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P. Penwood

Armchair sleuth

Beautiful NC, USA | Member Since 2009

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  • Rebel Fire: Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins, Book 2 | [Andrew Lane]
    Rebel Fire: Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins, Book 2
    UNABRIDGED

    Rebel Fire: Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins, Book 2

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 43 mins)
    • By Andrew Lane
    • Narrated By Daniel Weyman
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (18)
    Performance
    (15)
    Story
    (15)

    Fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes knows that Amyus Crowe, his mysterious American tutor, has some dark secrets. But he didn’t expect to find John Wilkes Booth, the notorious assassin, apparently alive and well in England - and Crowe somehow mixed up in it. When no one will tell you the truth, sometimes you have to risk all to discover it for yourself. And so begins an adventure that will take Sherlock across the Atlantic, to the center of a deadly web - where a friend is in peril and a defeated army threatens to rise again.

    P. Penwood says: "This a duplicate of Red Leech"
    "This a duplicate of Red Leech"
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    Would you try another book from Andrew Lane and/or Daniel Weyman?

    I would love another book by this author. However this one isn't that. This is "Young Sherlock Holmes: The Red Leech" with a different name. Both stories are great, they are just the same story, not two different ones. So, buy one, buy the other, but don't buy both.


    2 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • Go the F--k to Sleep | [Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (cover illustration)]
    Go the F--k to Sleep
    UNABRIDGED

    Go the F--k to Sleep

    • UNABRIDGED (6 mins)
    • By Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (cover illustration)
    • Narrated By Samuel L. Jackson
    Overall
    (9897)
    Performance
    (5393)
    Story
    (5293)

    Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) rocks this mock bedtime story, capturing a hilarious range of emotions as the voice of a father struggling to get his child to sleep. Go the F**k to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don’t always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland.

    Darwin8u says: "Read the F--king REVIEW!"
    "A gift for any parent with a sleepless child."
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    I have listened to this wonderful piece several times. It always makes me laugh, and it reminds me that patience and children are not always busom buddies. There is more truth in this little outing about how hard it can be to be a parent, and a wealth of knowing you are not alone. This path has been travelled by parents since bedtime was invented.

    Listen, laugh, then hug those kids. Remember this too shall pass, and one day you may want it back. Fortunately we have this wonderful piece to help us see humor in in those wee hours.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Young Sherlock Holmes 2: Red Leech | [Andrew Lane]
    Young Sherlock Holmes 2: Red Leech
    ABRIDGED

    Young Sherlock Holmes 2: Red Leech

    • ABRIDGED (3 hrs and 4 mins)
    • By Andrew Lane
    • Narrated By Dan Stevens
    Overall
    (20)
    Performance
    (13)
    Story
    (11)

    The world’s most famous detective. The most brilliant mind in fiction. But before he became the great detective, who was young Sherlock Holmes?Sherlock knows that Amyus Crow, his mysterious American tutor, has some dark secrets. But he didn't expect to find a notorious killer, hanged by the US government, apparently alive and well in Surrey - and Crow somehow mixed up in it. When no one will tell you the truth, sometimes you have to risk all to discover it for yourself.

    P. Penwood says: "Great story but still a duplicate"
    "Great story but still a duplicate"
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    Where does Young Sherlock Holmes 2: Red Leech rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

    I foung it quite entertaining, and engaging. I was very concerned to find out it's the same story as "Rebel Fire" by the same author, especially since I was impressed enough by this story and it's predecessor, "Death Cloud" to purchace that version as well. I'm not a young reader, unless you call 60+ young, but as a lofelong Holmes fan, I'm delighted with Andrew Lane's stories. They are well-written, full of great descriptions and lots of adventures.


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Young Sherlock Holmes 2: Red Leech?

    The ability of young Sherlock to find his way out of trouble, just as interestingly as he finds his way into it.


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

    No, but I will look for him in the future.


    Any additional comments?

    Just remember, "Rebel Fire" and this book are the same story, they just have different readers.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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