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The Prom
- A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical
- De: Saundra Mitchell, Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, y otros
- Narrado por: Caitlin Kinnunen, Isabelle McCalla, Beth Leavel, y otros
- Duración: 6 h
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
Seventeen-year-old Emma Nolan wants only one thing before she graduates: to dance with her girlfriend at the senior prom. But in her small town of Edgewater, Indiana, that's like asking for the moon. Alyssa Greene is her high school's "it" girl... She also has a secret. She's been dating Emma for the last year and a half. When word gets out that Emma plans to bring a girl as her date, it stirs a community-wide uproar that spirals out of control. Now, the PTA, led by Alyssa's mother, is threatening to cancel the prom altogether.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved this book
- De noelle en 03-16-20
- The Prom
- A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical
- De: Saundra Mitchell, Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, Matthew Sklar
- Narrado por: Caitlin Kinnunen, Isabelle McCalla, Beth Leavel, Joshua Lamon, Tara Sands
Emotionally powerful and socially relevant
Revisado: 12-06-24
This book had me crying multiple times for all the right reasons. I’d recommend this to everyone but especially to people who have a hard time emphasizing with LGBTQIA+ people. This demonstrates just how hard it can be for us to just exist.
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
- A Novel
- De: Shannon Chakraborty
- Narrado por: Lameece Issaq, Amin El Gamal
- Duración: 16 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,102
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 976
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 976
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not City of Brass, A Fun Swashbuckling Adventure
- De Pele en 03-23-23
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
- A Novel
- De: Shannon Chakraborty
- Narrado por: Lameece Issaq, Amin El Gamal
Great performance enhanced an already fun, adventure-filled story
Revisado: 05-07-24
This book is what happens when you take the spirit of a story like Pirates of The Caribbean and write a brand new tale in an entirely different setting. Listening to this book gave me that same feelings as a teenage me had when watching Pirates of The Caribbean for the first time.
I found Amina incredibly relatable and likable. All of the characters felt grounded and real. The villain was the right amount of evil without their motivations just being for the sake of evil.
I loved the low fantasy mixed with historical fiction, and how the more fantastical elements of the story were specifically tied to the cultures touched on in this book (or at least as far as I know). It’s made me want to go and learn more about this settling which I think is a serious testament to how well Chakraborty writes all of this.
Lastly, but definitely not least, the readers were incredible. I heard Amina and Jamal. Those actors became them and I can’t think of another performance quite like this.
Go read this book
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The Alloy of Law
- A Mistborn Novel
- De: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40,647
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 36,450
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36,392
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds.Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history—or religion. Yet the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pleased, yet wanting more...
- De T en 11-11-11
- The Alloy of Law
- A Mistborn Novel
- De: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
A fun romp
Revisado: 02-14-23
It’s a fun, fast paced story that left me feeling just as satisfied as finishing any of the books in Era 1 or in the Stormlight Archive. The characters aren’t as fleshed out as they typically are in lengthier titles and the story isn’t as complex but it feels like listening to an old cowboy story and I think that is was Sanderson was going for.
Michael Kramer did. a fantastic job, as always, and I would recommend this to anyone who likes Sanderson’s writing and Kramer’s performance already, as well as to anyone who is looking for a fun story with good voice acting; especially if that person doesn’t want to invest 30+ hours into a book.
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Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- De: Ernest Cline
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64,203
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57,753
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57,642
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreakingly Disappointing and Insulting
- De Marcus Haynes en 11-28-20
- Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- De: Ernest Cline
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
Good story and well performed
Revisado: 01-11-23
The story is a fun romp with characters that you just weren’t ready to give up at the end of Ready Player One. The beginning feels a little slow to me but picks up around the 25-30% mark. The ending didn’t hit for me, but I feel like that is more personal preference and I don’t want to go deeper in order to avoid spoilers.
It feels less serious but that’s not a bad thing. It’s fun, has a decent amount of suspense, and we get more of the characters we love from book one. Definitely worth the time if you enjoyed the first book.
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The Way of Kings
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
- De: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrado por: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Duración: 45 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 110,060
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 97,431
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 97,345
Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter. It has been centuries since the fall of the 10 consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It doesn't get any better than this!
- De Robert en 10-26-12
- The Way of Kings
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
- De: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrado por: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
I can’t stop talking about this book…
Revisado: 08-11-21
The characters are fantastic, well thought out, believable, and relatable. The story is well paced and doesn’t drag at any point. I think this is because Sanderson’s masterfully releases the perfect amount of new information to keep the reader consistently wanting more, but not so much that it feels like an exposition dump. The following of several characters help with this as it allows the story to progress slower than a book with a single protagonist which allows for more intricate and detailed world-building.
The performances are good but there are some inconsistencies with how the voice actors pronounce words which took me out of the story a bit and Readings voice is a bit too stilted for my taste but none of that really diminishes the performance beyond the superficial.
Overall, this was a fantastic listen and has gotten really into this series.
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