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  • Legion | [Brandon Sanderson]
    Legion
    UNABRIDGED

    Legion

    • UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Brandon Sanderson
    • Narrated By Oliver Wyman
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2271)
    Performance
    (2061)
    Story
    (2096)

    Stephen Leeds, AKA 'Legion,' is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. As the story begins, Leeds and his 'aspects' are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society.

    Rick Howard says: "More more more!"
    "The mind is a wonderous thing"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

    If they like Shelock Holmes they will like this listen


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    none really stands out it was a good mix of give and take between the characters


    Have you listened to any of Oliver Wyman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    This was my first listen to the narrator


    Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

    When you found out that all that all the characters were of one mind


    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles | [Marissa Meyer]
    Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles
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    Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 6 mins)
    • By Marissa Meyer
    • Narrated By Rebecca Soler
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (741)
    Performance
    (660)
    Story
    (664)

    Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.... Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle.

    Readinista says: "Surpised by how much I enjoyed it"
    "Cinderella with the broken foot"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

    Yes It was a good listen and a good narrative will recommend


    What did you like best about this story?

    It was a great take on an old romantic tale


    What aspect of Rebecca Soler’s performance would you have changed?

    maybe more change in the characters voices


    If this book were a movie would you go see it?

    yes I am romantic at heart but do not read/listen to ROMANCE novels/books I like the aspect of sutle romance thrown in to a work


    Any additional comments?

    Torn on the reviews of the second book will have to wait an decide

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • 206 Bones: A Novel | [Kathy Reichs]
    206 Bones: A Novel
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    206 Bones: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 12 mins)
    • By Kathy Reichs
    • Narrated By Linda Emond
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (532)
    Performance
    (185)
    Story
    (183)

    There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct...

    M. Chinander says: "Wow, pretty sure this is the in the series"
    "should not have been written"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

    Better stoyline sorry this is too long an not up to other books


    What could Kathy Reichs have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

    not as to medical


    Did the narration match the pace of the story?

    who knows narrator did the best she could do, did not even finish


    If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from 206 Bones?

    all of it.... this is to long an boring zzzzzzzzzzz


    Any additional comments?

    do not purchase unless you are a machoist sorry but it took me 2 weeks to finish this audible book. story is crap not enjoyabloe to listen to

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Panther | [Nelson DeMille]
    The Panther
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    The Panther

    • UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Nelson DeMille
    • Narrated By Scott Brick
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1484)
    Performance
    (1237)
    Story
    (1229)

    Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen - one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing: a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts and murders - and the U.S. government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost.

    Judi says: "Disappointing and slow"
    "Unabriged version is to slow"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    If you could sum up The Panther in three words, what would they be?

    To slow with all the planning scenes ,for myself during these as they were to consuming an some made no sense other than to make up nothing later on


    What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

    the comic relief was enjoyable. The long planning an soliliquies were some what tedious after a while was not that interesting


    Have you listened to any of Scott Brick’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    No this was the first one will try an abrbriged version next time


    Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

    Honestly I just wanted it to get over with as I have said before this version is to slow


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Zero Day: A Jeff Aiken Novel | [Mark Russinovich]
    Zero Day: A Jeff Aiken Novel
    UNABRIDGED

    Zero Day: A Jeff Aiken Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 39 mins)
    • By Mark Russinovich
    • Narrated By Johnny Heller
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (239)
    Performance
    (216)
    Story
    (222)

    An airliner’s controls abruptly fail mid-flight over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals everywhere have to abandon their computer databases when patients die after being administered incorrect dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling systems malfunction. At first, these random computer failures seem like unrelated events.

    Brian says: "Techno-thriller that gets the tech right"
    "Zero Day ,not a zero"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What did you love best about Zero Day?

    The way computer hackers were intertwined


    Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

    A very interesting and steady listen


    Which scene was your favorite?

    all about the same


    Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

    no


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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