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The Tenant
- De: Freida McFadden
- Narrado por: Will Damron, Christine Lakin
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone he shares with his fiancée, he's desperate to make ends meet. Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she? Because something isn't quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night.
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I have almost all of FM's titles in my library
- De Olympia1010 en 05-18-25
- The Tenant
- De: Freida McFadden
- Narrado por: Will Damron, Christine Lakin
A twist was expected, but Freida delivered!
Revisado: 06-09-25
The early part of the story drags on a bit, and it does get tedious watching Blake go insane over the stuff happening in his home (while making dumb decisions that put him in worse spots), but eventually a bombshell is dropped, and even though Blake nearly bungles it again, the story ends with a bang!
Both narrators did a good job with dialogue and keeping the story engaging.
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Doing Time
- The Time Police, Book 1
- De: Jodi Taylor
- Narrado por: Zara Ramm
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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A long time ago in the future, the secret of time travel became known to all. Unsurprisingly, the world nearly ended. There will always be idiots who want to change history. Enter the Time Police. An all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the timeline straight. At all costs. Their success is legendary. The Time Wars are over. But now they must fight to save a very different future - their own. This is the story of Jane, Luke and Matthew - the worst recruits in Time Police history. Or, very possibly, three young people who might change everything.
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Good Teenager Book
- De Brutis en 05-03-20
- Doing Time
- The Time Police, Book 1
- De: Jodi Taylor
- Narrado por: Zara Ramm
More like wasting time
Revisado: 08-20-24
This may be one of those books you need to have listened to the prequel to appreciate, but though it felt like it was building toward something significant, it really just ended up feeling like an extended episode of a sitcom that is designed to explain the origins of yet another sitcom.
Get ready for lots of tedious story-telling, including our characters getting into misadventures and "who's on first" type of shenanigans that are quite easy for the reader/listener to see through, but the author decides to drag out for ages anyway leading to a predictable and lackluster reveal/conclusion.
The characters were quite good and seemed like they'd develop into more, if only the author had some meat to throw on the bones.
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Doing Time
- Time Police, Book 1
- De: Jodi Taylor
- Narrado por: Zara Ramm
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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A long time ago in the future, the secret of time travel became known to all. Everyone seized the opportunity - and the world nearly ended. There will always be idiots who want to change history. And so, the Time Police were formed. An all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the timeline straight. At all costs. Their success is legendary, and the Time Wars are over. But now the Time Police must fight to save a very different future - their own. This is the story of Jane, Luke and Matthew - arguably the worst recruits in Time Police history....
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Good Teenager Book
- De Brutis en 05-03-20
- Doing Time
- Time Police, Book 1
- De: Jodi Taylor
- Narrado por: Zara Ramm
More like wasting time
Revisado: 08-20-24
This may be one of those books you need to have listened to the prequel to appreciate, but though it felt like it was building toward something significant, it really just ended up feeling like an extended episode of a sitcom that is designed to explain the origins of yet another sitcom.
Get ready for lots of tedious story-telling, including our characters getting into misadventures and "who's on first" type of shenanigans that are quite easy for the reader/listener to see through, but the author decides to drag out for ages anyway leading to a predictable and lackluster reveal/conclusion.
The characters were quite good and seemed like they'd develop into more, if only the author had some meat to throw on the bones.
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The Safe Man
- De: Michael Connelly, Terrill Lee Lankford
- Narrado por: Jack Quaid, Titus Welliver, full cast
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When Brian Holloway (Jack Quaid, The Boys) was hired by famous horror author Paul Robinette (Titus Welliver, Bosch) to crack an antique safe in his home, he had no idea what he was about to encounter. Opening that safe door unleashed something sinister — something that continues to haunt him. But what exactly? And can whatever slipped through that threshold be stopped?
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Mr. Connelly, Please write more in this genre!
- De MVB en 05-29-24
- The Safe Man
- De: Michael Connelly, Terrill Lee Lankford
- Narrado por: Jack Quaid, Titus Welliver, full cast
Nice little supernatural short
Revisado: 05-20-24
There was nothing too deep here, but it was definitely enjoyable. The cast, though they felt like they were voice acting at times, came together well and the story, while not too complex, did have enough twists and turns to make it enjoyable. Nice and short too -- would recommend.
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Thirteen Storeys
- De: Jonathan Sims
- Narrado por: Ayesha Antoine, Aysha Kala, Ben Elliot, y otros
- Duración: 13 h y 14 m
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A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building. None of them know why they were selected to receive his invitation. Besides a postcode, they share only one thing in common - they've all experienced an unsettling occurrence within the building's walls. By the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened. His death remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now.
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Good story, mostly boring writing
- De alex en 05-22-21
A great journey, middling destination
Revisado: 08-14-23
I first encountered Jonathan Sims from his Magnus Archives podcast series, and much like that series, this book is a great journey with a lackluster destination.
The Magnus Archives was great at telling solo one-off stories that had mystery and intrigue, but it was when they all had to come together for a payoff that things got disappointing. That also happened here. Don't get me wrong, the ending isn't HORRIBLE, but given all the build-up, it's a bit of a let-down to find out who/what the big bad and mystery is.
