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My Dark Vanessa
- A Novel
- De: Kate Elizabeth Russell
- Narrado por: Grace Gummer
- Duración: 16 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,929
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,269
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,261
2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, 15-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful 42-year-old English teacher. 2017. Amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: Remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I apologize
- De Judy George en 03-13-20
- My Dark Vanessa
- A Novel
- De: Kate Elizabeth Russell
- Narrado por: Grace Gummer
Enthralling and Gut-wrenching
Revisado: 04-29-21
I already knew that this was going to be difficult to get through given the subject matter at hand. This was an absolutely enthralling read. It had to be difficult to write as well.
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Guarded
- De: Kim Fielding
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 3 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 387
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 385
A brutal war left Volos Perun with physical and emotional scars and with a reputation as a hero. Now he's a soldier stationed at the palace, desiring Prince Berhanu while receiving only loathing in return. But when Berhanu foolishly refuses the king's request to let Volos accompany him on a peace mission to the neighboring country, Berhanu is kidnapped and brutalized. Now Volos must risk his life as he works to save Berhanu and help his country avoid another devastating war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not for the faint of heart
- De Tom(C) en 09-13-16
- Guarded
- De: Kim Fielding
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
A Sweet M/M Fantasy Romance
Revisado: 12-26-19
I enjoyed the world-building of this story in particular. While the love interest is a bit annoying and pouty, the performer does a good job of distinguishing between the characters.
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Mystic City
- De: Theo Lawrence
- Narrado por: Celeste Ciulla
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 31
In the magical realm of Mystic City, Aria Rose, daughter to one of the city's ruling families, is betrothed to Thomas Foster, the son of her parents' enemies. With the unwanted marriage drawing closer, Aria encounters a rebel mystic from the Depths - and begins to question everything she knows about her world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I tried. Multiple times.
- De DK en 09-22-19
- Mystic City
- De: Theo Lawrence
- Narrado por: Celeste Ciulla
I tried. Multiple times.
Revisado: 09-22-19
MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD
I'm super disappointed in this book because this story world had SO much potential but it was wasted.
When I first saw this book almost seven years ago I was immediately captivated by the title: Mystic City. I love cities and I love fantasy (needless to say I love urban fantasy) so what could go wrong?
The characters are very flat and I honestly couldn't care less about them and what happened to them. There is really no one to root for in the story. All the villains are just evil for the sake of being evil and they don't really seem to have much of a motive for being so evil.
We're never filled in as to why Aria's parents are such assholes and why the Fosters were remotely relevant to the story. Nor are we truly filled in on the nature of the Foster's and the Rose's rivalry and why it was important to the story.
The mystics were my biggest problem. The blurb compared this book to X-Men and even though I didn't really expect it to be just like X-Men, the mystics are nowhere near as interesting. The story should have been about DaVita. She was remotely the most interesting person in the story and SPOILER ALERT dies for boring-ass Aria.
What would have improved this book massively is if it were told from the perspective of the mystics and not the rich, spoiled, boring Aries.
PS: I listened to the audio book and read the print copy. The narrator of the audiobook sounds like she's about 30 years older than the actual character is supposed to be. It was really bothersome.
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Homegoing
- A Novel
- De: Yaa Gyasi
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,621
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9,473
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,470
Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and will live in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising children who will be sent abroad to be educated before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the empire. Esi, imprisoned beneath Effia in the castle's women's dungeon and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, will be sold into slavery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Novel in Stories
- De Daryl en 06-19-16
- Homegoing
- A Novel
- De: Yaa Gyasi
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
Fantastic book
Revisado: 02-07-19
I've been wanting to read this book for so long. I am so glad that I finally stop messing around and did so. This book is truly a journey. The ending is everything!
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Angelology
- A Novel
- De: Danielle Trussoni
- Narrado por: Susan Denaker
- Duración: 21 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 576
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 336
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 335
Sister Evangeline was just a girl when her father entrusted her to the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Now, at 23, her discovery of a 1943 letter from the famous philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller to the late mother superior of Saint Rose Convent plunges Evangeline into a secret history that stretches back a thousand years: an ancient conflict between the Society of Angelologists and the monstrously beautiful descendants of angels and humans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Pleasant Divine Suprise
- De Angela en 05-08-10
- Angelology
- A Novel
- De: Danielle Trussoni
- Narrado por: Susan Denaker
Read/listen to it yourself
Revisado: 07-29-18
So I purchased the physical copy of the book about 5 years ago. I really couldn't get into it and ended up selling it back. Then I purchased the physical copy again 2 years ago and pretty much sat on it until last week. I read all of the negative reviews and was very hesitant but I'm here to say just read it for yourself. I'm not going to say I particularly loved it but I did like it. This book definitely delves deep into the history and mythology of angels, their origin, and the thousand-year-old conflict between the Nephilim and the angelologists and that apparently seemed to turn a lot of people off but that was legitimately the Saving Grace of this book for me.The myth of The Devils Throat Cave in Bulgaria was actually quite interesting and added a bit of history and mythology that I haven't seen in Angel fiction, from what I've read thus far. Angels, especially dark/fallen angels, are my second-favorite supernatural/mythological creature (my favorite being witches).
The toughest part of the book to get through is the first part (the first 125 pages). In fact, that was pretty much the least memorable part of the book.
The book also has a few parts that are really dull and feel like filler but the action kicks up eventually.
Overall the primary thing that saves this book is the depth of its mythology and history (the latter was actually the main complaint that I was reading from reviews but I found that to be the best thing about the book). I think people were picking this up and expecting urban fantasy/paranormal romance but got The DaVinci Code. Read for yourself and draw your own conclusions, especially if you like angels.
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