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Scrublands
- By: Chris Hammer
- Narrated by: Dorje Swallow
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In Riversend, an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated young priest steps out of his church and calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners before being shot dead himself. A year later, troubled journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write a feature on the anniversary of the tragedy. But the stories he hears from the locals about the priest and incidents leading up to the shooting don't fit with the accepted version of events his own newspaper reported in an award-winning investigation.
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Persisting with it but....
- By Kristy Von Demleux on 03-03-2020
- Scrublands
- By: Chris Hammer
- Narrated by: Dorje Swallow
Crude and tasteless! Did not finish
Reviewed: 09-08-2020
I downloaded this book because it was free, but what was Audible thinking!?
This book is unnecessarily crass, crude and tasteless. I got to the point, after grimacing a few times already, where the protagonist walks in on the guy masturbating.... Seriously, why did that need to be in the book? It added nothing to the story prior to this, can’t comment on its relevance to what came next as it was at this point that I stopped listening.
I did not like what I listened to of this book. I do not get the praise awarded it.
If you’re after some small town Australian crime fiction then try Jane Harper’s The Dry, that is Australian fiction at its best.

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Crown of Midnight
- A Throne of Glass Novel
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. But Calaena is far from loyal to the crown. Keeping up the charade - while pretending to do the king's bidding - will test her skills in an entirely new way. And it certainly isn't the only point of confusion for the young girl. Because though she's made her choice between Dorian and Chaol, the ways of the heart are never simple...
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spellbinding
- By Pensive on 03-10-2019
- Crown of Midnight
- A Throne of Glass Novel
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
Great book
Reviewed: 18-09-2019
The book is great, I really enjoyed it. The narrator is difficult to listen to... She sounds very immature and is either yelling at you or whispering so you can't hear her, very disconcerting. I don't think I heard one word Nehemia said, such a shame.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
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Wonderful core story, but ultimately disappointing
- By Melle on 06-02-2020
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Such a beautiful book.
Reviewed: 18-09-2019
I really enjoyed this book, my sister recommended it and I'm so happy she did. The descriptions of life in the marshes were just beautiful. Such a lovely book to listen to.
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The Wise Man's Fear
- The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 2
- By: Patrick Rothfuss
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 42 hrs and 49 mins
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Sequel to the extraordinary The Name of The Wind, The Wise Man’s Fear is the second instalment of this superb fantasy trilogy from Patrick Rothfuss. This is the most exciting fantasy series since George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, and a must for all fans of HBO's Game of Thrones.
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AMAZING NOVEL AND NARRATION!
- By Serena on 05-10-2015
- The Wise Man's Fear
- The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 2
- By: Patrick Rothfuss
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
Loved these two books, but...
Reviewed: 30-04-2019
Omgoodness will Patrick Rothfuss please hurry up with the grand finale!! Honestly how long does it take to write a book?? Obviously I'm in love with the series and can't wait to read the last book.... Already wishing there were more than only one book to go, but I'd be in my grave before any more books would be published, probably... Just saying.
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Fool's Quest
- Fitz and the Fool, Book 2
- By: Robin Hobb
- Narrated by: Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay
- Length: 33 hrs and 55 mins
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Robin Hobb returns to her best-loved characters with the second volume in a brand-new series. Happy endings never last.... Years ago they freed a dragon from the glaciers on Aslevjal. Then they parted ways, the Fool returning to far-off Clerres while Fitz finally claimed a wife, a family, and a home of his own. Now, betrayed by his own people and broken by torment, the Fool has made his way back to the Six Duchies.
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Frustrating read
- By Anonymous User on 24-08-2018
- Fool's Quest
- Fitz and the Fool, Book 2
- By: Robin Hobb
- Narrated by: Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay
Narrator Struggle street...
Reviewed: 01-08-2018
So for the first book in this series I wrote a review about how disappointed I was that the male narrator had been changed, this book only emphasised my disappointment. I wanted to reach through my car's Bluetooth and ring the Fool's neck. I couldn't decide if it was the way he was acting in the book or the way the narrator portrayed him. His voice was so whiny and pathetic I wished half way though the book that he would die just so I would never have to listen to that voice again... UGH (Pulling hair out). I finally decided that if I was actually reading the book, rather than passively listening to it the Fool wouldn't irritate me so much, every time I had to listen to the Fool's voice I imagined myself reading it instead and tried not to want to stab my car's stereo. I wonder if my car/phone will survive the next book in the series.
