John in NC

A Perfect Listen

Revisado: 01-07-23

As several reviewers have said, intriguing plot twisting through time, strong characterization, excellent narration. You'll know you are in the hands of two masters - King and Leheny.

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Engaging SF/Mystery with Excellent Narration

Revisado: 09-14-21

FitzSimmons brings the skills of a polished novelist to this near-future mystery/suspense/SF combination. Someone compared it to Koontz and King and that works for me. Looking forward to the next one. I first became aware of narrator January LaVoy when listening to The 10,000 Doors of January. She is in an exclusive league with Julia Whelan and a half-dozen others. Such a pleasure to listen to an engrossing tale read by a master performer.

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Good story - Excellent narrator

Revisado: 09-02-21

It's great to see a new "full sized" Enola Holmes novel from Nancy Springer. I wish they were longer but apparently this length has always been Springer's sweet spot. The new narrator Tamaryn Payne is an excellent choice to replace Katherine Kellgren, who died tragically young in 2018. See: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/katherine-kjellgren-obituary?pid=187871203.

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Great insights into international corruption

Revisado: 07-21-21

Daniel Silva managed to publish a book that includes the pandemic, Russian interference, global financial corruption, Trump's defeat, the Capitol riots, and Biden's inauguration. The fact-based afterword should be published as a download and shared widely. Edoardo Ballerini is a good choice to take up George Guidall's mantle. Not replace - can't do that - but "take up."

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Landon and a little Kindle

Revisado: 04-19-20

Complex SF books, richly layered with fresh ideas, are hard to start purely in audio. I sometimes buy the Kindle version and supplement listening with reading. It's especially helpful for sorting out the strange names of things and conversation taking place in newly invented cultures. I did that for A Memory Called Empire and drifted from just hanging on for awhile to really coming to love this book.

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An Acquired Taste - that I've Acquired!

Revisado: 03-24-20

So have all the readers here who gave Songbird five stars. I don't mind the slow...allows the reader to sink deeper into the imagined world. My favorite character this time around is DCI Cora Freeman - aka "The Terminator." I was pleased to discover who gave her that nickname. Especially excited to see Book 2 will be available in April. Gildart Jackson... you just hate how perfect he is for these stories.

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I mostly agree...

Revisado: 02-02-20

... with the review who wrote "...I like strong women characters, love stories, westerns, magic, and intrigue." More sex than love but not overdone and fits with character. Excellent new series from Harris. The fairly slow pace is what I like in an audiobook... full value for your credit.

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I'm devoted to this series

Revisado: 08-24-19

Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire are highly readable political and social histories of the United States. Witty, ironic, pragmatic tales that strip away the myths and help us better understand what we've always been about.

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A drag on novel

Revisado: 07-07-19

Imaginative writing, interesting world building, but (as another reviewer said) "her broken magic and issues with her dad seemed to go on and on." And on and on, Same with the relationship with Nick. I finally gave up after her 5th or 6th interior pep talk. To be fair, I'm not the target audience, but the characters are a little old for so much teen angst.

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Good book, great narration, no chapter breaks

Revisado: 06-27-19

Interesting story concept with a YA slant. I'll listen to Wil Wheaton read the phonebook, if you remember those. But come on, Audible. No chapter breaks? Like many other listeners, I'm sure, I use my books to ease me into sleep at night and it's hell to find your place in the morning when the entire book is a single "chapter."

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