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Lydia Phinney

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Intricate story requires your undivided attention

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-30-25

When the narrator tells you what year it is, pay attention! I didn't pay much heed to the "time stamps" when I first started listening, and subsequently I found myself confused as the story skipped backward and forward over many decades, and different (seemingly unrelated) sets of characters took center stage. The book blurb/description notes that this story is "Told by multiple voices across time." That makes it cry out for a full-cast narration. As much as I love Joanne Froggatt (who is perfect as Birdie Bell), I would have found the story far easier to follow if a cast of narrators had taken on the different characters who carry the story, in nonlinear fashion, through multiple decades. Though it was a frustrating listen at times, I'm glad I stuck with it. The ending was most satisfying. We learn what has tied the various characters together through the years and the generations. Treasures (including people) that were lost, are found again.

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Great long visit with my favorite DS9 character

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-03-24

Garak was always my favorite character in Deep Space 9. I dived into this story with high expectations, and those were not only met, they were exceeded. This book is wonderfully written and beautifully read/performed by the author/actor. Garak's backstory is fascinating, absorbing, and more than a little heartbreaking. This is a personal story, a memoir, an autobiography. Listeners looking for an action-adventure Star Trek episode won't find that here. This is deeper, more emotional, more psychological. If you're fascinated by the mysterious Garak, "a simple tailor," don't miss this book.

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Loved it

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-03-24

The story starts a bit slow, but it really hits its stride when Esme gets old enough to venture out of her protected academic circle, meet real people -- "common people" -- outside of her social class, and get herself into some trouble. I experienced her thrill of discovery every time she came upon a new and unfamiliar word. I feel that same thrill whenever I stumble across a wonderfully perfect word that I can add to my own vocabulary. Readers, writers, and word lovers of all stripes will enjoy this book, as will history buffs. I recommend it highly.

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Seven's intriguing "gap year"

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-27-24

I loved how this filled in the time between Voyager's return and Seven's reappearance in ST: Picard. We learn how she became a Fenris Ranger. The writing is solid, and the narration is excellent. I was happy to spend quality time with one of my favorite characters in all of Star Trek.

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Entertaining despite annoying repetition & filler

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-06-24

The writing is not deathless prose. The plot is not mind-bending. But it's entertaining enough, for what it is. I did get tired of the repetition. Important points are belabored, repeated again and again, to make absolutely certain the reader Got It. Too much of the dialogue is filler: "You got that right!" "You can say that again." "You don't have to tell me twice" .. and other such banalities. The tension and unrest surrounding a hotly contested election is ripped from the headlines, and makes for an interesting commentary on current affairs. The best part of the book for me, though, revolved around Bones and Spock. Kirk's responsibilities were kinda dull.

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Enthralling

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-30-23

Pullman's writing and Sheen's narration: It doesn't come better! I listened to The Book of Dust, Volume 2, "The Secret Commonwealth," before moving into this one because my local public library had put the audiobook into their Friends of the Library book sale as a "discard"! I could not imagine why a Pullman book would be in the discard pile ... until I got two-thirds into it, and the dinky little stand-alone audiobook player refused to advance. Tossing my library "bargain" aside, I immediately came to Audible and finished Book 2, then moved right into Book 1, which worked out fine because "La Belle Sauvage" is entirely backstory. It tells of Lyra's birth and of Malcolm's youthful devotion to the baby girl. I'm glad, in fact, that I read the two books in reverse order. Had I known how deeply Lyra was indebted to Malcolm, and all that he had endured to keep her safe in his boyhood, I would have been furious with the way the college-student Lyra treated Malcolm in Book 2, when they were both adults. So enjoy these two books in any order you like. The backstory that is presented in "La Belle Sauvage" is valuable and illuminating, at whatever stage you're at in your Dark Materials journey.

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Gripping! Unceasing tension, immersive story

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-25-23

Unrelenting, nail-biting tension! This is a white-knuckle journey through a devastated, post-apocalyptic England and Scotland. Extremely well written, with fascinating details about foraging for wild plants — a skill that helps our heroine to survive, and to feed her young son. I usually listen to audiobooks just before going to sleep at night, but I could only take about 20 or 30 minutes of this at a time. Even limiting myself to short bursts, I often found my sleep disturbed with worries about what new crisis would befall the young mother before she had barely fought her way through the previous disaster. It is nonstop, relentless tension. An excellent listen, wonderfully read by a narrator who was obviously as caught up in the story as I was. I did not detect a single wrong inflection or even the tiniest of fluffed pronunciations. A highly professional job of narration that did full justice to a very good book. Recommended. Maybe best for listening while driving, though. Not just before you go to sleep!

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Interesting slice of musical history

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-29-22

I've been a Gordon Lightfoot fan since "If You Could Read My Mind." This biography provides interesting insights into the real-life inspirations for many of his best-known songs. In places it gets tedious, listing every venue and every public appearance he made in a given year. I learned more about his problems with women and alcohol than I really wanted to know, but I was glad to hear that he got sober and quit sleeping around. All in all this is an interesting slice of musical history that will especially interest listeners of a certain age, who remember the decades covered in this biography. The author did a fine job with the narration.

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Have the Voyager series fresh in your mind

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-23-22

I binged all seven seasons of Voyager a few years ago. Even so, I found I had forgotten many details that this book assumes you'll know inside and out. For me, the most interesting chapters were those that covered Janeway's time at Starfleet Academy, her career pre-Voyager, and the final wrap-up about what happened to everybody after Voyager got home. I found Chapters 1 and 2, about Janeway's early childhood, totally boring. Nothing happened to her that was worth writing about. Her childhood was idyllic, perfect, uneventful. Those opening chapters are easily skippable -- you won't miss a thing. Overall, I would rate this 3.5. But since half-stars aren't allowed, I've rounded up to 4. Kate Mulgrew's narration certainly elevates the overall experience.

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Beautiful and soothing

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-21-22

I loved every moment of this. Just the thing to relax with, at the end of a tiring day. Sting is a treasure and an inspiration.

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