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The Quickening
- Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
- By: Elizabeth Rush
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: Thwaites Glacier. Their goal: to learn as much as possible about this mysterious place, never before visited by humans, and believed to be both rapidly deteriorating and capable of making a catastrophic impact on global sea-level rise. In The Quickening, Elizabeth Rush documents their voyage, offering the sublime alongside the workaday moments of this groundbreaking expedition.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too much talk of a baby
- By Michelle Murphy on 10-01-23
- The Quickening
- Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
- By: Elizabeth Rush
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
Great story but hard to follow
Reviewed: 01-09-24
The Quickening is a unique story and a vital one for our generation.
I find the audiobook difficult to follow because of the style of character dialogue the author uses, which consists of long monologues initiated only by the announcing of the character’s name i.e “Jake: [Jake’s monologue] Anna: [Anna’s monologue] with little to no break or interruption from the narrator. It’s often hard to keep track of which character is speaking. It’s sometimes unclear whether the character dialogue has ended/when the text shifts back to the narrator’s persecutive. Throw in a decent helping of scientific language and I believe this would be a book best digested in print.
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Hope
- A Novel
- By: Andrew Ridker
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
The year is 2013 and the Greenspans are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts, an idyllic (and idealistic) suburb west of Boston. Scott Greenspan is a successful physician with his own cardiology practice. His wife, Deb, is a pillar of the community who spends her free time helping resettle refugees. Their daughter, Maya, works at a distinguished New York publishing house and their son, Gideon, is preparing to follow in his father’s footsteps. They are an exceptional family from an exceptional place, living in exceptional times.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not long enough
- By Jess on 09-14-23
- Hope
- A Novel
- By: Andrew Ridker
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
A modern story of privilege
Reviewed: 01-05-24
Andrew Ridker elegantly exposes the modern family for their privilege. The idiosyncrasies of the Greenspan family and their community are highlighted in subtle but powerful contrast to their “charitable works” as well as their searches for meaning in a fast-paced world.
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