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Axiom's End
- A Novel
- De: Lindsay Ellis
- Narrado por: Abigail Thorn, Stephanie Willis
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,811
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,803
It's fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn't spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the internet, the paparazzi, and the government - and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father's leaks are a hoax and wants nothing to do with him.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Short Circuit w Aliens?
- De Eric en 08-05-20
- Axiom's End
- A Novel
- De: Lindsay Ellis
- Narrado por: Abigail Thorn, Stephanie Willis
Phenomenal book and excellent performance
Revisado: 01-15-25
I don't understand the negative reviews. is this book a lot? yes. and there were moments when I thought maybe it could have been pared down a little bit. but I realized that, despite our collective inability to pay attention to anything anymore, it's paced perfectly. the stark contrast between the pacing of this book and the frantic, fractured state of our real-life dystopia only serves to make it more immersive. reviews calling it "a romance novel disguised as sci-fi" are just rooted in misogyny in my opinion. it's absolutely not that. while there is a slow-building connection being built throughout the narrative, it doesn't overpower the story and it's done so well that I don't mind it at all. it's beautiful, masterfully crafted. the themes of anxiety and alienation are expertly interwoven into the fabric of the story, the familiar tropes are either thwarted or executed so well that they transcend their traditional banality.
I'm unsure if I'll be able to finish the series any time soon, but that's just because it's extremely anxiety- inducing, as it very well should be.
the performance irritated me at first, but thankfully I stuck with it for a couple chapters and got to witness the full range of the narrator's talent. she's truly something special, so give her a shot.
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Down with the System
- A Memoir (of Sorts)
- De: Serj Tankian
- Narrado por: Serj Tankian
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 508
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 481
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 481
Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System of a Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music history: a band of Armenian-Americans playing a practically unclassifiable clash of wildly aggressive metal riffs, unconventional tempo-twisting rhythms, and Armenian folk melodies, with me alternately growling, screaming, and crooning lyrics that could pivot from avant-garde silliness to raging socio-political rants in the space of a single line.” After all, as Serj concedes, “it’s not easy listening.”
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2 out of 5 stars
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Preachy narcissist. Difficult listen at times
- De Jake43 en 08-08-24
- Down with the System
- A Memoir (of Sorts)
- De: Serj Tankian
- Narrado por: Serj Tankian
I loved it 💕
Revisado: 10-10-24
Serj has beautiful energy and it was lovely to hear more about his story and his background and journey. I loved his enthusiastic, down to earth performance and learning more about the SOAD lore. The only part I didn't like was hearing about his meeting of his wife, who was 20 when they met, while he was 37. Hearing him describe the beginning of their relationship as "bright, sparkling, and new" gave me the ick, though I know he didn't mean it that way. But they're still married and have been together for 20 years at this point, so what do I know. Still love Serj and I definitely recommend this book.
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Gone Girl
- A Novel
- De: Gillian Flynn
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 19 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59,455
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52,617
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52,685
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Demented, twisted, sick and I loved it!
- De Theodore en 01-20-13
- Gone Girl
- A Novel
- De: Gillian Flynn
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
Starts out strong but ultimately disappoints
Revisado: 07-16-24
The story was so engrossing at first and the characters were interesting and compelling. I devoured the first half. But it started to decline after the reveal of the main twist. Long passages dragged and failed to serve the plot at all. Plenty of story beats were redundant and definitely should have been cut from the book entirely. The decline continued for me for the rest of the book, although there were some redeeming qualities about the ending (which should have been the moment Nick is talking about finally being the hero, there was no need for 49 minutes more after that). I feel that Amy's character especially wound up just being a garden-variety villainess. She felt so flat and lifeless instead of the complicated, flawed human she had the potential to be.
Soooo many missed opportunities. There are parts of this book that are downright profound. But ultimately I feel that it says very little, which is such a letdown given the compelling themes. It comes so close to subverting common tropes, and I see what it's trying to do... but instead it makes a major plot point the fact that Amy lies about rape and assault and fabricates evidence. And her motivations for doing what she does are so far from compelling that it flattens her completely and perpetuates harmful stereotypes even though I KNOW that wasn't the author's intention. This book really could have been good, that's why it's such a disappointment. I wouldn't even have a problem with all the lies if her motivation had been believable or even well-established, but it absolutely isn't.
The voice actors weren't the worst but I found them robotic and distracting, especially Amy's voice actor and her irritating smugness.
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