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This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.
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My First Completed Stephen King Novel
- De Meaghan Bynum en 02-20-12
De: Stephen King
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Descent
- De: Tim Johnston
- Narrado por: Xe Sands, R.C. Bray
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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From the day Caitlin vanishes the lives of her family members are irrevocably altered, each assuming blame for that day's tragic events. As the initial days of hope are replaced by weeks of anxiety and despair, they find themselves increasingly isolated, each wondering: Is she still alive? Will we ever know what happened?
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Even a Monkey Knows the Value of a Stick
- De tooonce72 en 01-09-15
De: Tim Johnston
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Stories
- All-New Tales
- De: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, Al Sarrantonio - editor, Joe Hill, y otros
- Narrado por: Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Katherine Kellgren, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 11 m
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The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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Something for Everyone
- De Nicole en 05-24-17
De: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, y otros
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The Fireman
- A Novel
- De: Joe Hill
- Narrado por: Kate Mulgrew
- Duración: 22 h y 19 m
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No one knows exactly when it began or where it originated. A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Incendia Trychophyton. To everyone else it's Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that marks its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks across their bodies - before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote. No one is safe.
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GOD'S WAITING ROOM; AKA FLORIDA
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 04-25-17
De: Joe Hill
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Battleborn
- De: Claire Vaye Watkins
- Narrado por: Ali Ahn, Morgan Hallett, Laura Knight Keating, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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Like the work of Cormac McCarthy, Denis Johnson, Richard Ford, and Annie Proulx, Battleborn represents a near-perfect confluence of sensibility and setting, and the introduction of an exceptionally powerful and original literary voice. In each of these ten unforgettable stories, Claire Vaye Watkins writes her way fearlessly into the mythology of the American West, utterly reimagining it.
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Wonderful magnificent stories beautifully told
- De Pedro Ramirez en 12-03-15
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The Orenda
- A Novel
- De: Joseph Boyden
- Narrado por: Ali Ahn, Graham Rowat, Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 17 h y 37 m
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Christophe has been in the New World only a year when his native guides abandon him to flee their Iroquois pursuers. A Huron warrior and elder named Bird soon takes him prisoner, along with a young Iroquois girl, Snow Falls, whose family he has just killed, and holds them captive in his massive village. Champlain's Iron People have only recently begun trading with the Huron, who mistrust them as well as this Crow who has now trespassed onto their land; and her people, of course, have become the Huron's greatest enemy.
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Thoughtful and interesting, if not always gripping
- De David en 06-15-14
De: Joseph Boyden
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A False Dawn
- De: Tom Lowe
- Narrado por: Michael David Axtell
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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Before the death of his wife, Sean O'Brien makes a promise to her that he has no plans to break - until he starts building a new life in an old cabin on a remote stretch of a tropical river in the heart of Florida. It's there that he discovers an injured young woman who whispers a cryptic message into his ear.
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Wonderful first novel in the Sean O'Brien series
- De Wayne en 05-07-17
De: Tom Lowe
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Perfect Touch
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Lowell
- Narrado por: Nicol Zanzarella
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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An art dealer and owner of her own design studio, Perfect Touch, Sarah "Sam" Maddox travels the world to find the ideal artwork for her clients. Her sophisticated, comfortable life in San Francisco is light years away from the poverty of her family's dairy farm, and Sam will do whatever it takes to keep her business strong. A dedicated urban career woman focused on her work, she doesn't have time or energy for a family or distracting romantic entanglements.
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Lowell is back!
- De kestergayle en 11-09-15
De: Elizabeth Lowell
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Rain Dogs
- De: Sean Doolittle
- Narrado por: Basil Sands
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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It was one hell of an inheritance for former Chicago reporter Tom Coleman: a broken-down pickup truck, ramshackle campground, a canoe livery - and one pot-smoking, barely working employee he doesn’t need, doesn’t want, and can’t afford. But the truth is, after losing a child and a marriage, Tom doesn’t really care.
