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Marilyn

Van Buren, MO, United States | Member Since 2008

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33 reviews
150 ratings
316 titles in library
4 purchased in 2013

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Sense and Sensibility

UNABRIDGED
- by Jane Austen
- Narrated by Juliet Stevenson
Sense and Sensibility

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 46 mins)

By Jane Austen

Narrated By Juliet Stevenson

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(609)
Performance
(268)
Story
(264)

When Mrs. Dashwood is forced by an avaricious daughter-in-law to leave the family home in Sussex, she takes her three daughters to live in a modest cottage in Devon. For Elinor, the eldest daughter, the move means a painful separation from the man she loves, but her sister Marianne finds in Devon the romance and excitement which she longs for.
Jo says: "Superb - Justice to Jane Austen and Emma Thompson"
"love jane austen"

Overall
Performance
Story

wonderful to listen to

2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Gone Girl: A Novel

UNABRIDGED
- by Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by Julia Whelan , Kirby Heyborne
Gone Girl: A Novel

UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 11 mins)

By Gillian Flynn

Narrated By Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(9418)
Performance
(8173)
Story
(8150)

It is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media - as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents - the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter - but is he really a killer?
Teddy says: "Demented, twisted, sick and I loved it!"
"DEPRESSING END"

Overall
Performance
Story

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

IT WAS A GREAT STORY BUT HATED THE ENDING............LIFE'S DEPRESSING ENOUGH.........I LOOK FOR A LITTLE JUSTICE IN MY FICTION

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

IT WAS AN INTERESTING STORY LINE

Which character – as performed by Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne – was your favorite?

WHALEN AND HAYBORNE DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE AMY CHARACTER.....VERY BELIEVABLE........THOUGH I CAN'T SAY AMY WAS MY FAVORITE

Was Gone Girl worth the listening time?

FOR ME..............NO............I WANT EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP NICE, NEAT, AND SENSIBLY...........SHE SHOULD AT LEAST BE ROTTING IN PRISON

0 of 1 people found this review helpful
The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I

UNABRIDGED
- by Stephen King
- Narrated by George Guidall
The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 54 mins)

By Stephen King

Narrated By George Guidall

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(5640)
Performance
(2156)
Story
(2190)

Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, The Gunslinger introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea in the first volume of The Dark Tower series. Roland, the last gunslinger, is a solitary figure, perhaps accursed, who with a strange single-mindedness traverses an exhausted, almost timeless landscape of good and evil.
Karen says: "Not a King fan...BUT"
"HATED IT!!!"

Overall
Performance
Story

Would you try another book from Stephen King and/or George Guidall?

IT WAS A CONFUSING, BORING, GROSS MESS OF A STORY........LIKED 11-22-83 BY STEPHEN KING SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY THIS.........I'LL PASS ON THE MANY SEQUELS TO THIS MESS.........UGHHHHHHH!!

What was most disappointing about Stephen King’s story?

INCOMPREHENSIBLE MESS

Would you be willing to try another one of George Guidall’s performances?

POSSIBLY

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Gunslinger?

THE WHOLE MESS

1 of 3 people found this review helpful
The Forsyte Saga

UNABRIDGED
- by John Galsworthy
- Narrated by Fred Williams
The Forsyte Saga

UNABRIDGED (42 hrs and 38 mins)

By John Galsworthy

Narrated By Fred Williams

Overall
(231)
Performance
(55)
Story
(54)

The three novels that make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family through three generations, beginning in Victorian London during the 1880s and ending in the early 1920s. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women.
Kay in DC says: "A delight"
"Depressing"

Overall
Performance
Story

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

No. It was depressing with no redeeming area

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Have at least someone end up happy in the end

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Absolutely not

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book I

UNABRIDGED
- by George R. R. Martin
- Narrated by Roy Dotrice
A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book I

UNABRIDGED (33 hrs and 50 mins)

By George R. R. Martin

Narrated By Roy Dotrice

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(15500)
Performance
(9983)
Story
(9990)

In a time long forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons off balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. As the cold returns, sinister forces are massing beyond the protective wall of the kingdom of Winterfell. To the south, the king's powers are failing, with his most trusted advisor mysteriously dead and enemies emerging from the throne's shadow.
Teddy says: "OMG! OMG! OMG!"
"good story line"

