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The Goldfinch
- De: Donna Tartt
- Narrado por: David Pittu
- Duración: 32 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41,725
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37,616
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37,571
The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling force and acuity. It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boy, am I in the minority on this one.
- De Bon Ami en 11-04-13
- The Goldfinch
- De: Donna Tartt
- Narrado por: David Pittu
Rushed ending for being so long
Revisado: 06-11-16
What made the experience of listening to The Goldfinch the most enjoyable?
I felt that this book was so long, and so detailed that there had to be some culminating takeaway. When I got to the last 100 pages or so I really felt like the plot took a nosedive and letter was resolved in the end. In terms of pure story-telling, it's phenomenal with some incredible voices, but in terms of a satisfying resolution I felt like more could have been done.
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The Gatekeepers
- Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
- De: Jacques Steinberg
- Narrado por: Jacques Steinberg
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 116
In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation's most elite colleges.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent insight but too much filler
- De Troyus en 07-28-14
- The Gatekeepers
- Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
- De: Jacques Steinberg
- Narrado por: Jacques Steinberg
Interesting perspective, if a bit outdated
Revisado: 06-11-16
What did you love best about The Gatekeepers?
It's amazing how quickly the topic of college admissions can evolve. I really enjoyed this book for what it was - an inside look at a fairly selective private university's admission process for the class of 2004. While several things about the process are already outdated, I enjoyed some of the more humanistic pieces that it shows in a world that is generally dominated more by numbers.
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Me Before You
- A Novel
- De: Jojo Moyes
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, y otros
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37,108
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32,889
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32,823
Discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me. They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose...Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life - steady boyfriend, close family - who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Journey Into the Unknown
- De Pamela Harvey en 01-13-13
- Me Before You
- A Novel
- De: Jojo Moyes
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, Andrew Wincott, Owen Lindsay
Powerful love story
Revisado: 06-11-16
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
For the most part, I really, really enjoyed this book and it kept me wanting to not put it down (or shut it off, as the case may be). Some pieces were a bit predictable, but all-in-all I felt that the story was told in such a beautiful and raw way that I still really enjoyed it. It gives a more humanistic perspective to a very complicated and topical subject.
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