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Cold Black Earth
- Narrated by: Alice St. Clair
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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When Rachel Lindstrom fled from her rural hometown in Western Illinois to join the State Department and see the world, she never expected to return with her life in tatters. But after the horrors of war and a painful divorce, the only place where she can rebuild is the town she once escaped.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- msp
- 11-18-21
fair plot
Unusual plot, and ending. interesting characters, family upheavals, twists and turns exist, surprise??, ending for characters???
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- semifamousartist
- 11-07-18
Pretty Good
This is the first Sam Reaves book I have read. It was pretty good. I liked the narration too.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Sarah Miller
- 08-24-18
not the best narrator choice
Story was ok. Narrator made the character sound whiney and old. All the men sounded like dofuses. Story probably would've been better read or by a different narrator.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 07-12-18
Could Black Earth
Kept my attention all the way through. A lot of trying to figure it out. All in all, I read it all night.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Student of History
- 10-06-16
Really disappointed
One of my first Audible books. The narrative was interesting, but a bit repetitive. But the two things that really drove me crazy were the narrator and the ending. The narrator has a habit of emphasizing the wrong words in a sentence or overemphasizing too many words. I found this extremely distracting. It also illustrated to me how important the narrator is in interpreting an audible book. Although I enjoyed most of this book, the ending seemed so contrived and out of left field, that I was not even interested in the unraveling and explaining of the story in the final chapters. I do love Audible though!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Historygal777
- 09-15-16
Good suspense
I'm excited to have found a new suspense writer. And the narrator is good too. I'll be purchasing more of Sam Reaves's books to listen to.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- BYoung
- 11-11-15
meh so so
nice twist but seriously, the story could have been told in 1/3 of the time. A LOT of whining and pity-partying made by the main characters, who were fairly one-dimensional. every conversation had an 'I'm sorry' which got tiresome.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Kara
- 09-01-15
Wonderfully read!
Enjoyed the story, but have to admit it was the narrator who kept me waiting to hear more! Can't wait to hear more books narrated by Alice St.Clair!
