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The Abominable
- A Novel
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 29 h y 40 m
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The year is 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine, high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers - a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young French Chamonix guide, and an idealistic young American - find a way to take their shot at the top.
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Great story, great detail
- De David Shear en 10-30-13
- The Abominable
- A Novel
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
A slog uphill in the snow
Revisado: 03-11-25
Boring, unless you are really into mountaineering or climbing. Even as someone who usually likes history, this was a slog.
Ridiculous ending, and characters rather hard to find compelling.
The narrator was ok, though he could not make some of the characters distinct from one another while speaking which made following some conversations throughout the story difficult
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Getting Back to San Angelo
- De: Shane Burke
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
- Duración: 15 h y 22 m
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Something is bothering Christopher Bennett, and not just in a figurative sense. He seems like an unremarkable boy living a nondescript life in the west Texas town of San Angelo. However, Chris has a purpose that goes far beyond his wildest imagination. Getting Back to San Angelo is a fictional adventure that follows a group of children from elementary school through to early adulthood. This audiobook describes their interpersonal and spiritual journeys as each character attempts to come to terms with the darkness that has pursued them from childhood.
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Great story
- De Bill en 04-29-21
- Getting Back to San Angelo
- De: Shane Burke
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
Has a HARD swerve in the theme/narrative of story
Revisado: 03-26-21
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While not a terrible book, i personally found it too be a bit haphazard and dull. this is due to the last section of the book being rather disappointing for both massive changes in tone and some narrative decisions. Firstly, while the earlier sections of the book were reminiscent of IT or stranger things (in part why i selected this title) the tone of the book radically changes in the last part of the book. In the beginning, its a mystery of strange events happening to and being investigated by a group of children. Whereas in the last section, it has the characters as young adults, and barely touches on any of their growth. More importantly, the book becomes fully about faith and the power of jesus, which was barely established earlier in the narrative. I found this shift a bit jarring for such a massive tonal change, as much of the talk of jesus was relegated to a few scenes in the earlier areas.
And importantly, the narrator was a bad choice, as he was not capable of sounding like any sort of child (which the majority of the characters are, so it breaks any remaining immersion in the story).
Overall, I think this book needs to be moved from horror to religious fiction, as the horror is almost negligible, and the elements of belief and faith take the book over.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Ken Kesey, Robert Faggen - introduction
- Narrado por: John C. Reilly
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Turning conventional notions of sanity and insanity on their heads, the novel tells the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her.
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Fantastic
- De Scott en 08-03-12
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- De: Ken Kesey, Robert Faggen - introduction
- Narrado por: John C. Reilly
John C Reilly makes this book alive
Revisado: 03-10-21
Reilly fully captures the spirit of the book, and makes McMurphy feel more alive than even Jack Nicholson. would recommend this more so than the movie
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