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The Trouble with Peace
- Written by: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 21 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 253
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 231
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Story5 out of 5 stars 231
Savine dan Glokta, once Adua's most powerful investor, finds her judgment, fortune, and reputation in tatters. But she still has all her ambitions, and no scruple will be permitted to stand in her way. For heroes like Leo dan Brock and Stour Nightfall, only happy with swords drawn, peace is an ordeal to end as soon as possible. But grievances must be nursed, power seized, and allies gathered first, while Rikke must master the power of the Long Eye...before it kills her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tyler White
- By Anonymous User on 2020-09-17
- The Trouble with Peace
- Written by: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
So good!
Reviewed: 2021-02-19
Can’t wait for the third book.
Narration is really well done. Great characters. Good story. Excellent.
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The Queen's Gambit
- Written by: Walter Tevis
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,190
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,069
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,062
Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of 16, she's competing for the US Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good story. Worst narrator
- By A Casey on 2021-01-21
- The Queen's Gambit
- Written by: Walter Tevis
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
Narrator not that bad!
Reviewed: 2021-01-25
By the looks of the other reviews you would think the narrator was the worst ever. That is not the case. Yes it’s a bit wooden - but - the listener always knows who is talking and you can understand everything. The pace is also perfect. People are way way too harsh.
The story itself? Really worth it. Yes it gets technical in terms of chess at moments but if you are willing to go into the weeds a bit - it is worth the time. Enjoy!
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Remnant
- Written by: Randi Darren
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Steve doesn’t know who he is. Or who he was. He doesn’t know anything, actually. Not even where he is. Other than a vast open field of dirt. All Steve knows is that he’s apparently supposed to build a farm. At least that’s his only workable assumption. Given the number of farm-tools left to him. That and the massive number of sacks full of seeds. Unfortunately, this isn’t even the strangest part of this new life. Hidden inside the farm tools, Steve finds messages. Messages that appear in floating windows in front of him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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hard but good
- By louis martin binette on 2019-06-12
- Remnant
- Written by: Randi Darren
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
Consumer beware
Reviewed: 2021-01-04
At best this is a guilty pleasure. At worst this is a chauvinist piece of garbage that I’m embarrassed that I purchased and then listened to until the end.
The funny part is that the beginning premise had promise and then it became drivel.
The narrator is good. She must get paid well for this. At least I really hope she did. 😂
Now stick that in your watering can.
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Song of Susannah
- The Dark Tower VI
- Written by: Stephen King
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 165
The next-to-last novel in Stephen King's seven-volume magnum opus, Song of Susannah is a fascinating key to the unfolding mystery of the Dark Tower.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Poor suz
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-11-28
- Song of Susannah
- The Dark Tower VI
- Written by: Stephen King
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Jumped the shark
Reviewed: 2020-06-15
To explain why this book does not live up to the previous books in the series would be a spoiler alert so stop reading if you have not read the book
To place yourself as the writer in the actual story was way too Pirandello for my tastes. How meta meta post meta can we get? Kind of ruins everything that led up to that point.
Also Guidall is good but once you start with Frank Muller narrating anyone else just can’t live up to the task. Again - Guidall is fine but he is no Muller. Of course Muller had his accident so it’s very unfortunate. Also tough on Guidall to step in and be compared.
If not for King inserting himself this book lives up the series but his presence really turns this on its head.