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Three Hands in the Fountain
- A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery
- De: Lindsey Davis
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 359
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 356
Marcus Didius Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked - by a gruesomely severed human hand. Soon other body parts are being found in the aqueducts and sewers. Public panic overcomes official indifference, and the Aventine partners are commissioned to investigate. Women are being abducted during festivals, and the next Games are only days away.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Falco is reliably enjoyable listening
- De David en 11-21-12
- Three Hands in the Fountain
- A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery
- De: Lindsey Davis
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
Wicked wit
Revisado: 02-09-10
This is the seventh Falco novel I've listened to and although I've enjoyed them all immensely, this one was by far my favorite! It had the best plot of the ones I've listend to and Rodska positively nails Falco's wicked wit. An absolute delight from start to finish! (I don't even bother with the ones that aren't narrated by Rodska because who else could possibly be Falco? Maybe I'll just read those instead.)
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Wicked
- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 19 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12,879
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,860
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9,899
Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's not easy being green
- De PangaeaReads en 07-30-08
- Wicked
- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: John McDonough
It's not easy being green
Revisado: 07-30-08
From reading the reviews, this looks like a book that few are lukewarm about. Listeners either really loved it or really hated it! I'm of the group who loved it. And I feel compelled to say so after writing a negative review of the disappointing sequel Son of a Witch. I didn't truly appreciate John McDonough's excellent narration until listening to the author narrate the sequel. No comparison.
I'll admit that I didn't take to the story right away. It took about an hour. But a person driving a long distance is a captive audience and by the time Elphaba got to Shiz I was hooked. It's an odd story that takes place in an odd place and is certainly not for everyone. But it was for me.
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Son of a Witch
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Gregory Maguire
- Duración: 14 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,207
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,444
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,457
Ten years after the publication of Wicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But he is tended at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A veritable trainwreck of narration
- De PangaeaReads en 07-30-08
- Son of a Witch
- De: Gregory Maguire
- Narrado por: Gregory Maguire
A veritable trainwreck of narration
Revisado: 07-30-08
Like others, I kept waiting for the story to get better. It didn't. Like others, I kept waiting for the narrating to improve. It didn't.
Okay, to be honest, I made it to where Liir gets into Southstairs and just couldn't listen any more. At first I thought, how nice to hear the author's interpretation of the characters. That lasted about two minutes. (And I'm being generous here.) Maguire would have done much better not to even try to do character voices than the inconsistent and intolerably annoying voices he used. Like Shell's vaguely southern accent. Ugh.
I think that John McDonough did a stupendous job on Wicked and I might actually have been able to listen to the whole story if he had been narrating this somewhat weak sequel. If you're really interested in the story, read the book.
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