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Morgan

Matthews, NC, United States | Member Since 2005

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Aftertime: An Aftertime Novel, Book 1

UNABRIDGED
- by Sophie Littlefield
- Narrated by Ellen Archer
Aftertime: An Aftertime Novel, Book 1

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 30 mins)

By Sophie Littlefield

Narrated By Ellen Archer

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(54)
Performance
(48)
Story
(47)

Awakening in a bleak landscape as scarred as her body, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls surviving something terrible. Having no idea how many weeks have passed, she slowly realizes the horrifying truth: Ruthie has vanished. And with her, nearly all of civilization. Where once-lush hills carried cars and commerce, the roads today see only cannibalistic Beaters - people turned hungry for human flesh by a government experiment gone wrong.
Michelle says: "Excellent book, perfect narrator."
"Another Tortured Romance......"

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Performance
Story

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Romance fans

What was most disappointing about Sophie Littlefield’s story?

Long, long, very long reflection.....

What about Ellen Archer’s performance did you like?

Wonderful tone

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

Boredom

Any additional comments?

I wish the clues to content were more clear to me

1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Zombie Battle: Trinity

UNABRIDGED
- by Jacqueline Druga
- Narrated by Andrew B. Wehrlen
Zombie Battle: Trinity

UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 19 mins)

By Jacqueline Druga

Narrated By Andrew B. Wehrlen

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(20)
Performance
(17)
Story
(18)

A mysterious virus emerges after a meteor lands near a remote village in Peru. Authorities brought in to investigate discover the horrific virus not only kills, but it reanimates its victims, turning them into the walking dead. Believing they have contained the outbreak, samples of the contagion are brought to the United States via infected military and other victims. The virus breaks boundaries and the infection spreads, initiating the ground invasion of the War against the Undead. The war begins as the numbers of the undead increase and civil unrest begins.
Michelle says: "I wish I could..."
"Please fire the narrator"

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Performance
Story

What would have made Zombie Battle: Trinity better?

An editor, a plot, anything original and something exciting

Would you recommend Zombie Battle: Trinity to your friends? Why or why not?

Nope. There are many better Zombie novels

Would you be willing to try another one of Andrew B. Wehrlen’s performances?

Nope. He sounds as if he is seeing the material for the first time and isn't sure where the sentences break or end

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Zombie Battle: Trinity?

Oh my goodness..too many to list

Any additional comments?

It's not that difficult to write better material. The waste of time saddens me.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Pines

UNABRIDGED
- by Blake Crouch
- Narrated by Paul Michael Garcia
Pines

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 33 mins)

By Blake Crouch

Narrated By Paul Michael Garcia

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(149)
Performance
(142)
Story
(141)

Wayward Pines, Idaho, is quintessential small-town America — or so it seems. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he bargained for. After a violent accident lands him in the hospital, Ethan comes to with no ID and no cell phone. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into his colleagues’ disappearance turns up more questions than answers. Why can’t he make contact with his family in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what’s the purpose of the electrified fences encircling the town? Are they keeping the residents in? Or something else out? Each step toward the truth takes Ethan further from the world he knows, until he must face the horrifying possibility that he may never leave Wayward Pines alive…
Matthew says: "I had no idea"
"A terrifying, frustrating situation"

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Performance
Story

Would you consider the audio edition of Pines to be better than the print version?

Wouldn't know

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

Kept getting kicked back

Which character – as performed by Paul Michael Garcia – was your favorite?

Burke

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

What lengths to hide a town?

Any additional comments?

Wow! This novel really had me going. I was so angry at one point I put the novel down (overnight). I was completely taken in and I usually work everything out.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Talulla Rising

UNABRIDGED
- by Glen Duncan
- Narrated by Penelope Rawlins
Talulla Rising

UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 8 mins)

By Glen Duncan

Narrated By Penelope Rawlins

Overall
(33)
Performance
(31)
Story
(31)

The woman is Talulla Demetriou. She's grieving for her werewolf lover, Jake, whose violent death has left her alone with her own sublime monstrousness. On the run, pursued by the hunters of WOCOP (World Organisation for the Control of Occult Phenomena), she must find a place to give birth to Jake's child in secret. The birth, under a full moon at a remote Alaska lodge, leaves Talulla ravaged, but with her infant son in her arms she believes the worst is over - until the windows crash in, and she discovers that the worst has only just begun.
joshua says: "Horrible Narration"
"No fairy tale monsters here"

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Performance
Story

What made the experience of listening to Talulla Rising the most enjoyable?

Action and character development

Who was your favorite character and why?

