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Froi of the Exiles
- Chronicles of Lumatere, Book 2
- De: Melina Marchetta
- Narrado por: Grant Cartwright
- Duración: 18 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
From master storyteller Melina Marchetta comes an exhilarating new fantasy springing from her celebrated epic, Finnikin of the Rock. Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home...or so he believes. Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been taken roughly and lovingly in hand by the Guard sworn to protect the royal family, and has learned to control his quick temper with a warrior's discipline.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing and sometimes painful story
- De a en 12-30-14
- Froi of the Exiles
- Chronicles of Lumatere, Book 2
- De: Melina Marchetta
- Narrado por: Grant Cartwright
Can you give negative stars ?
Revisado: 07-19-23
If you like reading a story where the secondary character is repeatedly raped, escapes their rapist with help from another rapist, and then gets returned to the first rapist, this story is for you. Otherwise, hard pass. The first story in this trilogy was rather good, and I kept waiting for this one to get better. But it got worse and worse with the additional discussion of a tertiary character’s rape. This story is basically one rape after another. The reader does a fine job, it’s the story which is just.so.bad.
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The Personal Librarian
- De: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,308
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,216
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,166
In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Treat For This Academic Librarian!
- De AlTonya en 07-14-21
- The Personal Librarian
- De: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
Terrible writing choices ruin this
Revisado: 12-17-22
Whatever combination of editorial incompetence and/or writer hubris that decided to put this story into first person present tense has criminally destroyed what could have been a fascinating story. The woman who served as JP Morgan’s personal librarian who by any objective terms was hugely under-qualified and the story of how she worked with Morgan to develop a world-class collection of rare books and artifacts, combined with the social complexities of being a woman of color “ passing” as white? How could this book so full of fascinating information go so wrong? The text is clunky and the artificial written voice of the main character is so awkward!
The book is clearly well researched and ruined by the use of first person which requires the main character to deliver all the information to us in reminiscence and info dumps.
The narrator does the best they can with the awkward authorial choices.
Such a shame! So much lost potential in this story! I slogged through this but could not make it all the way to the bitter end.
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