Reviews by Amelia

Name: Amelia (United Kingdom)
Reviews Written: 6
Titles Rated: 6

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  • Gone Girl
    By Gillian Flynn
    Narrated By Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
    Overall
    (335)
    Performance
    (60)
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    (59)
    Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do? Just how well can you ever know the person you love? These are the questions that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.
    UNABRIDGED 19 hrs and 17 mins
    Gone Girl | [Gillian Flynn]
    Gone Girl
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    "What really??"
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    I got this book as highly recommended everywhere The voices for the audiobook were really annoying and did not add anything to the story Basically I felt as if I should read it to the end as I expected to suddenly love it as everyone else seems to do I gave up halfway before Christmas and had to drag myself back to it last week and finished it today

    I won't say too much as don't want to spoil the plot but basically all the characters especially Nick and Amy are not interesting and to be honest I have wished that Nick could have been spirited away with Amy at the beginning to save us the annoyance of reading They are both toxic and really felt no empathy or understanding with either of them and felt they deserved each other They may be a product of their family life and upbringing but who cares 'Go' Nicks sister is totally spineless and again no empathy with her The plot was so unbelievable in parts especially re planting finger print evidence sperm storage and use etc Does not ring true and as such no value I wish I hadn't wasted my time reading on to the end Would give it zero star if I could I really cannot imagine why it is so popular!

    6 of 9 people found this review helpful
  • The Poison Tree
    By Erin Kelly
    Narrated By Alison Reid
    Overall
    (55)
    Performance
    (1)
    Story
    (1)
    It is the sweltering summer of 1997 when strait-laced, straight-A student Karen meets Biba - a bohemian and impossibly glamorous aspiring actress.She is drawn to her new friend's carefree world of constant parties, and quickly abandons her old life to move into the crumbling Highgate mansion Biba shares with her brother Rex and a stream of lodgers. For a while, life is one long summer of love. But summer must end. And by the end of theirs, two people would be dead...
    UNABRIDGED 11 hrs and 49 mins
    The Poison Tree | [Erin Kelly]
    The Poison Tree
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    "Believable? Really?"
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    I was really looking forward to this and just feel that it is an ok story but feel that it is not quite believable and the ending between Beba and Karen does not ring through. If you wish an easy read then fine but if you want to feel story is possibly believable then maybe reconsider

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • 11.22.63
    By Stephen King
    Narrated By Craig Wasson
    Overall
    (1148)
    Performance
    (39)
    Story
    (40)
    What if you could go back in time and change the course of history?11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless.... King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 - from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill who becomes the love of Jake's life.
    UNABRIDGED 30 hrs and 43 mins
    11.22.63 | [Stephen King]
    11.22.63
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    "Excellent"
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    Really enjoyed the whole experience of this book It was long but could have gone on for longer Love love Stephen King

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Watching the Dark
    By Peter Robinson
    Narrated By Simon Slater
    Overall
    (96)
    Performance
    (5)
    Story
    (5)
    Banks is back - and this time he's investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Reid is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre, and compromising photos are found in his room. DCI Banks, brought in to investigate, is assailed on all sides. By Joanna Passero, the Professional Standards inspector who insists on shadowing the investigation in case of police corruption.
    UNABRIDGED 13 hrs and 38 mins
    Watching the Dark | [Peter Robinson]
    Watching the Dark
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    "Really enjoyable"
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    Just finished this book. Really like Peter Robinson's Alan Banks Good gripping storyline and held my interest to the end. Look forward to next instalment

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Lewis Man
    By Peter May
    Narrated By Peter Forbes
    Overall
    (336)
    Performance
    (35)
    Story
    (33)
    An unidentified corpse is recovered from a peat bog on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. News of the discovery soon reaches Fin Macleod. However, since swapping his life in Edinburgh for a quiet existence on Lewis, such mysteries are no longer a concern for the former Detective Inspector. Or so he thought. The sequel to the Blackhouse which was selected for the WH Smith Richard and Judy Bookclub, and the second book in the Lewis triology.
    UNABRIDGED 10 hrs and 54 mins
    The Lewis Man | [Peter May]
    The Lewis Man
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    "Fantastic"
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    This was in my opinion even of higher quality than the first book in the trilogy. I was so sad to come to the end really looking forward to book 3. Well read by Peter Forbes I felt.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Tigers in Red Weather
    By Liza Klaussman
    Narrated By Katherine Kellgren
    Overall
    (25)
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    (0)
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    Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summers at Tiger House, the glorious old family estate on the island of Martha's Vineyard. As World War II ends they are on the cusp of adulthood, the world seeming to offer itself up to them. Helena is leaving for Hollywood and a new marriage, while Nick is to be reunited with her young husband Hughes, due to return from London and the war.
    UNABRIDGED 10 hrs and 37 mins
    Tigers in Red Weather | [Liza Klaussman]
    Tigers in Red Weather
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    "Very disappointing"
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    I bought this as it was recommended by Audible How stupid was I??? Will be very careful of purchasing anything else recommended by Audible again!!
    Very disjointed no real story no empathy with characters I finished it just!! Please do not waste your book credit or money on this

    5 of 7 people found this review helpful
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