Melissa Murray
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Green Wing: Resuscitated
- By: Victoria Pile, James Henry, Oriane Messina, and others
- Narrated by: Oliver Chris, Olivia Colman, Pippa Haywood, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story5 out of 5 stars 38
They’re back! The all-star cast multi-award-winning cult hit comedy returns, with more surreal goings-on in the lives and loves of the doctors and staff at East Hampton Hospital (warning: contains very little medical content).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great reworking of a very underrated show
- By Anonymous User on 14-06-2024
Absolutely perfect
Reviewed: 31-05-2024
This may be the first time I have been glad a series was resurrected. The writing, the sound effects, the performances were all absolutely perfect. The cast fell back into their roles flawlessly and the whole thing just brought me so much joy. I didn't realise how much I had missed Mark Heap stammering pompously at people until I got to listen to him insisting that Boyce cease growing a moustache immediately. And oh! Michelle Gomez, how do I love thee. It was wonderful to have Sue White back in mah wee ears for a bit.
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Spinning Silver
- By: Naomi Novik
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s too kindhearted to collect his debts. They face poverty until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work in their village. Her success creates rumours she can turn silver into gold, which attract the fairy king of winter himself. He sets her an impossible challenge - and if she fails, she’ll die. Yet if she triumphs, it may mean a fate worse than death. And in her desperate efforts to succeed, Miryem unwittingly spins a web which draws in the unhappy daughter of a lord.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I tried. Twice.
- By Sherry McCourt on 16-02-2019
- Spinning Silver
- By: Naomi Novik
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
An enchanting story with the perfect narrator
Reviewed: 13-01-2021
Spinning Silver reads like an immersive Eastern European fairy tale. The style, the story, the characters are all absolutely beautiful.
Happily for me, it also has the perfect narrator. Katy Sobey has a lovely voice and skilfully brings to life a range of characters. I was happy to see she has narrated a lot of books, including by the same author, and downloaded another immediately.
My only minor complaint is that it's not always immediately obvious when POV has switched to another character that has a less distinctive voice (Miryam, Wanda, Irina) which sometimes causes a few moments of confusion, but I got used to paying attention pretty quickly.
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And Then There Were None
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N. Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic story and narration
- By Melissa Murray on 09-03-2020
- And Then There Were None
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
Fantastic story and narration
Reviewed: 09-03-2020
The book was a lot of fun to listen to, very engaging and certainly doesn't waste any time. Dan Stevens has done an excellent job on the narration, he had a lovely voice and made each character distinct (without any breathiness or falsetto for the women yayyyyy!!!)
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Dark Matter
- By: Blake Crouch
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 810
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 735
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 731
'Are you happy in your life?' Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he wakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back, my friend.' In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- By Frank on 03-11-2016
- Dark Matter
- By: Blake Crouch
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
Not great
Reviewed: 06-03-2020
Review contains spoilers.
The story: I stuck with this one despite myself because of the reviews and I really wish I hadn't. The only thing I can figure is that Blake Crouch draws in people who don't usually read scifi - which is awesome, but unfortunately meant I expected more than the book could deliver. The basic storyline was nothing new, and the characters felt pretty flat. The main character is described as being intelligent a lot but rarely demonstrates it. The middle of the book suffered from the same problem as Long Earth in that describing a series of possible alternate worlds is frankly boring and repetitive. The ending was predictable but not bad - the only problem was by that time I hated the selfish idiot running the show so much I just didn't care what happened.
The narration: I got used to the narrator's voice though I didn't love it, but I find it really grating when male narrators do voices they think are feminine. Made Daniella in particular hard to listen to. Narrator had good pacing and consistent volume though and at his best reminded me of Nick Offerman so I bumped him up a point for that.
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Vampire Empire - The Greyfriar
- By: Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
1870. A time known as The Great Killing. The vampire clans arose and slaughtered humanity with unprecedented carnage in the northern parts of the world. Millions perished; millions were turned into herd animals. The great industrialized civilizations of the world were left in ruin. A remnant fled south to the safety of the ever present heat which was intolerable to vampires. There, blending with the local peoples, they rebuilt their societies founded on human ingenuity, steam and iron.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wonderful
- By Chris on 20-05-2017
- Vampire Empire - The Greyfriar
- By: Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
- Narrated by: James Marsters
Couldn't finish it
Reviewed: 27-02-2020
Maybe it gets better but it was a weak introduction where the characters felt flat and unoriginal. The action was ok but at this point I think if you're going to contribute to the millions of vampire and/or fantasy novels out there, you need to either bring something new or have a great writing style. I don't like to quit books without finishing but life's too short and I have a to-read bookshelf a mile long.
Although I like James Marsters I wasn't happy with his performance here. His speaking volume was very inconsistent, which meant I had to choose between straining to hear at times, or have some words occasionally blast out louder than the rest.
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Alias Grace
- TV Tie-In Edition
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Sarah Gadon
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery. Sixteen years have passed since teenaged Grace was locked up for the cold-blooded murder of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his lover, Nancy Montgomery. Saved from the gallows where her alleged accomplice was hanged, Grace claims to have no memory of the events which changed her life forever.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Monotonous
- By Michele on 22-01-2018
- Alias Grace
- TV Tie-In Edition
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Sarah Gadon
Sarah Gadon is fantastic
Reviewed: 25-02-2020
Sarah Gadon's narration is perfect, I could listen to her all day. I loved the story, and enjoyed the narrative voice of all of the characters, especially Grace Marks. I'm looking forward to reading more Margaret Atwood.
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The Widow
- By: Fiona Barton
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,626
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,314
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,318
Exclusive to Audible! Listen to a discussion between the author and the narrator of The Widow at the end of this recording. We've all seen him: the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime. But what about her: the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs - the wife who stands by him? Jean Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Glen was all she'd ever wanted: her Prince Charming.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely addictive listening.
- By eloise on 28-01-2016
- The Widow
- By: Fiona Barton
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
Clare Corbett is outstanding
Reviewed: 16-12-2019
A decent enough story which is elevated beyond decent by the very talented Clare Corbett. I will definitely be looking into other books with the same narrator. Her voice for the widow POV chapters are particularly fantastic, and made me feel as if I was right inside Jean's head.
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