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Alias Grace
- Narrated by: Shelley Thompson
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
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- Hollys review
- 05-25-17
Quite good
An interesting story, but not as gripping as I found Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale to be.
I thought at first that the performance was not very good as it was sometimes not immediately clear to me whether it was speech or internal thought, though that did clear up, and I have a much hier opinion of her now than in the first portion of audio. It's much easier to understand a differentiation (for me, at least) when the character is not Irish, as I find the performer's own (Canadian, slightly maritime?) accent to be similar in kind to the Irish accents she puts on, though still different.
I enjoyed how all the characters' stories converged and went their own ways again.
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- Simon
- 01-31-22
What a great story!
Loved the writting, wits and depth of the characters. Inspired by a true Story, it makes it even harder to Believe (in fact, it remains an unsolved mistery)
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- Judy Engela
- 01-20-21
Matches the series perfectly
I tried listening to “Alias Grace” before watching the series but became very confused – Atwood’s constant inclusion of letters and jumping around in the story is a bit difficult to wrap your head around in audio-form. However, after having watched the series, I decided to give it another go, and I absolutely loved this book despite knowing what was coming. I’m super impressed that the series creators were able to capture, almost perfectly, the whole vibe of this story. Absolutely excellently narrated. Loved it!
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- Jane
- 07-15-18
Adored it!
The narrator needs a standing ovation for this performance! Stunning book, stunning story, stunning overall!
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- Brid
- 09-30-16
beautifully written and narrated
This book really alleviated the tedium of my morning and evening commute. I found it thoroughly absorbing, due to the beautifully written prose combined with narration that complimented the writing so perfectly. I'm only sorry to have finished it!
50 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-17-17
great story
Great story but some of the level of detail and tangents were a bit distracting.
36 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-09-16
enthralling
I was fully captivated by Grace's story and Margaret Atwood manages that most clever feat - completely convincing you that you are in a different place and time by telling a story well and weaving details of history into it rather than drenching the tale in so many researched facts it starts to feel like a history lesson
29 people found this helpful
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- Ecovisitor
- 12-05-13
Gripping and mesmerising
If you could sum up Alias Grace in three words, what would they be?
Intriguing, captivating, heart wrenching
What did you like best about this story?
Excellent narration of the different characters, lovely Canadian accent and gripping story.
Have you listened to any of Shelley Thompson’s other performances? How does this one compare?
no
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Occasional laugh and heart breaking in places
Any additional comments?
Only problem I had was occasionally distinguishing between the opening quotes at each chapter and the start of the story in each case- just needed a slight pause.
But I absolutely loved this clever book and its telling.
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- djohn1
- 10-22-18
slow burner but well worth it!
stick at this one and you will be rewarded. I found it slow to start, but not one to waste a credit I carried on and got hooked!
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- Grete Buck
- 09-21-17
Fascinating!
An insight into the early use of psychoanalysis to determine criminal guilt. Very well narrated using two voices.
14 people found this helpful
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- Cassy
- 06-11-17
Amazing amazing amazing!!!
Spectacularly written and extremely well read. a total joy to listen to. Will immediately download all Margaret Attwood's entire back catalogue
5*
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- Cybergal
- 10-25-17
Nothing happens for half the book!
It is a very long book in which nothing happens for the first half, just endless detailed slow descriptions of every day life. The story picks up pace and begins to unfold after the half way mark. I found it extremely boring and difficult to stick with until the end. The story itself may be interesting, as it is based on real events, but it is painfully dragged out and not many scenes of consequence or interest actually take place in the book as a whole and the repetitive descriptions get tedious after a while.
11 people found this helpful
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- sarah
- 01-28-18
Good story that draws the listener in
What did you like most about Alias Grace?
It was a metaphorical page-turner
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The audio book is so much better than the netflicks drama. There are so many more nuances explored that explain the story and why this or that happened. Grace was a very complex character who had to learn how to survive any way she could do. The audio book made me feel that she was quite naïve and young.
10 people found this helpful
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- Debbie Caswell
- 01-29-18
Well written, interesting, and hard to put down.
Such an interesting story that makes you stop and question. I truly loved it. I would highly recommend it.
9 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 12-27-18
A great story which leaves questions in your mind
I loved the story but it does make you guesting what the true story is even years later.
The performance of the reader was great. I will definitely look for more
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- Jacqui Fisher
- 11-05-18
Wasn’t sure to begin with but WOW!
What a magnificent story and then to learn that it’s based on real events!
