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Chains of Prophecy
- Samuel Buckland Chronicles, Book 1
- De: Jason P. Crawford
- Narrado por: Jim Pelletier
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
Samuel Buckland is a young man who has it all and is planning for the future. Gregory Caitlin is a businessman and politician. He has designs to bring hope back to a world in need... and he'll be damned if anyone gets in his way! When the two cross paths, even the angels tremble.
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4 out of 5 stars
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That ending!!
- De Amazon Customer en 02-12-25
- Chains of Prophecy
- Samuel Buckland Chronicles, Book 1
- De: Jason P. Crawford
- Narrado por: Jim Pelletier
That ending!!
Revisado: 02-12-25
That ending!! Jason P. Crawford delivers an exciting and thought-provoking story, filled with unexpected twists and deep moral dilemmas. For a debut novel, Chains of Prophecy is incredibly impressive, and I’m in awe of the storytelling. Highly recommended for fans of supernatural thrillers with strong philosophical undertones!
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Story Engineering
- Mastering the 6 Core Competencies of Successful Writing
- De: Larry Brooks
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
The vast majority of writers begin the storytelling process with only a partial understanding of where to begin. Some labor their entire lives without ever learning that successful stories are as dependent upon good engineering as they are artistry. But the truth is, unless you are master of the form, function, and criteria of successful storytelling, sitting down and pounding out a first draft without planning is an ineffective way to begin. Story Engineering starts with the criteria and the architecture of storytelling, the engineering and design of a story....
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2 out of 5 stars
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dislike narrator voice/intonation, didnt get far
- De Khang Tran en 10-03-20
- Story Engineering
- Mastering the 6 Core Competencies of Successful Writing
- De: Larry Brooks
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
Cyclical, repetative, and cyclical.
Revisado: 05-31-22
Many books about writing begin by making a case for why their method is necessary and better than many other things out there. This book never seems to leave that part. This book seems to mostly be about why this book is necessary.
Reading this book builds up its content to a point where you're primed to learn what it's there to teach only to have the rug pulled out at the last moment to begin another build-up to a reveal that never comes. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. It's like watching an episode of Storage Wars only it's made up of just the parts they cut to commercial before showing us the exciting thing inside the locker. When we come back from the commercial break, we start over at the beginning but with different words this time.
Never have so many words been dedicated to saying so little.
I didn't have as much a problem with the narrator as other reviewers seem to. But his cadence is unusual. It's reminiscent of the Trans-Atlantic accent taught to actors in the 1940s. I know a youtube chef who talks the same way.
In short, this book reads like an insincere cash grab. I'm not sure it is. I've seen interviews with the writer and he sounded legit. I'm really disappointed in the book he wrote, though.
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Memory Man
- De: David Baldacci
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31,022
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27,961
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27,849
Amos Decker's life changed forever - twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good and left him with an improbable side effect - he can never forget anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not the usual production quality
- De Maris en 05-01-15
- Memory Man
- De: David Baldacci
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
Horrible narration and production values
Revisado: 06-15-21
I can't tell if this was a bad story or if it was ruined by the terrible narration and whacky production choices. The whole first chapter is narrated over a jarring music bed that had me worried they would do that the whole time but thankfully they stopped that right away. Still, my finger was hovering over the "return this book" button almost immediately.
Things improved for a bit. Then out of nowhere came a woman's voice to read all of the female character's dialogue - but only the dialogue. The man still read all the things like "she said" resulting in a choppy disjoined production that felt like something high school kids might have done for a class. At one point, the woman played a character with an accent only to have the male narrator follow it with the next line saying "<the character> didn't have an accent." It was comical.
It also didn't help that the woman's dry reading and vocal quality sounded EXACTLY like Siri.
The man's reading was so literal that it occurred to me like no one told him this was a hard-boiled detective story. He read the dialog in the same cadence as the prose. At some point, he played a drunk character but instead of slurring his speech, he played it like the character had a speech impediment or was mentally challenged.
The bottom line is - only one narrator is required but if you're going to use two, then the second narrator needs to read more than just the dialog.
I can't even really comment on the content of the book. The shitty production was so loud and obtrusive that the story became a blur.
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