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- De Karen Martin en 03-09-21
De: Sean Doolittle
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NOS4A2
- A Novel
- De: Joe Hill
- Narrado por: Kate Mulgrew
- Duración: 19 h y 41 m
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Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be. Vic doesn't tell anyone about her unusual ability, because she knows no one will believe her. She has trouble understanding it herself.
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Gripping performance by Kate Mulgrew....
- De Leslie en 05-06-13
De: Joe Hill
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Track of the Cat
- De: Nevada Barr
- Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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From the vivid opening vista, high in craggy mountains, to the final haunting glimpse of a moonlit canyon, Nevada Barr's first mystery, Track of the Cat, instantly caught the attention of readers and reviewers. Its popularity gained it both an Agatha and an Anthony Award.
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Guadalupe Mountain Mystery
- De Sara en 10-15-15
De: Nevada Barr
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Kingfisher Lodge, nestled in a canyon on a mile and a half of the most pristine river water on the planet, is known by locals as "Billionaire's Mile" and is locked behind a heavy gate. Sandwiched between barbed wire and a meadow with a sign that reads "Don't Get Shot!" the resort boasts boutique fishing at its finest. Safe from viruses that have plagued America for years, Kingfisher offers a respite for wealthy clients.
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When Wynn and Jack decide to canoe the Maskwa River in Northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one. But: The next day, a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman?
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Officer Ren Hopper is an enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: Breaking up fights at campgrounds, saving clueless tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp through the park with cameras, and the residents of hardscrabble Cooke City who want to carve out a meaningful living. When Ren, hiking through the backcountry on his day off, encounters a tall man with a dog and a gun chasing a small black bear up a hill, his hackles are raised.
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Disappointing Read From A Favorite Author
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Burn
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Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with secession mania—a mania that has simultaneously spread across other states—Jess and Storey figure it’s a fight reserved for legislators or, worst-case scenario, folks in the capital. But after weeks hunting off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by what they find.
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Celine
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The Guide
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Entertaining Fiction…I hope.
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- De Fred J. Kamm en 03-21-19
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The Last Ranger
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Officer Ren Hopper is an enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: Breaking up fights at campgrounds, saving clueless tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp through the park with cameras, and the residents of hardscrabble Cooke City who want to carve out a meaningful living. When Ren, hiking through the backcountry on his day off, encounters a tall man with a dog and a gun chasing a small black bear up a hill, his hackles are raised.
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Disappointing Read From A Favorite Author
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Hell or High Water
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The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. Sacred to the Buddhists, the inspiration for Shangri La, the Gorge is as steeped in legend and mystery as any spot on earth. As a river-running challenge, the remote Tsangpo is relentlessly unforgiving, more difficult than any stretch of river ever attempted. Its mysteries have withstood a century's worth of determined efforts to explore its length. The finest expedition paddlers on earth have tried.
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Hell or High Water (Unabridged)
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Island Nation
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In this riveting tale of looming apocalypse, Pup is living off the grid for the summer with her parents on an island off the coast of Maine, when all three of them face the hardest decisions of their lives. Across the water one night they can see homes burning and hear gunfire. Pup and her parents, with their goat and chickens and garden and their dog, Opey, have no contact with the mainland, except for boat runs into town.
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You left me hanging. Excellent story line
- De Duck en 02-25-21
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The Orchard
- De: Peter Heller
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Peter Heller is unique in his ability to capture the beauty and nuance of the natural world and its pull on women and men. In The Orchard, he pairs evocative storytelling with jewel-like poems—Hayley’s translations of her most beloved Tang poet, Li Xue—that echo Hayley and Frith’s life in the wilderness and tell their own tale of mother and daughter.
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The Whale Warriors
- De: Peter Heller
- Narrado por: James Boles
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For two months, journalist Peter Heller rode aboard the vegan pirate ship Farley Mowat as it stalked its prey, a Japanese whaling fleet, through the storms and ice of Antarctica. The ship is black, flies under a jolly roger, and carries members of the Sea Shepherd Society, a radical environmental group who are willing to die to stop illegal whale hunting.
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A book everyone needs to read!
