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PJPackwood

I really enjoy a good 'Mystery/Thriller' but the narrator can cause me, at times, to not listen to what might have been a really good story.

Las Vegas, NV, United States | Member Since 2004

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10 reviews
98 ratings
1161 titles in library
27 purchased in 2013

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Swan Song

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- by Robert McCammon
- Narrated by Tom Stechschulte
Swan Song

UNABRIDGED (34 hrs and 22 mins)

By Robert McCammon

Narrated By Tom Stechschulte

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(2097)
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(1799)
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(1826)

Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the government responds with a nuclear attack. America as it was is gone forever, and now every citizen - from the President of the United States to the homeless on the streets of New York City - will fight for survival. In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil, that will decide the fate of humanity.
Amanda says: "Simply an Amazing Story"
"Swan Song"

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This was an absolutely awesome book. I LOVED everything about it and I was so sorry when it ended. In my opinion this is a classic that rates up among the very top. Do not miss out on this one. I rarely write any kind of review but this book definitely rates one. A++++++ all the way.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Asylum

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- by Elizabeth Cameron
- Narrated by Paul Cameron
Asylum

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 34 mins)

By Elizabeth Cameron

Narrated By Paul Cameron

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(7)
Performance
(7)
Story
(5)

Travel along with Mia Kensington through this riveting mystery thriller. Based in an institution for the mentally incurable and the criminally insane, the twists and turns in this novel will keep you guessing.
PJPackwood says: "Narrator!"
"Narrator!"

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I gave the story only one star because I couldn't listen to any of it past the first two minutes! The narrator was terrible!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Time Bomb

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- by Jonathan Kellerman
- Narrated by Jeff Harding
Time Bomb

UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 1 min)

By Jonathan Kellerman

Narrated By Jeff Harding

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(52)
Performance
(45)
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(45)

A sniper opens fire on a crowded Californian schoolyard but is killed before any children are harmed. When the sniper’s identity is revealed, a media frenzy erupts – why would they want to take innocent lives? Psychologist Alex Delaware is brought in to help the kids cope with the ordeal but is quickly drawn into exploring the motives of the would-be assassin. Alex soon finds himself on a bloody and twisted trail into the world of political extremism from which there may be no way back…
Dede says: "Worth the Credit- not the best Kellerman novel"
"Narrator"

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I really did not care for the naration of this story. I did not like the verbal portrayal of Milo, and found it 'grated' on my nerves.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Scent of Shadows: The First Sign of the Zodiac

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- by Vicki Pettersson
- Narrated by Allyson Johnson
The Scent of Shadows: The First Sign of the Zodiac

UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 34 mins)

By Vicki Pettersson

Narrated By Allyson Johnson

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(131)
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(48)
Story
(49)

When she was 16, Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and left to die in the Nevada desert. By rights, she should be dead. Now a photographer by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset - a grim, secret Sin City where Light battles Shadow - seeking answers to whom or what she really is . . . and revenge for the horrors she was forced to endure.But the nightmare is just beginning - for the demons are hunting Joanna, and the powerful shadows want her for their own . . .
James says: "FANTASTIC "
"Not for me!"

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I took a chance on this one and really wished I hadn't. It started off well but the further I got into this book the more I disliked it. Supernatural beings etc., are ok but this was totally off the wall! I did not like this book at all.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Gideon's Corpse

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- by Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child
- Narrated by David W. Collins
Gideon's Corpse

UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 27 mins)

By Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrated By David W. Collins

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(449)
Performance
(365)
Story
(377)

A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before. Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.
Bob says: "excellent read"
"Boring."

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I am a big fan of Preston and Child. But not this book. Very boring, predictable and way too long for the story they are telling. I will not bother with another "Gideon" story. Save your credit.

