Reviews by Niall

Name: Niall (Longniddry, East Lothian, United Kingdom)
Reviews Written: 16
Titles Rated: 52

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  • The Girl Who Played with Fire
    By Stieg Larsson
    Narrated By Saul Reichlin
    Overall
    (2325)
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    (50)
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    (49)
    Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists are murdered and Salander's fingerprints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable behaviour makes her the official suspect, but no-one can find her. Salander may be an expert at staying out of sight, but she also has ways of tracking down her most elusive enemies.
    UNABRIDGED 20 hrs and 49 mins
    The Girl Who Played with Fire | [Stieg Larsson]
    The Girl Who Played with Fire
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    "Superb...!"
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    A brilliant second installment following on from where Tattoo left off. Listen in order, it's very important.
    Highly recommend.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    By Stieg Larsson
    Narrated By Saul Reichlin
    Overall
    (2800)
    Performance
    (58)
    Story
    (59)
    Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own family. He employs journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.
    UNABRIDGED 18 hrs and 50 mins
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | [Stieg Larsson]
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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    "Excellent...!"
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    Gripping, inventive, original, and expertly narrated.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Labyrinth
    By Kate Mosse
    Narrated By Maggie Mash
    Overall
    (604)
    Performance
    (6)
    Story
    (6)
    Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Author of the Year, 2007.
    Winner of the British Book Awards, Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year, 2006.
    July 1209: In Carcassonne, a sixteen-year-old girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although she cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in protecting it.
    UNABRIDGED 24 hrs and 32 mins
    Labyrinth | [Kate Mosse]
    Labyrinth
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    "Unconvincing"
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    Unconvincing plot and the wrong narrator.
    For 15th century french men all the characters appear to hail from Yorkshire and smoke 20 B&H a day.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred
    By Niall Ferguson
    Narrated By Sean Barrett
    Overall
    (41)
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    (1)
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    (1)
    The world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed, for most of its inhabitants, stable and relatively benign. Globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people. Instead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the First World War and the end of the Cold War.
    ABRIDGED 7 hrs and 21 mins
    The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred | [Niall Ferguson]
    The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred
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    "Brilliant and Eye Opening"
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    I loved this and find myself repeat listening often.
    Puts the events of the last century into perspective.
    Find out what your grand father actually fought for, and what our children may face in the future.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
    By Stieg Larsson
    Narrated By Saul Reichlin
    Overall
    (2260)
    Performance
    (49)
    Story
    (48)
    Lisbeth Salander lies in Intensive Care with a bullet lodged in her head. She will face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Salander is now ready to fight back.
    UNABRIDGED 25 hrs and 13 mins
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | [Stieg Larsson]
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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    "3 out of 3"
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    Listen to them in order as the trilogy is really one very long story, but they are just genius and so rare these days in their originality.
    Loved it and them.

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Night Train to Lisbon
    By Pascal Mercier
    Narrated By Sean Barrett
    Overall
    (6)
    Performance
    (0)
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    (0)
    Raimund Gregorious - Mundus, as his students affectionately call him - is a predictable character. A bookish Latin professor, well-respected but perhaps a little boring. One stormy morning, he encounters a beautiful, distraught Portuguese woman in a red leather coat... Later that day Raimund will realise: that moment changed everything. All of a sudden, nothing in his life feels right. His restlessness is further fuelled when he finds a book by a little-known Portuguese writer, Amadeo de Prado.
    UNABRIDGED 15 hrs and 8 mins
    Night Train to Lisbon | [Pascal Mercier]
    Night Train to Lisbon
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    "Hate It!"
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    Never was a more boring story committed to paper. I've no idea how they could have thought it would make a good listen.

    0 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • The Ascent of Money
    By Niall Ferguson
    Narrated By Hugh Ross
    Overall
    (63)
    Performance
    (1)
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    (1)
    Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labour. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential back-story behind all history.
    UNABRIDGED 12 hrs and 5 mins
    The Ascent of Money | [Niall Ferguson]
    The Ascent of Money
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    "Eye Opening"
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    I have really enjoyed this book and find myself re-listening occasionally. If you have an interest in finance and financial matters this is an eye opening listen.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Outliers: The Story of Success
    By Malcolm Gladwell
    Narrated By Malcolm Gladwell
    Overall
    (226)
    Performance
    (3)
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    (3)
    In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing.
    UNABRIDGED 7 hrs and 22 mins
    Outliers: The Story of Success | [Malcolm Gladwell]
    Outliers: The Story of Success
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    "Surprise!"
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    Malcolm Gladwell is a God! This book will open your eyes to effects of seemingly innocuous every day events.

    0 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • The Lost Symbol
    By Dan Brown
    Narrated By Paul Michael
    Overall
    (944)
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    (22)
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    (21)
    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol. Within minutes of his arrival, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object is discovered in the Capitol Building. The object is an ancient invitation, meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom. And when Langdon's mentor is kidnapped, Langdon's only hope of saving him is to accept this invitation and follow wherever it leads him.
    UNABRIDGED 17 hrs and 46 mins
    The Lost Symbol | [Dan Brown]
    The Lost Symbol
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    "Height of His Powers"
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    Dan Brown at the height of his powers, a gripping twisting new story with the depth of research and popular references that we're acustomed to. I loved it.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • How to Win Friends & Influence People
    By Dale Carnegie
    Narrated By Andrew MacMillan
    Overall
    (514)
    Performance
    (11)
    Story
    (11)
    You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!
    UNABRIDGED 7 hrs and 19 mins
    How to Win Friends & Influence People | [Dale Carnegie]
    How to Win Friends & Influence People
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    "Simply the best"
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    Simply the best self help book ever written, bar none. Everyone should read it and then the world would be a better place.

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
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