- De Eric Taylor en 07-20-08
De: Peter Heller
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Kook
- What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
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- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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Having resolved to master a big - hollow wave - that is, to go from kook (surfese for beginner) to shredder-in a single year, Heller travels from Southern California down the coast of Mexico in the company of his girlfriend and the eccentric surfers they meet. Exuberant and fearless, Heller explores the technique and science of surfing the secrets of its culture, and the environmental ravages to the stunning coastline he visits.
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- De Jimmy P en 12-14-17
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Bearskin
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- De: James A. McLaughlin
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Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him. He’s found a job protecting a remote forest preserve in Virginian Appalachia where his main responsibilities include tracking wildlife and refurbishing cabins. It’s hard work, and totally solitary - perfect to hide away from the Mexican drug cartels he betrayed back in Arizona. But when Rice finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, the quiet solitude he’s so desperately sought is suddenly at risk.
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- De Daniel McAfee en 03-04-19
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Die Lodge
- De: Peter Heller
- Narrado por: Josef Vossenkuhl
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Die Kingfisher Lodge in Colorado bietet exklusives Fliegenfischen für wohlhabende Kunden. Jack hofft, mit einem Job bei der Lodge zur Normalität zurückkehren zu können – nach einem jungen, von Verlusten geprägten Leben. Seine Aufgabe besteht darin, die Ausrüstung der Gäste zu tragen und sie zu den besten Forellen zu führen. Sein erster Gast ist die prominente Sängerin Allison, es macht Jack Spaß, mit ihr unterwegs zu sein. Doch bald wird klar, dass in der Lodge etwas nicht stimmt.
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The Royal Wulff Murders
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A local fisherman lands more than he bargained for when he pulls a dead body out of Montana’s Madison River. Sheriff Martha Ettinger takes on the case and soon comes into the company of reclusive artist, Montana newcomer, and ex-PI Sean Stranahan. After teaming up to investigate, Martha and Sean soon uncover evidence that the murder has ties to one of the state’s biggest industries: fly fishing.
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I like this series set in Montana
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De: Keith McCafferty
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Earth Abides
- De: George R. Stewart
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The cabin had always been a special retreat for Isherwood Williams, a haven from the demands of society. But one day while hiking, Ish was bitten by a rattlesnake, and the solitude he had so desired took on dire new significance. Ish headed home when he finally felt himself again—and noticed the strangeness almost immediately. No cars passed him on the road; the gas station not far from his cabin looked abandoned; and he was shocked to see the body of a man on the roadside near a small town. Without a radio or phone, Ish had no idea of humanity’s abrupt demise.
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The accolades are undeserved
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Ridgeline
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- De: Michael Punke
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In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier - a clash of cultures between a young, ambitious nation and the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming’s Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota.
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Disappointed.
- De Monnie B. en 06-19-21
De: Michael Punke
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The Trackers
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- De: Charles Frazier
- Narrado por: Will Patton
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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Hurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he’s landed a New Deal assignment to create a mural representing the region for their new Post Office.
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So Good
- De Ray Stewart en 04-28-23
De: Charles Frazier
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The River We Remember
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- De: William Kent Krueger
- Narrado por: CJ Wilson
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On Memorial Day in Jewel, Minnesota, the body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. The investigation falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results of the autopsy, vicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife.
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This book makes me believe that there are good books written by good authors.
- De Va en 09-15-23
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- Kathy in CA
- 05-23-14
The good, the bad, and the ugly
First off, I need to say that Heller's previous book, The Dog Stars, is in my all-time favorites list. I listened to it three times.
I had hoped I would enjoy The Painter similarly. This book has some of the characteristics that I loved in the previous book. It has the very excellent Mark Deakins as the narrator. It has the first person narration by the protagonist and the similar stream of consciousness thoughts. At first, I worried that I was listening to the same character as in the other book. The similarities were scary--the loner male, the abject grief, the love of nature--but soon I realized that Jim Stegner was a very different character. Good, and that is what I was hoping for, right?