Still an enjoyable listen though with a great audio cast
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Quantum Radio
- De: A.G. Riddle
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 14 h y 59 m
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Dr. Tyson Klein is a quantum physicist who has dedicated his entire life to his research. At CERN, he analyses data generated by the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest and most powerful particle accelerator. Now, Ty believes he's found a pattern in its output. It looks like an organised data stream, being broadcast over what he calls a quantum radio. Could it be a signal from another universe? A message sent from the future? Or something else entirely?
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Can't wait for book two
- De T. Patterson en 03-12-23
- Quantum Radio
- De: A.G. Riddle
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Good stand-alone or series start
Revisado: 08-06-23
This story was enjoyable enough as a stand-alone work, but also left it open for further releases in a series. Though there were some “oh come on” moments, I’d be happy with either direction to be honest.
Ray Porter did an amazing job as always
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Space: 1969
- De: Bill Oakley
- Narrado por: Natasha Lyonne, full cast
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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Nancy Kranich (played by Emmy-nominated actress Natasha Lyonne of Russian Doll and Orange Is the New Black) is a night nurse on an orbiting space station. But Nancy hates her job, is sick of space, and longs to find adventure and a safe place to smoke cigarettes that won’t blow everyone up. But when Nancy gets caught up in an outer-space conspiracy involving President Kennedy, former vice-president Richard Nixon, and an intergalactic object that could change the course of history, she gets way more adventure than she bargained for.
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Simply the Best Full-Cast Audio Book Ever!
- De Veritas en 07-09-22
- Space: 1969
- De: Bill Oakley
- Narrado por: Natasha Lyonne, full cast
Cheesy, but not too
Revisado: 08-21-22
This book could’ve ended up overly cheesy, first due to the protagonist (I always feel she tries too hard with the snark, in this and other roles) and the “on-the-nose” narration, jokes and other tidbits.
Credit where credit is due though, they reigned it in and managed to keep it at a slight chuckle reaction vs an eye roll.
The plot was interesting enough, not too heavy, but solid enough to keep the story and zany situations moving along.
Unsure this would be worth a credit, but at say 5.99 or so (or, in this case free with audible membership) it was a worthwhile way to spend a few hours
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The Disappearance of Emily Downs
- De: C.J. Redwine
- Narrado por: Mia Sinclair Jenness
- Duración: 4 h y 56 m
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There are three rules in Black River Falls: Don’t break curfew unless you want the monsters to find you. Don’t ask questions, no matter what. And when someone goes missing, don’t go looking. Joey Barnes obeyed those rules, until the day her mother vanished without a trace. She’s spent two years secretly hunting for clues, and she’s discovered plenty of things that don’t make sense, even for Black River Falls.
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Can't Stop Listening!
- De Heather Lindahl en 10-02-21
- The Disappearance of Emily Downs
- De: C.J. Redwine
- Narrado por: Mia Sinclair Jenness
Kids and I loved it
Revisado: 12-13-21
It moves very quickly, is easy to follow and keeps your attention. The kids were hooked, they immediately asked if there's a followup (to be fair, it's written in a way that there kinda has to be).
Narrator did a good job, though she did kinda mumble through some longer phrases.
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Collection: Volume 1
- De: Austyn Shull
- Narrado por: Matt Jenkins
- Duración: 1 h y 37 m
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Collection is a series of volumes that follows several once-ordinary people as they are thrown into their now abnormal lives. Vampires, aliens, time travel, flight, superpowers - if you have any of these, then you will become property of the Collection, an underground containment facility that makes sure the world of the unknown stays unknown. But when Jerry attempts to transport himself through time, a freak storm wreaks havoc while a meteor shower fast approaches Earth.
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Good start for a new series
- De Shanna Tidwell en 10-25-21
- Collection: Volume 1
- De: Austyn Shull
- Narrado por: Matt Jenkins
Disjointed and poorly-narrated
Revisado: 07-09-21
This story felt like a committee got together with a bunch of different ideas for what the story should be and decided to include everyone's ideas to make them happy. You've got dragons, vampires, aliens and secret government agencies to name a few. While the author does try to tie it all together, nothing is every really well-established enough for you to get a full grasp (or even care) before you're whisked off to something else.
Sadly, the same goes for the characters. Aside from Mr Sun and Moon, I can't really remember any others. They mostly sounded the same due to the narration (except for Mr Moon -- I'm not even Asian and I'm slightly offended by the stereotypical manner in which it was read) and no one really stood out
Speaking of narration, though Matt Jenkins has a voice that's easy-enough to listen to, he tends to read everything in an exasperated quiet sort of yell. Most people sound the same and the intonations seem to be way off from how the text reads. Sadly, I don't feel he helped the story any.
This book was provided to me for free in exchange for my honest review. If you want a fairly mindless romp, then it's short enough to provide some entertainment, but don't expect anything thought-provoking.
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False Value
- Rivers of London, Book 8
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous "silicon roundabout", Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is.
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Ben + Kobna collaboration's > sum of words in book
- De ANSWER 42 en 02-29-20
- False Value
- Rivers of London, Book 8
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Felt Unnecessarily Convoluted
Revisado: 03-07-21
While this is a good standalone story with no overarching plot to bog it down and some fun cameos from past friends, it still manages to trip over itself. It tries to hard to be a clever whodunnit that it ties its own feet and trips itself up. There are far too many pieces of the puzzle and the story would have been fine without half of them.
As always, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith did an amazing job narrating!
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