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Taken
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Elvis Cole. All round nice guy. Always the first man to help a stranger in distress. This time, however, he's paid the ultimate price for trying to be the good Samaritan.
Joe Pike. A fierce protector and a dangerous enemy. This time his tough-guy exterior will be tested to the limit as he risks everything to save his closest friend.
The clock is ticking now that Elvis has been Taken.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Patrick J. Misciagna
- 03-08-23
Almost a 5 out of 5
Narration was great as usual and the story was solid but I didn't enjoy the jump in timelines as much as I could have. The jumping is not normal for These series and if executed slightly better it would have worked but just missed for me. I enjoyed it anyway but it could have been great.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- mollyeyre
- 11-30-17
Story jumps around all over the place.
I usually enjoy hearing about Cole and Pike, but this story was very muddled, I don't know if it was done for effect, or whether it was down to poor editing. We heard that an item hidden by Pike was found by Cole..... Before we even knew that Pike had been taken. It zipped around between dates and times and was totally illogical. Not one of his best!
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- judi
- 08-09-18
Too violent
I’m sorry I bought this book. It is full of gratuitous violence. I don’t know whether Crais was trying to make a political point about people trafficking and kidnap, but it didn’t make for pleasant reading. I felt he was grappling for a plot and unfortunately the result wasn’t very satisfactory. The first Elvis Cole book I haven’t enjoyed. Don’t buy this in the hopes you might enjoy it.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Dr Andrew M Long
- 12-14-14
Reasonably engrossing
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
It was a distraction to daily life but very remote from my experienced reality!
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Although this is part of a series it does stand alone however it does contain extremes of violence that was personally challenging
What about Luke Daniels’s performance did you like?
Calm delivery and good use of tonal quality for different voices
Did Taken inspire you to do anything?
Not really
Any additional comments?
I enjoyed the first book in this series which I purchased from Audible. I am not sure that this encouraged me to complete the whole series!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Nathan
- 09-09-16
Good Book
enjoyed this book, however not quite as griping as some other Robert crais titles. Still listened to this one through til the end.
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