I loved the language and the symbolism... a must read/listen
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- B_R
- 05-23-18
Work of descriptive & psychological genius
Alias Grace is a little outside the realm of Atwood's usual work in that it is historical fiction rather than dystopian. However, what makes it intriguing is that this historical whodunnit is based on a real murder case. The answer as to "why" has been answered by Atwood's usual believable speculative narrative, which works in beautifully with the real facts of the case. The result is a work of descriptive and psychological genius.
The narrator was brilliant in this reading, bringing Grace Marks to life. She maintained the mystery and aloofness, but also the kindness that Atwood intended for this character.
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- Monika Lumetorm
- 03-10-19
No idea what is it about
Couldn't stand even 5 minutes with this chaotic narration. Even when you reduce the audio speed, it's hard to follow.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-16-18
Wonderful narration!
I love the narration of this story. The only thing I didn’t enjoy was that I foolishly watched the mini series first so I was biased to that.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-15-18
Wonderful!
I absolutely loved this book. What an extraordinary writer Margaret Atwood is! A fascinating portrayal of life in this period and an absorbing story. The only negative for me is that it ended. The narrator was wonderful, the best I have heard.
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- amanda
- 12-07-17
Thoroughly Enjoyable
Very descriptive, I have a very clear picture of the era now. Thanks to the author for the afterward. Brilliant narration.
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- carolyn fitzgerald
- 11-28-17
Fabulous
Took a little while to get into it but so glad I persevered. Beautifully written and narrated.
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- Anjella
- 11-16-17
So good!
Wonderful story and narration. I was spellbound for the whole time. Considered buying the book but I didn't want to miss any of the story as read by Shelley Thompson; she brought Grace to life.
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Set on Cape Ann in the early 1800s, The Last Days of Dogtown is peopled by widows, orphans, spinsters, scoundrels, whores, free Africans, and "witches". Nearly a decade ago, Diamant found an account of an abandoned rural backwater near the Massachusetts coastline at the turn of the nineteenth century. That pamphlet inspired a stunning novel about a small group of eccentrics and misfits, struggling in a harsh, isolated landscape only fifty miles north of Boston, yet a world away.
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October Reading
- By Alison on 11-14-08
By: Anita Diamant
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Gone with the Wind
- By: Margaret Mitchell
- Narrated by: Linda Stephens
- Length: 49 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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not to miss audible experience
- By dallas on 12-08-09
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My Notorious Life
- A Novel
- By: Kate Manning
- Narrated by: Terry Donnelly
- Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant rendering of a scandalous historical figure, Kate Manning's My Notorious Life is an ambitious, thrilling novel introducing Axie Muldoon, a fiery heroine for the ages. Axie's story begins on the streets of 1860s New York. The impoverished child of Irish immigrants, she grows up to become one of the wealthiest and most controversial women of her day.
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A compelling story, but an awful reader
- By Kindle Customer on 11-16-15
By: Kate Manning
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The Town House
- By: Norah Lofts
- Narrated by: Juliet Prague, Martyn Read
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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"It was in the first week of October in the year 1391 that I first came face to face with the man who owned me… the man whose lightest word was to us, his villeins, weightier than the King’s law or the edicts of our Holy Father…” So began the story of Martin Reed - a serf whose resentment of the automatic rule of his feudal lord finally flared into open defiance.
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My favorite author
- By Karie on 07-09-15
By: Norah Lofts
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Bless This House
- By: Norah Lofts
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes, Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The house was built in the Old Queen's time: built for an Elizabethan pirate who was knighted for the plunder he brought home. It survived many eras, many reigns: it saw the passing of Cromwell and the Civil War. It became rich with an Indian Nabob and poor with a 20th century innkeeper. It saw wars, and lovers, and death. Children were born there, both heirs and bastards. It had ghosts and legends and a history that grew stranger with every generation.
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Bless This House - my take
- By Kalona1982 on 04-05-09
By: Norah Lofts
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The Poison Thread
- A Novel
- By: Laura Purcell
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle, Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy, and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor, and awaiting trial for murder. When Dorothea's charitable work brings her to Oakgate Prison, she is delighted by the chance to explore her fascination with phrenology and test her hypothesis that the shape of a person's skull can cast a light on their darkest crimes. But when she meets one of the prisoners, the teenaged seamstress Ruth, she is faced with another strange idea.
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Well told gothic story good narrators
- By ReallyNelie on 08-10-19
By: Laura Purcell