Rafts Audiolibro Por Utunu arte de portada

Rafts

 Vista previa
Obtén esta oferta Prueba por $0.00
La oferta termina el 21 de enero de 2026 11:59pm PT.
Prime logotipo Exclusivo para miembros Prime: ¿Nuevo en Audible? Obtén 2 audiolibros gratis con tu prueba.
Solo $0.99 al mes durante los primeros 3 meses de Audible Premium Plus.
1 bestseller o nuevo lanzamiento al mes, tuyo para siempre.
Escucha todo lo que quieras de entre miles de audiolibros, podcasts y Originals incluidos.
Se renueva automáticamente por US$14.95 al mes después de 3 meses. Cancela en cualquier momento.
Elige 1 audiolibro al mes de nuestra inigualable colección.
Escucha todo lo que quieras de entre miles de audiolibros, Originals y podcasts incluidos.
Accede a ofertas y descuentos exclusivos.
Premium Plus se renueva automáticamente por $14.95 al mes después de 30 días. Cancela en cualquier momento.

Rafts

De: Utunu
Narrado por: Nico Janssen
Obtén esta oferta Prueba por $0.00

Se renueva automáticamente por US$14.95 al mes después de 3 meses. Cancela en cualquier momento. La oferta termina el 21 de enero de 2026 11:59pm PT.

$14.95 al mes después de 30 días. Cancela en cualquier momento.

Compra ahora por $15.72

Compra ahora por $15.72

OFERTA POR TIEMPO LIMITADO | Obtén 3 meses por US$0.99 al mes

$14.95/mes despues- se aplican términos.

Kunet, a young human pearl diver from a small coastal fishing village, seeks to prove himself. Yet when the gods of sea and sky clash, it wreaks havoc on those caught between. In the wake of catastrophe, he finds himself adrift with an unexpected companion. Torn from their homes and everything they once knew, two strangers must now work together to survive, even as an unlikely relationship blossoms between them.

Content Warning - Contains scenes of explicit male/male sex and deals with topics such as injury and loss. This book is intended for adults only, and listener discretion is advised.

©2023 Utunu (P)2024 Utunu
Beautiful Love Story • Emotional Journey • Natural Character Development • Timeless Message

Con calificación alta para:

Todas las estrellas
Más relevante
I just loved it. it had a good story it had great characters a budding romance. It had a good ending

its not a book but a feeling

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
don't often leave reviews, but this title was just beautiful. so many time an I used to stories turning south because of something, but this one just holds a short and beautiful love story. I love when a book can make me cry from the ending and it did just that.

beautiful

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
I picked up Rafts on a whim, seeing a recommendation that showed up right after finishing another novel and really wanting to get more. After some time and mulling over what to listen to next, I finally decided to start Rafts, listening to it on my morning and evening commutes. I really regret not stumbling on it sooner because it is one of the most touching stories I've ever read. The growth that our characters go through is amazing considering their relatively different backgrounds and I am so glad I was able to experience it finally. My only issue is having it end, it was always a highlight coming back to Kunet and Shima to begin and end my day.

Nico did an amazing job with his performance. He took his time with the content, putting effort into injecting emotion into our characters and doing a fantastic job with their individual voices. I sincerely hope that he continues to do audiobook reads, because he really hit it out of the park for me - I'd instantly jump on any story he happens to do in the future, doubly so if it happens to be from Utunu. (make sure you go follow them both on social media)

I tend to come back to stories I haven't read/listened to in a while and I'm really looking forward to experiencing this wonderful journey once again.

Bravo.

Incredibly touching and moving story

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Honestly I wasn’t expecting to get sucked into such a short story so much, But I fell in love with the characters from the start to the point it felt like it was there on the island with them.

Characters

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Welp this is my second time writing this review so I’m going to try and keep it a little bit more brief. I’ll start with what I liked.

Despite having only two characters for almost the entire story, Rafts managed to keep me engaged the entire time. These characters feel real, they feel like they actually exist within their own reality rather than being simply vessels for the continuation of the story. The way these two begin with apprehension and fear, and eventually overcome it to form a beautiful friendship and eventually partnership is outstanding. They start having no way to communicate with each other. They progress through simple sign language, to primitive speech, and eventually full complex conversations over the course of the entire story, and it feels natural the entire time. The prose is excellent, and the narrator does it justice with a lively and energetic performance. The romantic elements are among some of the best that I have heard/read. The way these characters come to find comfort and love with each other in the face of catastrophic loss feels almost overly romantic at times, but it simply works.

Now onto my main criticism:

My main criticism is something I’ve noticed in many stories containing erotic elements, and that is that the sex scenes tend to become somewhat repetitive after a while. The actual word choice in these scenes is great, it’s not crude and it doesn’t feel like it’s in the story purely for the sake of wordporn. This may be up to personal preference, but I’ve found that lots of erotic literature can fall into the trap of becoming “smut” thinly wrapped in a story. Rafts is not one of those stories. While the scenes in Rafts do eventually become repetitive, they aren’t the primary driving force to the story. I think this is partly because of the build up to the first “stargazing” (which occurs probably around halfway through the story). These characters spends weeks together and learn not only to trust, but care for one another. Their intimacy grows slowly, and there are times when the sex is heartwrenchingly beautiful.

!!!SPOILERS!!!:
The final sex scene between these characters before the death of Shima is what finally convinced me that is more than just erotica, there was a true purpose behind it. There is this impending sense of doom, we know that Shima will die soon, yet in the face of this impending mortality they are able to find the beauty in one another and be “one beautiful things”.
Our narrator is broken by this loss, and with nothing else to tie him to the world, he decides to let go of his worldly connection. But it doesn’t feel sad, or even wrong. Our two characters continue on outside of the discernible reality of life, they don’t meet together in some corny white clouds semblance of heaven. They simply continue on as “one beautiful thing” outside of life. The heir love continues on even in death, and they become the island that was their home.
The only way that I can describe this conclusion is that it feels mythological. It feels like something you’d read in a textbook while studying ancient storytelling. It touches on something so beautiful and complex that it feels like something that surely has already existed in some form at some time.

All in all, Rafts is probably one of the single best things I have heard on this platform. I am absolutely going to buy a physical copy. All praise to this author, and I hope you give it a chance.

“Rafts” is a beautiful and tragic exploration of loss, acceptance, and romantic discovery. POTENTIAL SPOILERS

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Ver más opiniones