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Patrick

Sparkill, NY, United States | Member Since 2006

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343 titles in library
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Next

UNABRIDGED
- by Michael Crichton
- Narrated by Dylan Baker
Next

UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 54 mins)

By Michael Crichton

Narrated By Dylan Baker

Overall
(1441)
Performance
(214)
Story
(224)

Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.
Ronald says: "interesting topic - dull, boring, confusing book"
"good cause bad pros"

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Performance
Story

convoluted, sometimes entertaining

0 of 2 people found this review helpful
Snow Crash

UNABRIDGED
- by Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by Jonathan Davis
Snow Crash

UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 8 mins)

By Neal Stephenson

Narrated By Jonathan Davis

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(4315)
Performance
(1733)
Story
(1764)

Neal Stephenson is a blazing new force on the sci-fi scene. With the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, he has "vaulted onto the literary stage." It weaves virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility - in short, it is the gigathriller of the information age.
Brent says: "A solid sci-fi novel"
"pretentious"

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Orders of magnitude pretentious this book is. Sort of Neuromancer meets necromancer without the style and content of Gibson.
Couldn't wait to get through it.
Don't waste your $

0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel, Book 20

UNABRIDGED
- by Peter Robinson
- Narrated by Simon Prebble
Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel, Book 20

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 59 mins)

By Peter Robinson

Narrated By Simon Prebble

Overall
(70)
Performance
(58)
Story
(57)

A decorated detective inspector is murdered on the tranquil grounds of the St. Peter’s Police Treatment Centre, shot through the heart with a crossbow arrow, and compromising photographs are discovered in his room. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is well aware that he must handle the highly sensitive - and dangerously explosive - investigation with the utmost discretion. Because the case may involve police corruption, an officer from Professional Standards, Inspector Joanna Passero, has arrived to work with Banks and his team.
Lynn says: "Banks, Annie and Simon Prebble All In Top Form"
"Big fan of Peter Robinson, not wild about narrator"

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Performance
Story

As a big fan of Peter Robinson, I like the book.
Mr. Prebble's narration for me was really monochromatic. He almost sounds bored reading the text.

Some one like Toby Longworth would have been a much better choice.

1 of 3 people found this review helpful
A Deepness in the Sky

UNABRIDGED
- by Vernor Vinge
- Narrated by Peter Larkin
A Deepness in the Sky

UNABRIDGED (28 hrs and 25 mins)

By Vernor Vinge

Narrated By Peter Larkin

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(252)
Performance
(128)
Story
(129)

After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. There are two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap unimaginable riches.
Amen-Ra says: "A science fiction classic"
"Slow start but got better"

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Any additional comments?

In this massive audiobook, one has to hang in there to enjoy it. By the end I was definitely
engaged. I would have like a little less supercilious reading though, good as it was.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
An American Spy

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- by Olen Steinhauer
- Narrated by David Pittu
An American Spy

UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 33 mins)

By Olen Steinhauer

Narrated By David Pittu

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(156)
Performance
(124)
Story
(126)

With only a handful of “tourists” - CIA-trained assassins - left, Weaver would like to move on and use this as an opportunity to regain a normal life, a life focused on his family. His former boss in the CIA, Alan Drummond, can’t let it go. When Alan uses one of Milo’s compromised aliases to travel to London and then disappears, calling all kinds of attention to his actions, Milo can’t help but go in search of him. Worse still, it's beginning to look as if Tourism's enemies are gearing up for a final, fatal blow.
Joanne says: "Very complicated"
"good story"

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Would you consider the audio edition of An American Spy to be better than the print version?

irrelevant question audible, if you want a review stop looking for marketing info,
word 14m word 15

What did you like best about this story?

well crafted story line

Did David Pittu do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

yes, believable accents for the most part, could use a little work on the Italian

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

dumb question

Any additional comments?

can we please get back to a regular review set up, this discourages me from a helpful review to other listeners

2 of 2 people found this review helpful
The Tourist: A Novel

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- by Olen Steinhauer
- Narrated by Tom Weiner
The Tourist: A Novel

