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Symptoms of Being Human
- De: Jeff Garvin
- Narrado por: Tom Phelan
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 510
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 465
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 464
Riley Cavanaugh is many things: punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in über-conservative Orange County, the pressure - media and otherwise - is building up in Riley's life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read this, right now!!
- De LOVE_Reading_LOVE_Audiobooks! en 03-02-16
- Symptoms of Being Human
- De: Jeff Garvin
- Narrado por: Tom Phelan
Read this, right now!!
Revisado: 03-02-16
While I was growing up—at least where I was growing up—there weren’t any discussions about gender. The whole notion of anything besides the binary—in fact, any discussion about the term binary itself—was simply nonexistent. So I grew up with that vague notion that something was amiss for me; that I was different, too different to put into words.
I knew that I never wanted to be defined as a woman. That the idea of having that label was annoying, to say the least. I didn’t want to be identified as a man, either; I simply didn’t want to be identified, period. I wanted to be human, nothing else. To be judged solely for my character and actions, not by gender. Being a feminist and, therefore, pro equality, helped with some understanding but it still didn’t feel enough.
Then, recently, I read about nonbinary and genderfluid people and a new world opened to me. I finally found the definition I’d always tried to express; why having to check the F or M in any form made me cringe so much. Why having to go to events about Women’s day at work made me want to scream. I am nonbinary. I despise gender roles, I hate being dismissed by what may be between my legs. I don’t care about the gender binary and I dream of a world where any person will have the freedom to define themselves as female or male as they wish or not to define themselves at all if they prefer. Where there won’t be any boxes to check or, at least, an N/A option.
And then a friend read Symptoms of Being Human and raved about it on Facebook. I was immediately interested, craving the chance to have representation—done right—in a novel. And oh, how wonderful the experience was!
This is a magnificent book. It is important, it is well written, it is such a powerful testimony it seems like nonfiction. And yet the writing is so lyrical, so poetic, I couldn’t stop noting quotes. Sharing quotes. Thinking about quotes.
Riley’s story is a simple one, one that is happening right now to so many people out there. And that’s the brilliancy of it; it speaks to hundreds of thousands of people who so far may be hiding, may be lost, may not even have figured out what is going on with them. Not just young people either…remember what I said at the beginning, and I’m almost 40 years old. It’s never too late to understand and to be understood.
I know we are evolving fast. Society is at least learning that it can’t just dismiss and pretend what’s not the norm doesn’t exist anymore. But there’s still so much to do, so much to learn, so much to free. Symptoms of Being Human is a huge help in that. May this book become such a tremendous bestseller that no one will be able to say they never heard about genderfluid or nonbinary anymore. Let’s spread the word about this novel and make the world a safer place to all of us!
Thank you so much, Jeff Garvin, for writing what is, no doubt, one of the best books I’ve ever have the honor of reading. And also kudos to Tom Phelan for a tremendous narration.
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Dark Lie
- De: Nancy Springer
- Narrado por: Kate Levy
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 12
To their neighbors, Dorrie and Sam White are a contented couple in America's heartland, with steady jobs, a suburban home, and plenty of community activities to keep them busy. But they're not quite what they seem. For plain, hard-working Sam hides a depth of devotion for his wife that no one would suspect. And Dorrie is living a lie - beset by physical ailments, alone within herself...and secretly following the comings and goings of the 16-year-old daughter, Juliet, she gave up for adoption when she was hardly more than a child herself. Then one day at the mall, Dorrie watches horror-stricken as Juliet is abducted; forced into a van that drives away....
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4 out of 5 stars
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I like this author's style
- De LOVE_Reading_LOVE_Audiobooks! en 02-11-16
- Dark Lie
- De: Nancy Springer
- Narrado por: Kate Levy
I like this author's style
Revisado: 02-11-16
I really loved Nancy Springer’s Drawn Into Darkness, so when I finished it I immediately searched for her other books to read another one of hers. She’s a prolific author who writes in many different genres and her only other thriller on Audible (as far as I could find) is this one. I liked it too, a lot, but certainly didn’t love it as much as Drawn Into Darkness.
I think it’s mostly because the 2 stories are really similar. There is a central structure that follows both and the main characters all have a remarkable resemblance. Both books are extremely well-written and original in their core; their plots and characters are greatly constructed and the action keeps the reader on the edge all through the novels, but there was a faint sense of déjà vu. Not really a problem; I still recommend both novels, and for what I’ve read so far, the author in general. I plan on reading more by her in the future.
The narrator does a great job here; I could really feel Dori through her voice and appreciate the whole story, with its twists and turns in her intonation.
