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Outlander
- Outlander, Book 1
- De: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 32 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79,684
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 67,710
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 67,437
Why we think it’s a great listen: An all-time Audible favorite that mixes historic fiction, adventure, and romance with one of the most fascinating literary devices: time travel. Outlander introduces an exhilarating world of heroism and breathtaking thrills as one woman is torn between past and present, passion and love. In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall returns from World War II and joins her husband for a second honeymoon. But their blissful reunion is shattered....
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Time Travel VS Romance Quandary
- De Sara en 09-10-14
- Outlander
- Outlander, Book 1
- De: Diana Gabaldon
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
Don't assume you will like if you like TV show
Revisado: 01-01-15
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Less of a focus of people being beaten, spanked, punished, tortured, etc. and more history and romance.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
I think she had good intentions and the basic premise is very interesting, but I can't help feeling this book started out on some kind of creepy S&M slash fiction website. Book could have been several hours shorter without the frequent digressions into boring, ridiculously detailed stories of corporal punishment, whipping, torture, and more disturbing, rape and various kinds of sexual violence that completely repulsed me.
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Brighton Rock
- De: Graham Greene
- Narrado por: Richard Brown
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 129
Originally published in 1938, Graham Greene’s chilling exposé of violence and gang warfare is a masterpiece of psychological realism and often considered Graham Greene’s best novel. It is a fascinating study of evil, sin, and the “appalling strangeness of the mercy of God,” a classic of its kind.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful Reader
- De daniel J.conley en 04-13-11
- Brighton Rock
- De: Graham Greene
- Narrado por: Richard Brown
Anti-Semitic
Revisado: 07-03-14
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I am not sure why they chose to record the original version of this book, which is full of ugly anti-Semitic invective, when Greene himself repented and edited out that content in later editions.
Would you be willing to try another book from Graham Greene? Why or why not?
Not by this publisher.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
He seemed to mix up the different voices at times and I couldn't tell who was saying what.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
This is a very interesting novel spoiled by anti-Semitic content, which Greene tried to rectify during his lifetime. Why anyone would go back and re-inject such objectionable content into a book whose author had removed it is beyond me.
Any additional comments?
Yuck.
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