Yes and no. Jim is a very different bird, indeed. Some of his personality traits did not ring true or seem to be credible. Heller portrays a man who has what could be referred to as psychopathic tendencies, yet he is a nature loving, animal protecting, introspective man. This just doesn't ring true.
Jim is also incredibly self-centered to an extent that I found hard to swallow. Yet he attracts the very best in women, selfless women who also think only of him and expect nothing in return from him. Is the mere presence of an up and coming artist and fly fisherman enough for them?
There were parts of the book that were riveting and other parts that seemed to drag a bit. I think a little too much introspection perhaps. But the clincher for me was the egregious crimes he committed and got away with and how law enforcement became almost complicit with him. Was the author thinking that if a person is evil and disgusting enough, he can be offed with no consequences? Every once in a while, the author gave Jim a tiny bit of conscience, which changed his behavior not a whit. Were we to think more of him because now and then he acknowledged the seriousness of what he had done?
I realize that everyone does not have my values, and it would be boring to read only about good people. However, for me, Jim Stegner had no redeeming qualities that would excuse his failings. I came away from this novel confused and perplexed, feeling little satisfaction.
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- 11-18-23
Great again
I’ve listened to many of Peter hellers audiobooks, they all have good story lines with dramatic twists and turns.
The ending to this one is very interesting.
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- 05-22-14
I missed a viable storyline
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would not. Even though in Amazon books, it was given 5 stars, I couldn't see the justification.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
There was too much fly-fishing, not enough forward-moving story line. The author spoke in the first person; that was ok, but he spent too much time on visual impressions and too much time about his own feelings.
Have you listened to any of Mark Deakins’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but he was good
Was The Painter worth the listening time?
Not really, although I did finish the book
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- Amanda
- 03-18-21
2 thumbs up
This writter captivated me. The Narrator brought it to full color! I totally Loved It.
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- Delores Stroud
- 11-24-21
Heller’s best
I really enjoyed this book. Great mix of character development and plot with some real tension. Heller’s writing and characters always complex deep and interesting. He likes to take his time and can sometimes go off in the weeds with unnecessary detours, but the pacing and tension of this one were just right for me. In the final scene I found myself literally holding my breath. My favorite book of the year so far, from any author.
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- K S
- 03-15-22
Amazing book
This book is incredible, moving, rough, violent, thoughtful, tender. It’s full of gorgeous nature & imperfect people. Peter Heller is so good!
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- Trew
- 11-15-18
Sometimes crazy
When life is mean is primal man awaken?
I understood the Painter, it scared me. Peter Heller is becoming a favorite author. If you like pretty bows this may not be a book you would enjoy. I think this is Cactus and thunder.
Performance was spot on.
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- Scott
- 02-20-15
Majors in reflection, minors in wrestling with it
I can appreciate and associate with the meditation on one's past and the events that brought us to the present. However, somehow I didn't get a strong sense of what the protagonist felt after the many self-reflective moments that ostensibly form the emotional backbone of the narrative. It would have served to make the epilogue the final gut punch it could have been rather than the dismissive shove it became.
That said, the author is skilled at drawing the audience into each moment with well-formed characters and a palpable tension at all the right points.
In the end it feels like a Bruce Springsteen ballad: timeless, artfully crafted but, sadly, too easily forgotten; lacking the gravitas that hangs on your heart or echoes in your mind far past the initial experience.
I'm a newly-won fan of the author's distinct style and growing body of work, viewing this story in that context. I look forward to next fiction!
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- GioSailor
- 12-28-22
Fabulous
Surprised at how good this book is. While very different, it's a great follow up to The Dog Stars. The detailed and emotional description of both landscapes and paintings, as well as the process of painting and fishing are excellent. With all that there is also a murder thriller and chase of sorts. Superb narration as well.
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- Margaret Wheeler
- 01-20-22
Very introspective and thought provoking.
I love introspection but towards the end this kind of got a bit drawn out…a bit repetitive. That said, I really liked this book and the message in the end was kind of inspiring. It did make me wonder what happened next…
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