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Crystal Line

Crystal Singer

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Crystal Line

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
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Killashandra, one of the most gifted singers on Ballybran, is drawn like a magnet to the song of crystal. In order to work with crystal, singers are infected with a symbiotic life form that heals them and gives them near eternal life—but slowly destroys their memories. Since crystal singing brings Killashandra ecstasy, she doesn't mind the initial small annoyances of memory loss. What she hadn't counted on was the loneliness she felt when her heart still remembered what her mind had forgotten—the names of her friends and lovers. Can the crystal that destroyed her memory somehow restore it? By reclaiming her unpleasant past, can Killashandra step forward into the future?

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the narrator did one of my favourite books justice! kept me hooked right to the end!

thoroughly enjoyed

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hated how it skipped so many sections, making the story disjointed.
Anne McCaffrey would have been disappointed at the result

missing so much of the story

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I only wish it was the full version of the book, otherwise an enjoyable read/listen😁

Good

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Sound quality of narration sounds like it was read from a phone recording. But, worth a listen to complete the trilogy.

Narration disappointing.

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This is a great story, and a fitting end to the Crystal Singer series BUT I do not see why it should have been so mutilated by being abridged. It isn't even a long story. The narrator was adequate. The sound quality was abysmal. It sounded like a radio play from the dawn of wireless, or like someone speaking into their phone's recording app while sitting in an empty garage. This audiobook was very disappointing, and frankly, overpriced, especially if you bought it because you know and love the book.

Good story, shame about the sound

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Anne McCaffrey created the perfect escapes in her books.
"The Crystal Singer" was one of a very few books taken into space on a shuttle.
"Crystal Line" wraps up the trilogy perfectly.

Anne McCaffrey, the perfect escape

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I adore these stories but I’m disappointed that they are abridged. So much of the fabulous stories are missing.

This is abridged!

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The audio quality was dreadful and in some places almost unintelligible. It’s a shame as the story is good.

Audio issues

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