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The Drowning House
- De: Cherie Priest
- Narrado por: Mara Wilson
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 19
A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart of the only woman who knows what it means. Her grandson, Simon Culpepper, vanishes in the aftermath, leaving two of his childhood friends to comb the small, isolated island for answers—but decades have passed since Melissa and Leo were close if they were ever close at all. Now they'll have to put aside old rivalries and grudges if they want to find or save the man who brought them together in the first place—and on the way they'll learn a great deal about the sinister house on the beach.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Witchy Goodness with Lovecraftian Evilness
- De GeminiMonkey en 08-02-24
- The Drowning House
- De: Cherie Priest
- Narrado por: Mara Wilson
Good premise, weak execution
Revisado: 11-13-24
Good premise. Too much build up, followed by an info dump that wasn't very convincing, decent character backgrounds followed by little growth and tedious bickering.
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
- De: Theodora Goss
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,571
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,172
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,156
Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' deaths, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capture...a reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cute, erratic, sloppy but not without charm
- De Rachel en 07-07-17
- The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
- De: Theodora Goss
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
Surprisingly dull
Revisado: 11-03-17
This would have been an easy listen, if the story or the characters had been more engaging. There are some really cool ideas, however the characters are too thin to bring the subject matter to life. The writing style was too light without actually being funny to give the plot any heft or meaning. Each monster is essentially a stereotype, a reference to a famous monster, that seems cool to meet at first, but then is never fully developed. Disappointing.
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The Rook
- A Novel
- De: Daniel O'Malley
- Narrado por: Susan Duerden
- Duración: 17 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,378
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,771
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,766
Myfanwy Thomas awakes in a London park surrounded by dead bodies. With her memory gone, her only hope of survival is to trust the instructions left in her pocket by her former self. She quickly learns that she is a Rook, a high-level operative in a secret agency that protects the world from supernatural threats. But there is a mole inside the organization - and this person wants her dead.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tale of Two Myfanwy's
- De Tango en 03-18-13
- The Rook
- A Novel
- De: Daniel O'Malley
- Narrado por: Susan Duerden
Please, no more letters.
Revisado: 01-17-17
The book made me want to scream every time you have to listen to the amnesiac main character read a letter she wrote herself before she lost her memory. This trope almost completely undermines the benefit of the main character having lost her memory, and these sections on the audiobook were dull.
Besides the letters, many characters will drone on and on when nothing is really happening. Usually right after some revelation leaving you screaming at the character to get to the damn point already.
Fortunately, it also had a cube of flesh made out of people as a superweapon. When the author stops being far too fascinated by his own twisted world to actually tell a story, he does a good job.
This doesn't happen often enough to recommend.
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Updraft
- Bone Universe, Book 1
- De: Fran Wilde
- Narrado por: Khristine Hvam
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 693
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 633
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 633
Welcome to a world of wind and bone, songs and silence, betrayal and courage. Kirit Densira cannot wait to pass her wingtest and begin flying as a trader by her mother's side, being in service to her beloved home tower and exploring the skies beyond. When Kirit inadvertently breaks Tower Law, the city's secretive governing body, the Singers, demand that she become one of them instead. In an attempt to save her family from greater censure, Kirit must give up her dreams to throw herself into the dangerous training at the Spire.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wait for it
- De G. Parish en 06-06-16
- Updraft
- Bone Universe, Book 1
- De: Fran Wilde
- Narrado por: Khristine Hvam
Too airy
Revisado: 07-03-16
I listened to the whole thing. Liked the premise and the writing style was solid. But I found the main character's struggle hard to identify with, the worldbuilding full of holes, and the plot predictable. Despite monsters made of teeth, the main conflict has none. There are no real consequences or stakes. I was especially irritated that (Spoilers) nearly everyone who dies or is believed to be dead turns out not to be.
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