Turid
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Tourist Season
- By: Carl Hiaasen
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,247
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,601
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,598
Tourist season is swinging into high gear in Miami. So are the activities of a bizarre terrorist group determined to keep the hapless "snowbirds" away. Armed with bombs, weed, and jumbled credos, they move toward their grand target, the Orange Bowl Parade, with plans to bring Miami and its tourist trade to a halt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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CAUTION: BELLY ACHING LAUGHTER IMMINENT!
- By Tracy P. on 02-08-17
- Tourist Season
- By: Carl Hiaasen
- Narrated by: George Wilson
How stupid this story is.
Reviewed: 09-07-24
Too stupid a story to even start to feel part of the unfolding action. Too unrealistic to enjoy. Too many unbelievable characters offered one after the other. How did this novel get to be highly recommended?
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W Is for Wasted
- A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
- By: Sue Grafton
- Narrated by: Judy Kaye
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,456
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,039
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,027
Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I'd never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. He'd been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He'd been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with Millhone's name and number was in his pants pocket. The coroner asked her to come to the morgue to see if she could ID him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well worth waiting for....
- By karen on 10-09-13
- W Is for Wasted
- A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
- By: Sue Grafton
- Narrated by: Judy Kaye
Convoluted story
Reviewed: 06-19-23
The story had too many subplots, leading to a very convoluted read. Not my favorite novel by a long shot.
The reader’s deep and strident voice was somewhat disconcerting, making listening less enjoyable than I would have wished.
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We Are All the Same in the Dark
- A Novel
- By: Julia Heaberlin
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Catherine Taber, MacLeod Andrews, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,729
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,218
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,158
It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a watchful queen on the posters on the walls of the town’s Baptist church, the police station, and in the high school. They all promise the same thing: We will find you. Meanwhile, Tru's brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah in the desolation of the old family house, cleared of wrongdoing by the police but tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion and in a new documentary about the crime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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On the edge of my ladder
- By Deirdre Hoinoski on 08-27-20
- We Are All the Same in the Dark
- A Novel
- By: Julia Heaberlin
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Catherine Taber, MacLeod Andrews, Kirby Heyborne
So well narrated!
Reviewed: 02-11-23
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, especially the narration. However, as is so often the case in a complex murder mystery, the author rushes the last chapter. It is as if the reader shouldn’t have to read three more chapters, in which solving the series of murders could be laid out in a more interesting fashion. It felt as if the author just wanted to finish her book and get it done with.
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Little Fires Everywhere
- By: Celeste Ng
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lim
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60,992
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53,481
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53,367
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads to the colors of the houses to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter, Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring and Drawn Out!!!
- By M. Ryder on 10-05-17
- Little Fires Everywhere
- By: Celeste Ng
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lim
Teenage audience
Reviewed: 02-08-19
I am sure some listeners loved this book, but ...... This book is the story of conflict in families and friends, and seems best suited to a teenage audience. The narration is also rather pedantic, though that may be more the fault of the storyline than the narrator. Not a book for me. I toughed it out to the end hoping that it would get better but it didn't.
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
- A Novel
- By: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 437
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the 20th century as seen through the eyes of an English girl determined to learn about her family and its secrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Kate Atkinson multi-generational story
- By Satisfied Customer on 11-08-18
- Behind the Scenes at the Museum
- A Novel
- By: Kate Atkinson
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
A bit choppy
Reviewed: 01-14-19
This novel darts around in time which makes for considerable confusion in remembering which family members belong to whom. I loved the reflective prose and even got to appreciate the reader’s accent after a while. As with many novels the last chapter was a hurried tying up of loose ends which detracted from the overall novel’s pace.
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13 people found this helpful
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Crazy Rich Asians
- By: Kevin Kwan
- Narrated by: Lynn Chen
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,087
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,729
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,669
When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narration is horrible
- By TST on 07-25-13
- Crazy Rich Asians
- By: Kevin Kwan
- Narrated by: Lynn Chen
Interesting look at the super rich
Reviewed: 10-05-18
I enjoyed this insight into the super rich of Asia (even if it is overplayed) and the idioms used by the characters. The ending seemed unlikely with too many loose ends hurriedly resolved.
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