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs)

By Olen Steinhauer

Narrated By Tom Weiner

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(599)
Performance
(155)
Story
(156)

In the vein of John le Carré and Graham Greene, this contemporary international thriller follows Milo Weaver as he is drawn into a conspiracy that links riots in the Sudan, an assassin committing suicide, and an old friend who's been accused of selling secrets to the Chinese. Once the CIA and Homeland Security are after him, the only way for him to survive is to return, headfirst, into Tourism.
Derek says: "I loved this book"
"Great Listen"

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

would recommend this audiobook, nicely crafted and well performed.
this is all I have to say, silly that audible has a 15 word minimum

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Stay Close

UNABRIDGED
- by Harlan Coben
- Narrated by Scott Brick
Stay Close

UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 8 mins)

By Harlan Coben

Narrated By Scott Brick

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1305)
Performance
(1054)
Story
(1063)

Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all.
Alisha says: "Perfect narration, what you expect from Coban"
"wait for it....wait for it...."

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What did you like best about Stay Close? What did you like least?

it seemed like it took fooooooorever for Mr. Coben to develope this story, way too much time to state the obvious

Would you recommend Stay Close to your friends? Why or why not?

eh.....maybe not

What does Scott Brick bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

excellent performer, always like his feel for the subject

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

no

0 of 2 people found this review helpful
The Heat Islands: Doc Ford #2

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- by Randy Wayne White
- Narrated by Dick Hill
The Heat Islands: Doc Ford #2

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 23 mins)

By Randy Wayne White

Narrated By Dick Hill

Overall
(141)
Performance
(66)
Story
(65)

Marine biologist and former secret operative Doc Ford is lazily poling his skiff along Southwest Florida's flat copper sea in search of sea anemones when he runs into the body of the most hated man on Sanibel Island: Marvin Rios. And when the Island's simplest and sweetest resident is arrested for the murder, Doc heads straight into the heart of the sunshine state's dark side - to save his friend from being framed, and to save Sanibel Island from a rising tide of land-grab schemes, blood money, and violence.
Patrick says: "entertaining"
"entertaining"

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Randy Waybe Write brings a sophisticated twist to nefarious doings in the waters off Florida. Narrated creatively by Dick Hill.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Fifth Witness

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- by Michael Connelly
- Narrated by Peter Giles
The Fifth Witness

UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 56 mins)

By Michael Connelly

Narrated By Peter Giles

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(3828)
Performance
(1902)
Story
(1891)

Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too - and he's certain he's on the right trail. Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in.
Bob says: "Compelling and difficult to put down"
"not bad"

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Not my favorite work of Mr. Connelly but somewhat entertaining nonetheless. The narration was well performed.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The Snowman

UNABRIDGED
- by Jo Nesbo
- Narrated by Robin Sachs
The Snowman

UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 38 mins)

By Jo Nesbo

Narrated By Robin Sachs

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1653)
Performance
(1044)
Story
(1044)

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"
"Larson it's not"

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Story

I guess we'll have to wait to see if Larson's girlfriend will come up with the 4th edition.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Bel-Air Dead: A Stone Barrington Novel

UNABRIDGED
- by Stuart Woods
- Narrated by Tony Roberts
Bel-Air Dead: A Stone Barrington Novel

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 28 mins)

By Stuart Woods

Narrated By Tony Roberts

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(201)
Performance
(110)
Story
(110)

Stone Barrington receives a rather unexpected phone call from Arrington Calder, the ex-girlfriend with whom he has a son. Arrington's much older husband, the actor Vance Calder, has just died, leaving her a fortune in Centurion Studios stock. Arrington has plans for the money and asks Stone to represent her in the sale of the company. But when he arrives at her home in Bel-Air to finalize the deal, things take a nasty turn.
William says: "Another Great Stone Barrington Novel"
"not great"

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Great expectations not realized in this hokey LA rich club fable, women and Bentley???s notwithstanding

0 of 0 people found this review helpful