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Slow

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-11-25

The author wrote an extremely in-depth bio of the various people involved. I stopped listening in chapter 8 when I realized that I was no longer paying attention, but playing it for background noise. It may have picked up later, but I felt, that up to that point, this could have been told in a lot less time.

The narrator was fine, but he's British, and for the life of me, I can't understand why an American actor wasn't reading. I found it incongruous. I wondered if I had misread the book details and even checked to make sure the crime wasn't committed in England.

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Engaging story, excellent narration

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-19-24

This was a powerful story about a family of doctors who learned and grew by performing surgeries and ultimately, achieving major medical breakthroughs. The characters were well-developed and the story believable. The narration was spot-on and really brought the story to life.

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Excellent first effort

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

Revisado: 07-08-24

After reading the synopsis, I wasn't sure about this book since sci-fi isn't my favorite. When I saw Scott Brick was reading, I decided to give it a shot. Really glad I did because Breakthrough is an enjoyable, fast-paced narrative with well developed characters. Well worth the read.

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Virtual narration is awful

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-23-24

This is the second book I've tried with virtual (AI) narration. I find that the reading is mechanical and emotionless, and where a real actor would portray joy, anger, disgust, etc, these virtual narrations have no flavor. It's kind of like trying to eat a cardboard cookie.

As to the story, I can't really say. I only made it through a few chapters, but was so distracted by the narration that I can't even tell you what it was about.

Audible, please don't cheap out on your listeners and authors. We deserve better.

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Couldn't stop listening

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-03-22

Great plot with clever twists and interesting, well-developed characters. Every time I thought I had it figured out, there was a development that threw my suspicion out the window. The narrator's voice was reminiscent of Titus Welliver's (TV series Bosch), which I found to be especially apropos to this story. He really brought it to life.

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I got bored

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-07-22

This book must've been intended for the youth audience although it's not described that way. It's sort of a kids with special powers coming of age story. The girl is more aware of her abilities than the guy, who is just starting to figure his out. They've each taken DNA tests from some Ancestry.com knockoff which triggers an alert to a nefarious government agency, presumably because of their powers. They bolt. Enter the UFOs, alien creatures and abductions, and that was enough for me.

From my perspective, it's hard to rate Todd Haberkorn's performance. I found it adequate while a kid may have found it great.

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Interminable

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-12-21

While I usually like Gregg Olsen's novels, this one is an exception. It drags on ad infinitum about how the central figure, a charismatic, women-only cult leader, attracts needy women, bilks them of their money and manipulates them into doing her bidding. Two similar murders point towards cult involvement and the lead investigator, predictably, a vulnerable woman herself, finds herself strangely attracted to the pap the cult leader serves.

Karen Peakes gave a decent performance, especially given what she had to work with.

Rarely do I start a book and then not finish it, but I gave up about halfway through on this one.

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After school special

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-01-21

This book should have been labeled "religious, young adult." The description made the book sound like an adult fiction with no mention of the religious overtones. Audible needs to get better about classifying genre and detailing content.

The story centers around young girls who have been living on the streets, and have ended up in a safe-haven home. There were so many teaching moments aimed at the 13-16 year old demographic that it reads like a script for an after-school made-for-TV special.

I rarely criticize narrators, but Ms. Robins' Texas accent sounded more like rural New England at times, and Georgia at others.

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Thinly veiled excuse for a romance novel

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-29-21

I rarely give up on a book after starting it, however, I only made it to Ch 7 in this one.

#1, there were too many characters. A new one or two were introduced in every chapter. The story wasn't holding my attention, so, I was constantly losing track of who was whom and kept having to rewind.

#2, the serial killer took backseat to the sexual machinations of the various characters, which seemed to be the real focus of the book. Even the killer was trying to recreate a sexual relationship with a woman from his past, murdering his victims when he wasn't gratified. It just got boring after a while.

Marguerite Gavin is an accomplished narrator; her performance was the only truly good thing about this book.

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Sexism abounds

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-27-21

I couldn't get past the haha, wink wink, nudge nudge, sexist comments the protagonist constantly made about women, e.g., "She had three lethal weapons and two weren't her Glock," and comparing the GPS's instructions to a nagging wife, and later calling it a bitch and finally, the familiar bitchy voice he couldn't quite place. Oh, yeah. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The story may have been good, but I found the derogatory banter to be so offensive and distracting that I quit in Chapter 7.

The narrator was ok. I'm trying not to judge him too harshly based on the material, but, he could have turned this job down.

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