Nikki C Hinton
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Christodora
- By: Tim Murphy
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Christa Lewis, Kyla Garcia, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
The Christodora is home to Milly and Jared, a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions. Their neighbour, Hector, a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict, becomes connected to Milly's and Jared's lives in ways none of them can anticipate. Meanwhile, the couple's adopted son, Mateo, grows to appreciate the opportunities for both self-realization and oblivion that New York offers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The depth of the characters
- By Amazon Customer on 26-12-23
- Christodora
- By: Tim Murphy
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Christa Lewis, Kyla Garcia, Prentice Onayemi, Suzanne Elise Freeman, Thom Rivera, Will Damron
A slow grim story
Reviewed: 06-01-22
Jumps around a lot in time and character which makes it difficult to follow as an audiobook, especially at the start. Long passages depicting drug abuse in graphic detail which whilst I'm sure were accurate were very tough to get through. Probably the point but it did mean I had to come back to the book multiple times to persevere through. I enjoyed the links between the characters evolving through the book. I was hoping for less uppity spoilt self involved characters and no one was particularly likable so it was a challenge to finish.
I suppose it does give a lot to unpick, but it wasn't an enjoyable read and I wouldn't recommend it unless you love sitting in deep states of discomfort intermittently until you finish this book.
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The Remains of the Day
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Dominic West
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,517
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,062
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,049
A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside – and into his past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should I stay or should I go?
- By Barbara on 20-03-18
- The Remains of the Day
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Dominic West
unexciting, but a couple of interesting points
Reviewed: 18-06-21
A struggle to get through, I probably only managed because it was an audio book! Some interesting ideas, the main one I took away is it may be similar to how life is experience by someone with undiagnosed autism. The main character really struggled with emotional responses, but this may be down to his very closed view of how a "butler" should behave.
I enjoyed the side stories of the politics and history going on in the house but found the rest of it frustrating, slow, and dull. The main character never really had any epiphanies despite ample opportunity, but again this may be related to his inability to see outside the box. Really enjoyed a couple of other books by this author so perhaps this one was just not up my street.
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Alone in Berlin
- By: Hans Fallada, Michael Hofmann - translator
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,089
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 865
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 864
Berlin, 1940. The city is paralysed by fear. But one man refuses to be scared.Otto, an ordinary German living in a shabby apartment block, tries to stay out of trouble under Nazi rule. But when he discovers his only son has been killed fighting at the front he's shocked into an extraordinary act of resistance, and starts to drop anonymous postcards attacking Hitler across the city. If caught, he will be executed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Perfect Novel
- By judith on 03-03-15
- Alone in Berlin
- By: Hans Fallada, Michael Hofmann - translator
- Narrated by: John Telfer
great story
Reviewed: 24-02-17
Great story although I feel like the ending was rushed a bit and was a bit empty compared to the thorough character building and storyline throughout the book.
As an English speaker reading the book in audio format I struggled a little bit with keeping track of all the German names.
Would definitely recommend this book.
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