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Brenda

CENTRAL POINT, OR, United States | Member Since 2011

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  • 14 purchased in 2013
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  • Peter the Great: His Life and World | [Robert K. Massie]
    Peter the Great: His Life and World
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    Peter the Great: His Life and World

    • UNABRIDGED (43 hrs and 37 mins)
    • By Robert K. Massie
    • Narrated By Frederick Davidson
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (228)
    Performance
    (166)
    Story
    (165)

    This superbly told story brings to life one of the most remarkable rulers––and men––in all of history and conveys the drama of his life and world. The Russia of Peter's birth was very different from the Russia his energy, genius, and ruthlessness shaped. Crowned co-Tsar as a child of ten, after witnessing bloody uprisings in the streets of Moscow, he would grow up propelled by an unquenchable curiosity, everywhere looking, asking, tinkering, and learning, fired by Western ideas.

    Susan says: "detailed history"
    "Narrater ruins everything"
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    What would have made Peter the Great better?

    The reading was so poor I could not finish- Big disappointment.


    Has Peter the Great turned you off from other books in this genre?

    I will make a point to never purchase another book with this narrator


    What didn’t you like about Frederick Davidson’s performance?

    lispy, robotic, hard to understand, affected


    What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

    disappointment for sure - was looking forward to a good snuggle down and listen but could not complete due to irritating voice


    17 of 21 people found this review helpful
  • Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile | [Julia Fox]
    Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
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    Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 56 mins)
    • By Julia Fox
    • Narrated By Rosalyn Landor
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (53)
    Performance
    (47)
    Story
    (43)

    Looking through the lens of their Spanish origins, Fox reveals these queens as flesh-and-blood women—equipped with character, intelligence, and conviction—who are worthy historical figures in their own right. Sister Queens is a gripping tale of love, duty, and sacrifice—a remarkable reflection on the conflict between ambition and loyalty during an age when the greatest sin, it seems, was to have been born a woman.

    Cariola says: "Sad but Fascinating Lives"
    "Interesting and easy to follow"
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    Story

    Sister Queens was a well done narrative history that brought together timelines and life drama in an easy to follow chronological story. Recommend for anyone interested in that period.

    5 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • Calumet City | [Charlie Newton]
    Calumet City
    UNABRIDGED

    Calumet City

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 45 mins)
    • By Charlie Newton
    • Narrated By Eliza Foss
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (152)
    Performance
    (95)
    Story
    (92)

    Among the most self-assured and sharply crafted debuts in recent years, Calumet City detonates a Molotov cocktail of character-driven suspense and ghetto-Chicago intrigue. A powerful fiction debut that captures the precise emotional landscape of one cop's hard-bitten life in the trenches. This first-time author joins that rare breed whose fiction is suffused with profound authenticity.

    Snoodely says: "Lee Child owes me 15 hrs. & 15 bucks"
    "Pretty Rough"
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    Performance
    Story

    Rough story, graphic and dark. I found it too dark and disturbing to be enjoyable. The Reading was good and the characterization was gripping but the story did no leave me with any feel-good factor at all.

    5 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • The Help | [Kathryn Stockett]
    The Help
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    The Help

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 19 mins)
    • By Kathryn Stockett
    • Narrated By Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and others
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (24223)
    Performance
    (10927)
    Story
    (10951)

    Why we think it’s a great listen: The most celebrated performance in all of Audible’s history, The Help has nearly 2,000 5-star reviews from your fellow listeners. We hear the print book’s not bad, either. In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another.

    Jan says: "What a great surprise!"
    "Great Listen!"
    Overall
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    Great characterization of a very good story. Narration was superb. the cadence of the story was flawless.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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