Overall
Performance
Story

a little complicated with lots of details to remember......but a good story, kept my interest...........already downloaded the second installment

0 of 2 people found this review helpful
The Curse of Chalion

UNABRIDGED
- by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by Lloyd James
The Curse of Chalion

UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 27 mins)

By Lois McMaster Bujold

Narrated By Lloyd James

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1763)
Performance
(591)
Story
(596)

Amidst the decaying splendor and poisonous intrigue of Chalion's ancient capital, Cazaril is forced to confront not only powerful enemies but also the malignant curse that clings to the royal household, trapping him, flesh and soul, in a maze of demonic paradox, damnation, and death for as long as he dares walk the five-fold pathway of the gods.
Pete says: "Excellent Fantasy... Epic in feel, finite in pace"
"loved it"

Overall
Performance
Story

very entertaining, easy to follow..........a good story

1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Gone with the Wind

UNABRIDGED
- by Margaret Mitchell
- Narrated by Linda Stephens
Gone with the Wind

UNABRIDGED (49 hrs and 7 mins)

By Margaret Mitchell

Narrated By Linda Stephens

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(2277)
Performance
(1325)
Story
(1344)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire....
dallas says: "not to miss audible experience"
"classic - timeless"

Overall
Performance
Story

i've read the book multiple times, seen the movie multiple times and now have listened to the audo..........always entertaining, always holds your interest, i guess that's why it's a classic

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time

UNABRIDGED
- by Robert Jordan
- Narrated by Kate Reading , Michael Kramer
The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time

UNABRIDGED (29 hrs and 32 mins)

By Robert Jordan

Narrated By Kate Reading, Michael Kramer

Overall
(6843)
Performance
(3000)
Story
(3039)

When their village is attacked by trollocs, monsters thought to be only legends, three young men, Rand, Matt, and Perrin, flee in the company of the Lady Moiraine, a sinister visitor of unsuspected powers. Thus begins an epic adventure set in a world of wonders and horror, where what was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
Greg says: "This Series Rocks"
"entertaining enough to stick with"

Overall
Performance
Story

not fantastic, but entertaining.............i listen while i exercise usully, sooooo it's gotta be entertaining. it was a little hard to follow and remember all the details at times, but all in all worth the credit.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful
Intervention

UNABRIDGED
- by Terri Blackstock
- Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Intervention

UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 9 mins)

By Terri Blackstock

Narrated By Cassandra Campbell

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(64)
Performance
(30)
Story
(30)

Barbara Covington has one more chance to save her daughter from a devastating addiction: staging an intervention. But when 18-year-old Emily disappears on the way to drug treatment and her interventionist is found dead at the airport where she was last seen, Barbara enters her darkest nightmare of all.
LaToya says: "A real page turner"
"entertaining"

Overall
Performance
Story

good way to pass a little time listening in.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Hadassah Covenant: A Queen's Legacy

UNABRIDGED
- by Tommy Tenney
- Narrated by Suzanne Toren
The Hadassah Covenant: A Queen's Legacy

UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 30 mins)

By Tommy Tenney

Narrated By Suzanne Toren

Overall
(20)
Performance
(6)
Story
(6)

When the king is murdered, Esther struggles to understand God's role for her and the people of ancient Persia. And in a parallel story set in the Middle East, the Israeli prime minister's wife must delve into the past to fight terrorism in the present.
Alice says: "The Hadassah Covenant"
"entertaining"

Overall
Performance
Story

i enjoyed the story

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Jane Eyre, Volume 1

UNABRIDGED
- by Charlotte Bronte
- Narrated by Amanda Root
Jane Eyre, Volume 1

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 31 mins)

By Charlotte Bronte

Narrated By Amanda Root

Overall
(135)
Performance
(18)
Story
(18)

One of the greatest love stories ever written, Jane Eyre is the tale of a young woman entangled with the powerful Mr. Rochester. What lurks in the attic at Thornfield, the ancestral home of the surly Mr. Rochester? Will the governess Jane Eyre discover his secret, and having discovered it, live to regret that knowledge? Battling inside Jane are passion and prudence; she struggles to survive the turmoil they cause.
Amy says: "Best ever"
"classic"

Overall
Performance
Story

classic says it all...........fascinating

0 of 1 people found this review helpful