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John

Palo Alto, CA, United States | Member Since 2009

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  • 1Q84 | [Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (translator), Philip Gabriel (translator)]
    1Q84
    UNABRIDGED

    1Q84

    • UNABRIDGED (46 hrs and 50 mins)
    • By Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (translator), Philip Gabriel (translator)
    • Narrated By Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
    Overall
    (2990)
    Performance
    (2584)
    Story
    (2552)

    The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.

    A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - "Q" is for "question mark". A world that bears a question....

    Howard says: "Worth the investment."
    "I was hoping it would get good..."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    After the 12th hour of listening I am finally giving up on this book. It goes on and on with very little happening. Comparisons to the Millenium Trillogy are off. Also, I found Allison Hiroto reading to be difficult to follow. Almost as if she was reading to children.

    I am sure this book has great literary value (or so I am told). But it was wasted on me. Perhaps it is better read then heard due to it's length.

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Ready Player One | [Ernest Cline]
    Ready Player One
    UNABRIDGED

    Ready Player One

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 46 mins)
    • By Ernest Cline
    • Narrated By Wil Wheaton
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (6187)
    Performance
    (5710)
    Story
    (5707)

    At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.

    Travis says: "ADD TO CART, POWER UP +10000"
    "Snow Crash + Willy Wonka + Oz + Atari = Great!"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Best story I have listened to for a while. Obviously, if you lived through the 80s and if you have played/loved video games then you will be biased towards this book. But there is also solid science fiction and story here. The characters development is really interesting particularly since you learn about them through their avatars. I was sad to see the story end.

    I highly recommend this book.

    2 of 3 people found this review helpful

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