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Anna and the Swallow Man
- De: Gavriel Savit
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 900
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 819
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 823
Kraków, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up. Anna Łania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. She's alone. And then Anna meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall, a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his sleeve. And when the soldiers in the streets look at him, they see what he wants them to see.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Depressingly beautiful as WWII stories have to be
- De LOVE_Reading_LOVE_Audiobooks! en 02-09-16
- Anna and the Swallow Man
- De: Gavriel Savit
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner
Depressingly beautiful as WWII stories have to be
Revisado: 02-09-16
Depressingly beautiful in the way the best novels about WWII have got to be. The writing is exquisite and the friendship between Anna and the Swallow Man is endearing and the whole language he teaches her in order to survive is a wonderfully clever metaphor for the horrors he fells Anna is still too young to fully comprehend. Actually, when it comes to the Holocaust, no one is older enough to fully comprehend that horror, but we still need to talk and read about it. The new generations can never be apart from it; everyone needs to be reminded of it on a constant basis in order to prevent it from happening again. Especially important in a time when we are seeing all too familiar speeches gathering sympathetic ears around the world, when Hitler-like figures are rising or trying to rise to power in some nations. It is never enough to read about WWII and the toad language may be a good way to approach young minds and bring them to the right side. To make them forever against not only the war but the idea that any human life is better than other or that any group can ever decide who should live or not.
This is a novel full of surprises, so don't think that it's just another WWII story. There are elements here that are very peculiar, very specific to this setting, to these characters. It is gorgeously written, lyrical and poetical. The audiobook is exquisitely narrated.
I just felt a bit lost at the end but it's probably my fault. I have some theories about the Swallow Man's identity and importance that I like, so that might be enough. I truly recommend this novel.
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Alice
- De: Christina Henry
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,245
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,020
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,010
In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls that echo the screams of the poor souls inside. In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb writing and narration
- De Jennifer Wadsworth en 08-27-16
- Alice
- De: Christina Henry
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
10 thousand stars!!
Revisado: 02-06-16
10 thousand stars!! Oh my, oh my, how much I loved this book I cannot even explain. I just know that July can't come soon enough. I NEED to read the next book. I'll be dreaming of it every day until The Red Queen finally comes.
Even though the narrator wasn't the best in the Audible edition, the story is just so mesmerizing, so perfectly well crafted and written, each character so greatly represented, each terror more nightmarish than the previous one that I didn't care. In this Alice there are no fluffy, whimsical creatures. What happens here is the stuff nightmares and post traumatic disorders are made of. The villains here are beyond evil. And the heroes can't be bothered with being the better person--which I loved.
It's so refreshing to finally have a heroine that really, really doesn't need anyone to protect her. She wants Hatcher because she loves him (and OMG, I have a new OTP. Alice and Hatcher forever!!!) but she can protect herself just right and even him too if necessary. She is fierce, she is just but she is also brave enough to kill without looking back. This Alice sees red when she has to and she does not let her enemies have a second chance to take her. She does what she has to do to survive and bring at least the hope of a better future for the people in the Old City. When she finally accepts her powers and learns how to use them...I wonder who'll be able to stop her in the second novel.
Christina Henry wrote a wonderful, magnificent tale. Not for children, not for the faint of heart. This is a dark and heartbreaking, yet compelling and lyrical story. I seriously could not recommend this enough. Everyone has to read this book and then talk to me about it. We all have to start an Alice fandom. This Alice, not any others. This badass Alice and Hatcher; I need to have a whole group of people as obsessed about this novel as I am so we can discuss it all the time while we wait for the second one!
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Drawn into Darkness
- De: Nancy Springer
- Narrado por: Allison McLemore
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
Liana Clymer is running away - from her divorce, from her past, from herself. Leaving behind everything she knows, she finds herself ensconced in a fuchsia-colored cottage in the swampy hinterlands of the Florida panhandle. Far from the grown sons who don't return her calls, her only companion her dog, Liana decides to put her best foot forward and get to know whoever lives in the blue house across the street, the only neighbors within sight of her new home.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engaging
- De D. Freeman en 02-17-15
- Drawn into Darkness
- De: Nancy Springer
- Narrado por: Allison McLemore
Masterpiece!
Revisado: 01-21-16
Drawn into Darkness is a masterpiece. Without doubt one of the best books I had the pleasure to listen to so far in 2016 and, frankly, ever. I found this audiobook by accident searching for another one and what a pleasant surprise it was.
It is, certainly, not for the faint of heart. The novel deals with the darkest side of people, with real life monsters and the heartbreaking effects they have in innocent lives. It shows how humans are complex creatures, capable of a myriad of apparently conflicting sentiments all at the same time, and how nothing is as easy to identify or understand as good an evil as we would like them to be.
Liana is a splendid character; one of those people you wish you could meet in real life and be friends with. She’s used to being mistreated, ignored, disregarded and still maintain that good—sometimes dark—humor, that sparkle of life, that whimsical way of facing distress. It helps her a lot during her ordeal in this story, and is the key point to survival many times. She is indeed drawn into darkness, but she brings her light with her.
What to say about Justin? He’ll break your heart, you’ll want to hold and protect that boy just as Liana did.
This story is dark but it is also about redemption, about discovery, about not giving up, about finding silver lines to hold on to keep living, to survive and maybe, find happiness again. It’s brilliantly written. The narration is not spectacular but gets the job done in a good way. I’ll certainly read more from this author.
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