Talulla herself, who grows and develops embracing her personal faults and strengths as she continues forward

What three words best describe Penelope Rawlins’s voice?

not my favorite

Who was the most memorable character of Talulla Rising and why?

Mystery surrounding Marco pricks at the memory

Any additional comments?

How could the monsters be portrayed so clearly without the language, personal desires and actions that some of the previous listeners complain of? We are listening to philosophic ruminations of a monster, after all. This novel is not represented as a fairy tale or a story to make us imagine ourselves transformed. I certainly cringed at some passages but enjoyed the story too much to be sidetracked. I was more disappointed with the faulty pronunciation of certain words. I got used to the reader and have no problem dealing with issues of accents and such when the story is superior.

1 of 3 people found this review helpful
Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller

UNABRIDGED
- by Ben Tripp
- Narrated by Kirsten Potter
Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller

UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 59 mins)

By Ben Tripp

Narrated By Kirsten Potter

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(199)
Performance
(176)
Story
(174)

Filled with adventurous human drama-and shocking inhuman horror - Rise Again is a vivid and powerful debut novel of the zombie apocalypse.
A.C. says: "Good Zombie Story"
"Zombie Adventure"

Overall
Performance
Story

What did you love best about Rise Again?

Different twist on Zombies with a strong, flawed hero

What did you like best about this story?

Excitement and action with unexpected developments

Which scene was your favorite?

Can't decide

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

Yes

Any additional comments?

Some scenes were smoking!

4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Sadie Walker Is Stranded: A Zombie Novel

UNABRIDGED
- by Madeleine Roux
- Narrated by Jessica Almasy
Sadie Walker Is Stranded: A Zombie Novel

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 10 mins)

By Madeleine Roux

Narrated By Jessica Almasy

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(43)
Performance
(41)
Story
(41)

Months ago, the world ended when an unknown virus spread throughout North America and then the world, killing millions of people. However, that is where the horror only started. The dead began to rise, and when they rose, they had an insatiable appetite for the living. A new hell had been unleashed on earth and the fight for survival had just begun. Sadie Walker is one of the survivors in this new world....
Craig Hannon says: "Poor Follow-Up"
"PERKY MUCH??"

Overall
Performance
Story

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Teens who are looking for 'cute' books

Has Sadie Walker Is Stranded turned you off from other books in this genre?

Just the author and reader

Would you be willing to try another one of Jessica Almasy’s performances?

Nope.

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

A big cringe and sorrow over wasted money

Any additional comments?

When I think of Zombies, I'm looking for horror and action

5 of 8 people found this review helpful
Those Across the River

UNABRIDGED
- by Christopher Buehlman
- Narrated by Mark Bramhall
Those Across the River

UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 5 mins)

By Christopher Buehlman

Narrated By Mark Bramhall

Overall
(90)
Performance
(85)
Story
(85)

Failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife, Eudora, have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family's old estate - the Savoyard Plantation - and the horrors that occurred there. At first, the quaint, rural ways of their new neighbors seem to be everything they wanted. But there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations. A presence that demands sacrifice.
Barbara says: "Recording glitches, but a great gruesome tale"
"WOULD have been a really fun story..."

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Performance
Story

The quality of the recording really messes this up. Toward the end of chapters - over and over - (AND over!) the audio just SKIPS. There is no way to tell how many words or sentences or paragraphs might be missing. Otherwise an interesting and exciting story and great narrator.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful
Raising Stony Mayhall

UNABRIDGED
- by Daryl Gregory
- Narrated by David Marantz
Raising Stony Mayhall

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 18 mins)

By Daryl Gregory

Narrated By David Marantz

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(513)
Performance
(446)
Story
(449)

In 1968, after the first zombie outbreak, Wanda Mayhall and her three young daughters discover the body of a teenage mother during a snowstorm. Wrapped in the woman's arms is a baby - stone-cold, not breathing, and without a pulse. But then his eyes open and look up at Wanda, and he begins to move.The family hides the child - whom they name Stony - rather than turn him over to authorities who would destroy him. Against all scientific reason, the undead boy begins to grow....
Maryland says: "You'll wish you lived as much as this undead boy"
"Stony!"

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Performance
Story

I read EVERYTHING even while being a fantasy junky. This novel was surprising and moving and ....about ZOMBIES?! This is a reverse play for all previous tales of the genre. While the gore and excitement remain there are many surprises and even a 'feel-good' ending. I have to give extra kudo's for originality, otherwise I rarely give a 5-star. For myself, this was a satisfying escape and fully worth time and credit.

12 of 13 people found this review helpful