5 of 7 people found this review helpful
77 Shadow Street

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- by Dean Koontz
- Narrated by Peter Berkrot
77 Shadow Street

UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 9 mins)

By Dean Koontz

Narrated By Peter Berkrot

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(575)
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(497)
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(491)

Enter the world of the Pendleton: The original owner became a recluse - and was rumored to be more than half mad - after his wife and two children were kidnapped in 1896 and never found. The second owner suffered a worse tragedy in 1935, when his house manager murdered him, his family, and the entire live-in staff.... Craftsmen and laborers working on renovations disappear or go mad.... For years, the Pendleton is a happy place, until a bad turn comes again.... Voices in unknown languages are heard in deserted rooms....
Carol says: "Disappointing, a total let-down."
"OMG!"

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I am determined to finish this, only because I wasted a whole credit on it. I usually enjoy Dean Koontz, but this book is abysmal! It is not suspenseful, exciting or anything else. Just a 'bunch' of supposedly scary 'things' thrown together in a supposedly scary situation. Do not waste your credit on this book. One of his worst!!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Red Mist

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- by Patricia Cornwell
- Narrated by Kate Burton
Red Mist

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 56 mins)

By Patricia Cornwell

Narrated By Kate Burton

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Overall
(948)
Performance
(752)
Story
(759)

Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. The murder of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on death row, and the inexplicable deaths of homeless people as far away as California seem unrelated. But Scarpetta discovers connections that compel her to conclude that what she thought ended with Fielding's death and an attempt on her own life is only the beginning....
Rene says: "Too much dialog, too little story"
"Boring"

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Too....much....talking! Very long-winded, not enough, if any, action. I am forcing myself to finish this book to see if anything EVER happens.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Feast Day of Fools: A Novel

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- by James Lee Burke
- Narrated by Will Patton
Feast Day of Fools: A Novel

UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 11 mins)

By James Lee Burke

Narrated By Will Patton

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Overall
(977)
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(805)
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(790)

Celebrated crime master and two-time Edgar Award winner James Lee Burke returns with a gorgeously crafted, brutally resonant chronicle of violence along the Texas-Mexico border. Sheriff Hackberry Holland patrols a small Southwest Texas border town, meting out punishment and delivering justice in his small square of this magnificent but lawless land. When an alcoholic ex-boxer named Danny Boy Lorca begs to be locked up after witnessing a man tortured to death by a group of bandits, Hack and his deputy, Pam Tibbs, slowly extract the Indian man’s gruesome tale.
Melinda says: "Shoot Out at the More-Than-OK Corral"
"Verbose"

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Although I always enjoy books by this author I wish at times he was not quite as 'descriptive'. Sometimes his descriptions of the sky, scenery etc., detract from the story.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful
The Worthing Saga

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- by Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by Scott Brick
The Worthing Saga

UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 34 mins)

By Orson Scott Card

Narrated By Scott Brick

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Overall
(690)
Performance
(259)
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(266)

It was a miracle of science that permitted human beings to live, if not forever then for a long, long time. Some people, anyway. The rich, the powerful, they lived their lives at the rate of one year every 10. Some created two societies: that of people who lived out their normal span and died, and those who slept away the decades, skipping over the intervening years and events. It allowed great plans to be put into motion. It allowed interstellar empires to be built.
Lisa says: "Early Work of a Master"
"Nope"

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I just could not get into this one. I have listened to many, many audible books, good and bad. With this one I tried really hard to stick with it but just couldn't.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful
The Snowman

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- by Jo Nesbo
- Narrated by Robin Sachs
The Snowman

UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 38 mins)

By Jo Nesbo

Narrated By Robin Sachs

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(1641)
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(1033)
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(1032)

Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother’s pink scarf. Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he’s received and the disappearance of Jonas’s mother - and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn....
Anita says: "many layered thriller"
"Snore!!"

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I really don't know if the story itself was any good because I could not get past the narrator. Boring doesn't even cover it. Monotonous, sleep inducing naration killed this novel for me.

7 of 13 people found this review helpful