- Science Fiction One
- By: Arthur C. Clarke, William Gibson, Isaac Asimov, and others
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Ready for a story? Here's a selection of some of the finest science fiction shorts of recent years, including stories from Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, William Gibson, Robert Sheckley, Terry Bisson, Avram Davidson, and Philip K. Dick.
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Great stories, bad narration
- By Nikki on 07-09-08
- Tell Me a Story
- Science Fiction One
- By: Arthur C. Clarke, William Gibson, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, Terry Bisson, Avram Davidson
- Narrated by: uncredited
Just get the print version
Reviewed: 10-20-23
If the narrator were a robot from the 1950s, I would rate the performance 5 stars, but I’m pretty sure he’s a sentient being, so 2 stars is generous.
As for the stories, they were probably great, given who wrote them, but I really couldn’t get past the narration. Four stars anyway.
I hate to pile onto this poor guy, but this was bad.
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The Law
- A Dresden Files Novella (Dresden Files, Book 17.5)
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: Jim Butcher
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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Not every danger comes in the form of a mega-threat like a Titan. Some predators are a lot cozier...more personal. When one such creature threatens an independent tutor, Harry Dresden must shake off the blood and dirt of his most recent battles and rise to the occasion, even when it turns out that the new predator is far more dangerous and connected than first appearances would suggest.
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meh, not worth the $30
- By Amazon Customer on 07-06-22
- The Law
- A Dresden Files Novella (Dresden Files, Book 17.5)
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: Jim Butcher
Great story, expertly performed!
Reviewed: 05-24-23
This story is everything you want from Jim Butcher and Harry Dresden. I enjoy a well-done reading by an author when they can pull it off, as you know you’re getting every word, inflection and emphasis exactly as the author conceived it, but Jim goes well beyond that. He performed the work, with voices, accents and non-verbal communications every bit as well as a professional performer! He could have a new side gig!
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Pursuit of Justice
- A Nick Lawrence Novel
- By: Brian Shea
- Narrated by: Conner Goff
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Nick Lawrence rejoins his old unit, the FBI’s Violent Crimes against Children task force. The career move puts him in Austin, Texas - and onto the case of a young girl on the run. She has been thrust into a foreign land against her will. Armed only with a set of skills bestowed by her father, she embarks on a perilous journey to keep a promise - as she is hunted by a ruthless human trafficking ring. Nick teams up with local law enforcement, intent on saving the girl and dismantling the criminal organization trying to reach her first.
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Great book!
- By stephanie Moses on 09-12-20
- Pursuit of Justice
- A Nick Lawrence Novel
- By: Brian Shea
- Narrated by: Conner Goff
Simplistic story, odd word usage and reading
Reviewed: 10-18-22
Shea is no Grisham. Character development and story exposition is average. Word choices or sentence construction are sometimes strange,awkward or misused. The reader makes some strange pronunciation, like bureau with emphasis on “eau”, receipt with a p, and wafted rhymes with waif.
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food-delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization”. Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world.
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I'm listening with a permanent smile on my face
- By Lucy A. Pithecus on 03-15-22
- The Kaiju Preservation Society
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Wacky and delightful!
Reviewed: 03-18-22
Is Scalzi a comedy writer or a sci-fi writer? He’s both! This is a brilliant story, perfectly performed. It’s a must-listen!
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The Getaway
- By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
- Narrated by: Emily Bauer
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
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Prepare yourself for a transformative experience. Sometimes, life's setbacks contain hidden gifts. Here at Lakewood, you'll find the space to unwrap them. A weekend at the Lakewood Retreat is exactly what Chloe Powell needs. Freshly unemployed after her boss loses a reelection campaign, the former press secretary desperately wants a break from the bustle of Washington DC. A flier posted at her yoga studio leads her to the getaway, which looks amazing: organic meals, celebrity testimonials, and a serene private property within driving distance of the city.
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Silly and short
- By Michael OBrien on 05-01-20
- The Getaway
- By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
- Narrated by: Emily Bauer
Endless internal monologue
Reviewed: 06-03-20
Emily Bauer puts in a fine performance, but the story lets her down. The protagonist spends far too much time thinking about the situation she finds herself in and we're stuck listening to the whole thing, while mentally shouting at her to quit wool-gathering and do something before the blatantly obvious impending doom actually happens.
I quit listening after the first chapter. If you decide to get this book, I hope, for your sake, that it gets better in chapter 2.
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Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours
- By: Jim Butcher, Marvel
- Narrated by: Jack Meloche
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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No evildoers have tried to flatten Peter Parker in weeks. His marriage to Mary Jane is stronger than ever, and he's enjoying his job as a high-school science teacher. Life is good. Naturally, that doesn't last. When Peter learns that his old enemy, the Rhino, is on a rampage in Times Square, he suits up as Spider-Man to stop the destructive villain in his tracks. But he's unexpectedly foiled in his attempts by the Black Cat, a former ally and old flame. The Cat informs Peter that the Rhino is just a distraction - the real threat comes from a group of Ancients.
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Jim Butcher is the best
- By Osvaldo on 09-10-19
- Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours
- By: Jim Butcher, Marvel
- Narrated by: Jack Meloche
Another Jim Butcher fan, not a Spider-Man follower
Reviewed: 02-25-20
I've read all Jim Butcher's books on paper, watched Spider-Man on TV as a kid and saw the first movie. Based on my recollection of Spider-Man, Butcher's snappy irreverence is a good fit for the character and I enjoyed the story.
The performance was good (I certainly couldn't do it better!), and the performer's voice is a good choice for the webslinger, but it included many occasions where the performer emphasized a word in a sentence in a way that you wouldn't do it if you were speaking. This jumps out at me any time it happens in an audiobook, and the book I'm listening to now, read by the author, is a perfect counterpoint; every sentence is emphasized correctly, as you would in conversation, as the author surely heard it in his head as he wrote. The odd emphasis is a distraction.
Overall it's worth listening to, and I eagerly await the next episode of Harry Dresden's adventures.
Also, can I just put this here?
Spider Pig! Spider Pig!
Does whatever a Spider Pig does
Thank you
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