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Fool's Assassin
- Fitz and the Fool, Book 1
- By: Robin Hobb
- Narrated by: Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay
- Length: 28 hrs and 40 mins
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Tom Badgerlock has been living peaceably in the manor house at Withywoods with his beloved wife, Molly, these many years, the estate a reward to his family for loyal service to the crown. But behind the facade of respectable middle-age lies a turbulent and violent past. For Tom Badgerlock is actually FitzChivalry Farseer, bastard scion of the Farseer line, convicted user of Beast-magic, and assassin. A man who has risked much for his king and lost more....
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more Fitz and fool
- By V on 01-08-2017
- Fool's Assassin
- Fitz and the Fool, Book 1
- By: Robin Hobb
- Narrated by: Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay
So very disapointed that the Narrator was changed
Reviewed: 01-08-2018
After having made it this far into all of Robin Hobb's books and having thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them I was very looking forward to this series also. And then I read the comments about the narrators and thought to myself surely they can't be that bad...? I was wrong. Having come straight out of listening to the Tawny man trilogy narrated by Nick Taylor (whom I loved) and straight into this one I was horrified by the change in narrators. Accents were wrong, pronunciation of characters names were wrong, it was so off putting. I wondered if the narrator (Lee Maxwell-Simpson) had even listened to the previous books to get a grasp of what, we the listeners, had been experiencing previously. I really believe continuity in narrators is a must when listening to continuing series. The story was still great.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
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Stephen Fry was brilliant
- By John on 19-09-2016
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
"Fantasmical"
Reviewed: 10-11-2017
To quote the urban dictionary this book was "Fantasmical", fantastic and magical.
I am in love with J.K. Rowling's books and to add Stephen Fry into the mix = Splendiferous!
*WARNING* You won't be able to stop here though, you will have to listen to all the books in the series because they are that good!
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The Mountain Man Omnibus
- Books 1-3
- By: Keith C. Blackmore
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 27 hrs and 48 mins
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Boomstick. Samurai bat. Motorcycle leather. And the will to live among the unliving. Augustus Berry lives a day-to-day existence comprised of waking up, getting drunk, and preparing for the inevitable day when "they" will come up the side of his mountain and penetrate his fortress. Living on the outskirts of a city and scavenging for whatever supplies remain after civilization died two years ago, Gus knows that every time he goes down into undead suburbia could be his last.
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Could not put it down.
- By Pa Pritchard. on 11-11-2015
- The Mountain Man Omnibus
- Books 1-3
- By: Keith C. Blackmore
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Didn't get much work done this week
Reviewed: 14-08-2015
Loved it, finished it in a week. Good flow to story, usually read a book and pick holes in the story, but not with this book.
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Words of Radiance
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 2
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
- Length: 48 hrs and 13 mins
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Book two of the Stormlight Archive. From the best-selling author who completed Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time series comes a new, original creation that matches anything else in modern fantasy for epic scope, thrilling imagination, superb characters, and sheer addictiveness. Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a world tipping into war as aristocratic families move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient artifacts from a past civilisation that can win wars.
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loved it
- By Joshua on 28-04-2015
- Words of Radiance
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 2
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
Awesomely Fabulous!
Reviewed: 18-06-2015
This book just like the first one, did not disappoint! I almost wish I had of come across this series once all the books had been released, waiting for each next book will be tedious beyond belief, but ultimately, I'm sure, well worth it. I can't wait for the 3rd book.
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The Way of Kings
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
- Length: 45 hrs and 29 mins
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According to mythology, mankind used to live in 'The Tranquiline Halls': heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms, but the Voidbringers followed. The Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons, the Shardblades. Led by 10 angelic Heralds and 10 orders of knights known as Radiants, mankind finally won (or so the legends say).
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Kate Reading impossible to listen to
- By Anonymous User on 25-06-2019
- The Way of Kings
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
Superb! As a woman I loved the story!
Reviewed: 21-05-2015
I was concerned initially that this book may be a little masculine for me, I wanted to know that there were women that had read this book and also reviewed it. I read all the reviews, especially the few that women had written, and I really had to search because there were only a few.
I went ahead and purchased the book anyway, still thinking that there may be too much war and fighting in it for me. And initially there was, but then it expanded, opened itself up and became a wondrous piece of writing which all the previous reviews had been telling me about.
The character development is complex and insightful, the characters grow on you and you find yourself cheering for them every time fate steps in and takes a step backwards for them.
I finished the book wanting more and am now on to the second book in the series which has opened up some of the questions unanswered in the first book.
Go on, take a chance, you won't be disappointed, you'll love it.